Hi Folks ;
Just got finished being long winded about Spru-Glu to Bakster . While doing this I remembered all the stuff I've used this material for . Did you know , if you have a bottle of it that is made of clear , that careful application of it to smooth glass can render some unusual shapes when dry ?
You can also take the colored Spru-Glu and make thin bulkheads and other shapes ? Sure , there is a trick to it . The Spru Glu for clear MUST be the consistancy of honey AND never use but the clearest styrene possible .
For the colored stuff it doesn't matter . Unless you have a major project in say , red . Then make a small batch of it in the color of the car or truck that is the project .That way you are using the same plastic , the same color for making repairs or whatever .
In armor it enables you to create weld lines etc. in the same color of the vehicle or you can use the general mix instead . Now those unusual shapes .
If you take the Clear Spru - Glu and carefully pour some over the bottom and one side of a Test Tube you can create a very optically clear and Thin Bubble . For a race car maybe . If you have some aluminum rod the right sizes you can polish the end into a slight engraved dome an create your own headlight lenses .
I forgot to mention one very serious point here . When making Clear Spru - Glu there is something very important to mention . Never use the dregs of a bottle of glue to make the clear . Find a bottle ( clean ) that you can pour half of the NEW glue into . Take the remaining half of the NEW bottle And then put your clear clippings in it . You must keep seperate bottles this way for smoked and tinted clear green or red too . .
Yes , You can create canopies too ! and Bombs , rockets . You can create molds from the mold making stuff and pour Spru - Glue ( thickened ) into it and have a styrene part when it has gassed out . Sure this takes longer . But it is an option .
There is one trick to making a part in a mold though . Use a very thin coat to completly line the mold then fill it to the top . Do not pour fast ! Like slip in ceramics , if you do this you will get bubbles .
Now for the airplane guys .Want a new nose cone ? Then make your mold of the halves out of Sculpey , Set aside to dry .Take each half , and line with thinned Spru - Glue the color of the plane . After about an hour take and line it again with the thicker ( Honey ) material . Take both halves and let gas out for a couple of days .Carefully pick the edges till it pops from the mold .Sand the edges and glue together just like any other plastic part . Like any mold , leave some for cleaning up the edges .
Back to the clear . If you want , say a full dome , do this . take a Christmas ball , ( Glass ) you don't need anymore , but make sure that it is not scratched . Pour the thinned Spru - Glu over it allowing it to cover just a teensy more than half of the ball . Let gas out for about three days , and break the ball away revealing a beautiful dome that can be trimmed to fit .
Well , think about it , and give me your take on what you've done with it . It's called thinking outside the box . Here's a for instance . I had an old Monogram F-100 Super sabre that had gotten the tail broken off . I made a mold of a tail from another plane , that was Foiled . I then poured the Spru - Glu in these shallow molds leaving space to clean up the edges , and leaving a tab at the bottom . I then cleaned up the solidified parts a week later , glued them together and then mounted it , in it,s place on the plane
Hey , Guess what after a week , then foiling , you could never tell this plane got it's tail feathers broken off ! Shipmodelers , take heed , All this applies to you too ! T.B.