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Lately, I have become a believer in gel CA. I personally use IC-Gel for nearly all my PE. I wear my Optivizer, use needle-nose tweezers to hold the PE, and apply just a dot of CA using a toothpick to the surfaces that need it. The IC-Gel will hold the PE in place in about 10 - 15 seconds, but takes about an hour to really cure. Any little globs that have squeezed out from under the PE are easily scraped away with an x-acto blade once it is either partially or fully cured.

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If I end up with a little too much glue residue. I usually just flick it off with the blade of my knife without too much problem.

Thanx boys,keep it comming.The more info I get the better.By the way great tips.

You could try to use lacquer to hold those parts in place. Apply it with a very fine tipped brush. I've had some success with this method and I've even been surprised how well the parts stick to the model - of course I'm not playing with the model on the carpet.
Anyway- Hope this helps.