The blue tubes are pretty awful. You might have better luck using the paste we all had in first grade.
I've transitioned from testors tubes to their liquids(I had bought a box when I was 12 and ran out recently), of course I've always used super glue and white glue as well. I've worked on about six models with Testors Plastic Cement 3502. There is definitely an appreciable different, no more strings flying around, globs pooling, and hardened tips that need poked through, resulting in a gush of glue. I still use the tube for somethings, but I recommend switching to a liquid.