GTTechnics
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Hopefully this isn't in the wrong sub forum. There didn't seem to be one more appropriate.
When painting, I prefer to paint models in pieces for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, this method shows some serious drawbacks when it is time to assemble the painted parts. Using Testors plastic glue, I have to scrape the paint off of the bonding areas to get a decent hold. During the scraping and gluing process things often go less than smoothly unfortunately. I tried using masking fluid before painting and the results were slightly better, although it was a bit time intensive. I've also though about carefully placing CA debonder on the points, but that's a bit stressful and accident prone. I've also seen some seemingly powerful plastic glues like Tenax 7R that the scale modelers seem to love. I'm curious to find out if it's powerful enough to weld the plastic through paint. Does anyone have any tricks, tips or shortcuts for doing this?
When painting, I prefer to paint models in pieces for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, this method shows some serious drawbacks when it is time to assemble the painted parts. Using Testors plastic glue, I have to scrape the paint off of the bonding areas to get a decent hold. During the scraping and gluing process things often go less than smoothly unfortunately. I tried using masking fluid before painting and the results were slightly better, although it was a bit time intensive. I've also though about carefully placing CA debonder on the points, but that's a bit stressful and accident prone. I've also seen some seemingly powerful plastic glues like Tenax 7R that the scale modelers seem to love. I'm curious to find out if it's powerful enough to weld the plastic through paint. Does anyone have any tricks, tips or shortcuts for doing this?
