Big Rig Hood & Fender ?

[Old Buckaroo]

I have noticed a lot of modelers paint the hood and fenders seperate. My question is how do you glue the two together after painting without disolving the paint ? I use liquid cement and it is not friendly when it comes in contact with a painted surface. Do you use a CA type cement ?

[Petetrucker07]

I know im rookie at this building plastic. I still use testors red tube and good ol super glue. I havent had any issues.

[Superpeterbilt]

I usually put a small masking strip where Im going to glue during paint. Ive also just glued the fenders on, and then just masked them seperate from the hood during painting.

[Old Buckaroo]

Ive also just glued the fenders on, and then just masked them seperate from the hood during painting.

This is my method but seems like a lot of modelers do theirs seperate. I am beginning to think I am missing the bus on something !

Clayton - Thanks for the info

[tbill]

i think all the rigs I have done so far have been one piece hood/fenders, so I just masked them.

the few pick ups I have done with separate rear fenders, I have glued the box together, then masked and painted the fenders.

I find I like to glue as much together as I can before paint, i'd rather mask it off, then ruin it with glue after the fact.

[redneckrodder]

The one long hood truck ive worked on was an amt diamond reo and the hood was way too wide for the grill and i had to glue the fenders on like 4 times but they were the same color as the hood it probably would have been way easier if i had glued them on first