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                        Out of Control Glue

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                        glock232
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        Out of Control Glue
                        Posted by glock232 on Friday, April 2, 2004 12:20 AM
                        Hi gang!
                        I usually work with 1/35th scale armor pieces but i just picked up my first 1/72 cobra attack helicopter kit to put together for my friend who is obsesed with the chopper. I have a hard enough time keeping the glue in check when i work with the larger stuff, but i was wondering if anyone had any tips on doing "micro" gluing for the 1/72 kit. I use the ZAP brand glue its cyanoacrolyte (spelling...) so im sure you all know the consistancy of it. I have tips that you put on the tip of the bottle where you cut a piece off to expose the hole, but no matter what i do i cant get the hole small enough to only do fine lines of glue. I have also used the testor's glue in the black container with the metal tip attached to it.. same problem..

                        any ideas?!

                        Thanks
                        Joe
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Friday, April 2, 2004 12:41 AM
                        Put a little of the Zap in a bottle cap and apply it with a sharpened toothpick. Wink [;)]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        glock232
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                          February 2004
                        Posted by glock232 on Friday, April 2, 2004 4:40 AM
                        Isnt it funny how something so simple never comes to mind when you need it to.. Thanks for the tip ill give it a try!! With the zap in a cap.. no pun intended.. how long before it cures so i dont put too much in there at once ?
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Friday, April 2, 2004 7:29 AM
                        Just put a drop or two, it lasts for quite a while before it sets up as CA glues cure by moisture and just sitting in a bottle cap or any other container in the open doesn't matter that much. I would say you could use it for probably 1/2 hr to an hour before it thickens. At least that is how long the regular thin Zap lasts for me.

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 9:55 PM
                        I made a CA applicator from a 3 inch piece of 15 thousands dia. piano wire stuck into a short handle made from a dowel. For a little bit more glue at one time, grind half the eyelet off of a sewing needle, forming a small "U" on the end, attach the pointed end to a dowel.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 12, 2004 3:31 PM
                        I like the Tamiya Extra Thin Cement. I think there is another post about this. The brush is so small can you can control how much cement is loaded into the tip that i rarely have any problems with cement running. All I build is 1/72

                        Swandive
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