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Separating glued fuselage after it has dried

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Separating glued fuselage after it has dried
Posted by redryder on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:24 PM

Hi guys,

I’m building a 1/72 Hasegawa Mustang. While I was masking off the engine exhaust, I used too much force and pushed it into the body of the plane. The engine exhaust is a separate piece that you glue onto each half of the body from the inside, before joining the halves together. The only way I can think of to retrieve that piece is to separate the body. Sigh…

The body was glued together, sanded and primed many months ago. I don’t have much experience building aircraft, is it still possible to separate the two halves of the fuselage at this stage?

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Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:34 PM

That would be a very difficult proposition. You could drill a hole where the prop goes, shake the part out if you haven't already, then use that hole to reglue the part into place. Just an idea...

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Posted by redryder on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:59 PM

That might very well work! Thanks!

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:50 AM

you didn't say what kind of glue you used.  There is such a thing as a CA debonder if you used CA. I have used it and it works fine.  Solvent cements sometimes make a bond that isn't super strong and you can sometimes take them apart with sheer force, but it is a risk.  In any case you'll need to redo the seams and paint.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by TarnShip on Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:29 PM

drill that hole the size of some styrene tubing,,,,,,,or the size of the outside piece of a tubing telescope

then, you could just glue your tubing in there after you reglue the exhaust manifold, and your prop would still be a slip fit if that is what you wanted

Rex

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