David Hingtgen Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 Ok, I'm building what will be my last 1/700 ship (when you think to yourself "these tweezers are way too big" you know it's time to work in a bigger scale) and am encountering problems gluing. Namely, the contact surface is as small, if not smaller, than the applicator tip of my glue. (Standard Testor's black-container model master stuff with the needle applicator). Normally, for itty-bitty parts I use a shaved-down toothpick to transfer glue from the applicator to the part, but is there a better/easier way? I was wondering about using like a 10/0 or 25/0 brush to apply. Anyone tried that? And does brushing glue work with any thickness glue, or does it need to be stuff like Tenax 7R? PS--any suggestions on tweezers for affixing small parts? (Too many have pointy tips, or tips with no grip at all--I currently use ones from a microscope kit, with rounded tips but ridges inside---they're like very thin needle-nose pliers, and have worked well for most things, even other 1/700 ships--but I'm going to need even smaller ones in a similar style for this, and my Iowa's 20mm gun shields) Quote
Valkyrie Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 (edited) One of these might help. One of Micro-Mark's many useful modeling tools. http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?M...roduct&ID=82448 Edited September 4, 2003 by Valkyrie Quote
VF-17 Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 Never seen that before............. pretty cool! Quote
David Hingtgen Posted September 4, 2003 Author Posted September 4, 2003 Nifty! Thanks---that's exactly what my problem was--capillary action drawing glue out of the tube. Have to buy one of those, and soon! Quote
Sam Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 for grip on tweezers just glue small pieces of rubber to the inside for grip hey. Quote
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