Building A Snap-Tite Kit - Would You Glue It Together Instead?

I use liquid cement along the seams. While the newer Revell snap tite Star Wars models are superb little kits, glue helps ensure the connections are tight and stay closed.

I would agree this seems the way to go.  I like the idea of using the snap together pins to "locate" the correct position of the part, along with placement of liquid cement on the seams to make sure the parts are bonded tightly together.

However -- one problem that might exist with this approach is there would be no way to "test fit" the parts before applying the cement, because it seems that once the parts are snapped together, it would be difficult to pry them apart without breaking the pins, or worse, cracking the sytrene in the process.  So you'd have to just go on faith that the pins and notches will align properly.  

-Kizzy

I've cut off the locator tabs on items that could hold well enough without them. I've found that sometimes the pins keep the parts from fitting together as tight as I'd like.

Agreed, often they do more harm than good.  Sometimes they keep parts from alighing properly, in which case I cut them off with my X-Acto knife so I can get a better alignment.  Other times, they just need to be sanded or filed down so the parts will fit more tightly together.

I treat it just like a regular kit.  The only problem is that  some of the kits are hard to take apart after snapping together, so if you "trial-fit" be very careful!

Thanks Don.  Will do!