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Hello there, everyone. This is my first post. I appreciate that this forum seems to be more scratch built/ kit based, but I hope you don't mind a big Tonka fan picking your brains.
I (and my 20 month old son) are proud owners of well over 40 1960s- 1980s Tonka trucks/ tractors/ plant equipment, etc.
We have one lovely 1960s six wheel crane, a £4 car boot bargain. It is a steel chassis, cab and turntable. However, rather stupidly, the crane jib is made of plastic, in a latticed style, and, unsurprisingly, is badly broken.
My plan was to cut out the affected areas and glue in new styrene box section plastic in the original style. I looked about and it seemed that EMA Plastic Weld looked very promising. However, it really never began to work. Styrene to styrene, maybe, but not to whatever plastic the crane is made from.
Can anyone help with suggesting a suitable glue that will bond two dissimilar plastics? It needs to be very strong, as our beloved vintage Tonka's are, despite being kept largely on shelves on display, still used, loved and played with by my little boy. Many thanks, everyone.
I (and my 20 month old son) are proud owners of well over 40 1960s- 1980s Tonka trucks/ tractors/ plant equipment, etc.
We have one lovely 1960s six wheel crane, a £4 car boot bargain. It is a steel chassis, cab and turntable. However, rather stupidly, the crane jib is made of plastic, in a latticed style, and, unsurprisingly, is badly broken.
My plan was to cut out the affected areas and glue in new styrene box section plastic in the original style. I looked about and it seemed that EMA Plastic Weld looked very promising. However, it really never began to work. Styrene to styrene, maybe, but not to whatever plastic the crane is made from.
Can anyone help with suggesting a suitable glue that will bond two dissimilar plastics? It needs to be very strong, as our beloved vintage Tonka's are, despite being kept largely on shelves on display, still used, loved and played with by my little boy. Many thanks, everyone.
