Glue

Anonymous · February 1, 2007, 10:30am

What type of glue do you use to assemble cardstock ? I have 3 old west buildings to put together and it calls for 410M Plasticate cement which I’ve never heard of. Any thoughts ? Thanks, Marty

MisterBeasley · February 1, 2007, 1:48pm

Pretty much anything will hold cardstock together. I would use white glue, like Elmers.

tstage · February 1, 2007, 2:01pm

[#ditto]

Tom

Anonymous · February 1, 2007, 3:40pm

Thanks, Marty

tomikawaTT · February 2, 2007, 1:03pm

410M, and its close cousin Ambroid, are plastic filler dissolved in solvent - usually acetone (nasty known carcinogen with a powerful smell!) I would recommend any of the more user friendly glues already mentioned.

For attaching heavy cardstock to a wood or foamboard backing, I use latex caulk, but that probably wouldn’t do for ordinary structure modeling.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

Anonymous · February 2, 2007, 3:42pm

I glued the wood corner posts to the cardstock last night with white glue and it worked fine. Now I’ll see how it works cardstock to cardstock. Marty