Yeah! But which glue?
Poly thick; medium or thin? Tube, dropper or brush? Liquid Poly? CA thick, medium or thin? Tube, dropper or brush? PVA? Canopy glue? What about chromed parts?
You should get some of each to be sure you can fix anything. Having bought all that, you'll need sanding sticks and polishers in case you spill some and fillers in case you missed a bit.
Now, how long do they take to dry? Best get some clamps - you can't sit there all night holding the bits in your hand!
If you spill any on your paintwork, you're gonna have to re-paint so better make sure you've got plenty of the paints you'll be using. Have you got enough thinner and cleaner to suit your paint types? You won't need to re-paint the whole thing so you'll need masking tape.
Oh gods! Nearly forgot. What about fixing your decals? You'll need something for them. Of course, you'll need to make sure they don't 'silver' so gloss varnish is a must-have - then you'll need satin and/or matt varnish to bring the surface back to the finish it needs. Then your washes etc. - see re-painting above.
Then you need to make sure you've got something with resin to try your CA on, PE to try out your PVA and CA, (you'll need some good tweezers for handling the PE), a canopy ('cos you've only got armour) or chrome ('cos you've only got military). No good buying all those glues if you've got nothing to use them on - right?
And what about that superb build you saw on the forum last night? Gotta inspire you to have a go at one of them hasn't it? Oh look! They've got it on special offer .....
Gern
PS If you do go a bit OTT - DON'T BLAME ME! You picked the hobby, I'm only trying to help!
PPS Richard posted while I was writing this so some is duplicated!
Poly thick; medium or thin? Tube, dropper or brush? Liquid Poly? CA thick, medium or thin? Tube, dropper or brush? PVA? Canopy glue? What about chromed parts?
You should get some of each to be sure you can fix anything. Having bought all that, you'll need sanding sticks and polishers in case you spill some and fillers in case you missed a bit.
Now, how long do they take to dry? Best get some clamps - you can't sit there all night holding the bits in your hand!
If you spill any on your paintwork, you're gonna have to re-paint so better make sure you've got plenty of the paints you'll be using. Have you got enough thinner and cleaner to suit your paint types? You won't need to re-paint the whole thing so you'll need masking tape.
Oh gods! Nearly forgot. What about fixing your decals? You'll need something for them. Of course, you'll need to make sure they don't 'silver' so gloss varnish is a must-have - then you'll need satin and/or matt varnish to bring the surface back to the finish it needs. Then your washes etc. - see re-painting above.
Then you need to make sure you've got something with resin to try your CA on, PE to try out your PVA and CA, (you'll need some good tweezers for handling the PE), a canopy ('cos you've only got armour) or chrome ('cos you've only got military). No good buying all those glues if you've got nothing to use them on - right?
And what about that superb build you saw on the forum last night? Gotta inspire you to have a go at one of them hasn't it? Oh look! They've got it on special offer .....
Gern
PS If you do go a bit OTT - DON'T BLAME ME! You picked the hobby, I'm only trying to help!
PPS Richard posted while I was writing this so some is duplicated!
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