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... on my 1/16 RR car. The failure involved the breakage of the stems where they meet the car body, not the glue. (I keep the model covered with a yellow duster and it must have been dragged several times when being removed.)
As you can see, the stem on each is slightly more than a mm in diameter in width, and the part that enters the hole in the body was even smaller and was the bit that failed although the two wing mirrors have a swelling as they touch the body which would have strengthened the fixing.
I could:
A) Drill a minute hole up each stem, glue in a tiny stiff steel wire and re-drill the hole in the body to hold the wire that would then sticks out of the part. I don't think that is feasible, too minute;
B) Fit a polystyrene tube over each stem to increase the area of the glued contact between stem and body, then paint it silver (or instead use a piece of silvered sprue and drill a hole up it). That would make the stem oversized;
C) Simply re-glue with polycement or Super Glue and treat the model with huge care. (In fact, I am thinking of mounting the model in one of those plastic cases, partly to prevent damage and partly to keep dust off);
Any ideas please?
Which is stronger: superglue or polycement?
... on my 1/16 RR car. The failure involved the breakage of the stems where they meet the car body, not the glue. (I keep the model covered with a yellow duster and it must have been dragged several times when being removed.)
As you can see, the stem on each is slightly more than a mm in diameter in width, and the part that enters the hole in the body was even smaller and was the bit that failed although the two wing mirrors have a swelling as they touch the body which would have strengthened the fixing.
I could:
A) Drill a minute hole up each stem, glue in a tiny stiff steel wire and re-drill the hole in the body to hold the wire that would then sticks out of the part. I don't think that is feasible, too minute;
B) Fit a polystyrene tube over each stem to increase the area of the glued contact between stem and body, then paint it silver (or instead use a piece of silvered sprue and drill a hole up it). That would make the stem oversized;
C) Simply re-glue with polycement or Super Glue and treat the model with huge care. (In fact, I am thinking of mounting the model in one of those plastic cases, partly to prevent damage and partly to keep dust off);
Any ideas please?
Which is stronger: superglue or polycement?
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