Swanny's got some great stuff there.. might I add that using a liquid welder instead of the standard cement has helped me immensely!
With the liquid welder there is only like a 10 second drying time... so you fit your fuselage together, get the pieces aligned as best you can and weld a small part (for 1/48 small means like an inch or two at a time) of the fuselage together... then refit till it matches up and weld again... keep going until the whole thing is glued together!
Ambroids and Tenax both make these welding "glues" and you can get them at most hobby shops, Hobby Lobby and online at
squadron.com and
greatmodels.com... the Ambroids comes in a glass bottle with a brush in it... you just brush it over the seam and hold 10 seconds and it is welded! at most there is a shiny stripe over the seam you remove with fine sandpaper... Tenax comes in a glass bottle with no brush so either you supply your own or get a capillary glue pen...
They both have the consistency of water and if left opened too long will evaporate. be careful about getting your fingers too close tot he seam while it is drying, it will make a nice indentation if you touch the area with the welding agent on it...
I still have to sand and use putty, but not near as much as before... with the traditional cements you spread it over the entire seam and have to hold the pieces together till mated... and in the meantime the seams can and in most cases do move if you aren't careful...
The liquid "welders" have made a believer out of me!!!!