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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Aircraft Information/Questions => Topic started by: MG on October 30, 2022, 09:11:12 PM

Title: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: MG on October 30, 2022, 09:11:12 PM: Good morning,
I am building an Italian Nieuport 11, being the first ever it is more correct to say that I am trying, having to build a piece that obviously is not in the kit, the particular Italian support for the Lewis on the wing, I need to glue plastic with metal specifically I think it is aluminum, they are mixed-case parts.
I have two types of glue available, AK EXTRA THIN CEMENT orange cap and AK MAGNET cyanoacrylate, nothing to do they don't stick, what can I use? :'(

Thank you
Ciao
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: macsporran on October 30, 2022, 11:00:27 PM: I don't know AK glues, but the CA should do the job. Some CAs set fast, others slowly but you only need a small amount - a large pool will take forever to dry and cure. You can get accelerators (in a bottle or a spray can) to speed up setting to instant.
I'd try a very small spot of the CA, of course if it is old it may not set at all. (Keep CA in the fridge to extend its life.)
HTH
Sandy
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: MG on October 30, 2022, 11:07:37 PM: Thanks for the prompt reply.
The cyanoacrylate glue is about one year old, however, always kept in a cool and dry place.
Do you think it does not work because it has expired?
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: MG on October 30, 2022, 11:09:23 PM: Which cyanoacrylate glue do you recommend?
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: MG on October 30, 2022, 11:19:55 PM: I tried gluing some 0.12 fishing line for rigging and the glue works.
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: macsporran on October 30, 2022, 11:29:24 PM: Hi MG, at one year it should still work fine. Have you tried cementing a couple of pieces of scrap plastic with it - if that doesn't work, then the CA is past use.
I use a whole variety of CA glues, picked up at model shows, can't think what's on the workbench at the moment. (not at home just now), but for a simple plastic to metal joint, the cheap stuff from a Nickel and Dime store should be perfectly good enough.
S
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: MG on October 30, 2022, 11:58:57 PM: THANK YOU!!! ;D
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: Dave W on October 31, 2022, 09:44:58 AM: Folks, a polite reminder that all forum posts must be in English or have an English translation provided.

Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
Title: Re: plastic + metal which glue?
Post by: MG on October 31, 2022, 07:37:56 PM: Yes, you are right, I must apologize but since everything appears to me translated in a hurry, I was convinced that I used English !!!