whats this glue do

Well, there are several great things about "white glue". Since it dries clear, you can use it to simulate the glass over cockpit insturments, landing lights, etc. The best thing about it, for me, is it won't fog clear parts. I use white glue to attach canopies and wind screens. If you mess up, it cleans right up with water. It is also useful as a filler, especially around two piece canopy frames that just don't line up, filling small cracks and such. I find it valuable on armor models, especially when I am applying custom poses to figures around the tank. I use the white glue to "temporarily" pose my figures, so I can get them just right. White glue works great for filling in vision blocks too. If you're making flags or tarps, blankets, etc, you can coat tissue with white glue to get that realistic effect and paint right over it once it is cured.

Steve

Diluted white glue and water will eliminate decal silvering too. A mix of 20% glue and 80% water produces a very thin milky solution. Put a drop or two where you will place the decal and then apply it. Blot out the excess and finish like you normally would. Silvering is just many very tiny bubbles that look white or silvery when the decal dries. The white glue breaks the waters surface tension doing away with the trapped air bubbles.

Get a big bottle. You will use it all the time if you decide to do Dios.

IMO

Ted

great stuff... right up there with my airbrush and xacto in importance order... use it for ALL kinds of things, mainly canopies and clear pieces. I've even used it to hold a piece in place on a complex multi-part fit just long enough to get the others in line... then ZIP! on goes the Tenax...

lol I've always used the white glue to glue down canopies I never knew it could be used as filler. If you do use it as filler how much would it shrink after it dries? Does anyone know?

not much. if it's applied crefully and enough to fill the gap it usually hold pretty good and doesn't recede... now these are for minute gaps such as at the wing root less than 1/16 I would say...

if you paint over it I recommend an airbrush with not too wet of a coat, not brushed as too much liquid will dissolve it.

Here's another good use,

Put a big glob of it in the palm of your hand and smear it around. After it dries, peel it off and look at your finger prints and palm prints in it. This is great to do if you're bored with your model or waiting for the paint to dry....

Just playing,
Jesse