S scalers, I bought my first bottle (and tube of the gel type) a couple years ago at a show at a large scale show in York, PA. Yes, their products are a bit more expensive but I'm always a firm believer that; for all the time & money we spend to research and build a model to be proud of, who wants to take the chance and have it fall apart years down the road? When it comes down to a simple thing as to what adhesives to use, we certainly don't want to wonder long-term, if our model joints are going to hold up or not. I know I don't, and that's why I use Sinbad. (Now, that's what I call a great commercial!) No, but seriously.... After being 'turned-on' to it by a recommendation from a fellow steel mill modeler, I was convinced it's definitely the best thing around. The word is, after various types of adhesives were used to bond that grey ABS plastruct plastic to itself or anything else, the joint would fail after several months to a couple years. But the Sinbad brand of ACC would prove to be everlasting so far for me. I'll agree with John on that. One bit of advice is, if you're going to use the accelerator (and it does work very well on thicker styrene) on styrene thinner than .030, that styrene will tend to end up EXTREMELY brittle after setting up (which is immediate). The thinner the styrene stock, the more careful youl need to be about applying accelerator. I'm not sure if styrene reacts that way with all brands of accelerators but my experience is that you generally don't need the accelerator. If you decide to use accelerator use it VERY sparingly. I do keep all of it (liquid glue, gel glue and accelerator) refrigerated when not in use (after they are opened). I feel MEK solvent is still the best for Styrene to Styrene applications, unless you're in a hurry. Mike Byers
To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:13:11 -0400 Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Glue and Strongville, Ohio, circa 2002 It is SINBAD glue. Bought it at a show (I think Columbus) and have used it for years (on everything) and never a break. Sinbad Glue Corp 1-877-332-1296 Palmetto Florida. Quick delivery www.sinbadglue.net Bought it last time 5-1-10. still fresh. None has ever set up hard . fresh to the last drop John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: shabbona_rr To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:06 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Glue and Strongville, Ohio, circa 2002 I don't recall who he is, either, but I bought a bottle from him at the S Spree in Columbus, OH, in 2004. I'll go "dumpster diving" on my workbench and see if I can dig up anything. Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > Maybe someone on this list recalls the S-Scale conventin at Strongville, > Ohio, in the summer of 2002. Does anyone recall a gentleman selling glue he > described as developed by the Germans during World War II for seling up > wounds. He went on to demonstrate its effectiveness in model building. I > failed to purchase anything from him but would like to try some now. Does > anyone recall this product and even possibly have an address? > > Tom > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6015 (20110404) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6015 (20110404) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
