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What type of glue and paint should I use for resin and styrene models?
What type of model glue and model paint should I use for model kit that will be half resin and half polystyrene? And, please give me a common name or brand name, not a chemical composition name, I’m not a scientist and I have no idea what Cyanoacrylate, Methyl cyanoacrylate, and Ethyl cyanoacrylate means. I also don’t know the difference between enamel, acrylic, and lacquer paints.
What I’m building is a 1/1400 scale model of a Nebula-Class star ship from Star Trek. The styrene will be from Amt/Ertl’s Enterprise-D kit and the resin will be from DLM’s Nebula Conversion Kit. I want to prime the model, paint and assemble, set decals, and then put some sort of sealer over the whole thing to lock it all in. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thank you for all your time and help in answering my question.
For the resin to resin, or resin to plastic, you’ll want to use a CA glue (cyanoacrylate) like this:
http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM87062
That’s what I use on my resin kits.
For the plastic parts, use a plastic cement. I used something like this for years, and really liked it
http://www.kitkraft.biz/product.php?productid=1418
For the primer, you’ll want to use something that will coat both the resin and the plastic parts well. I’d recommend Mr Surfacer. Again, something that I use. Mix 50:50 with lacquer thinner, run it through your airbrush
http://www.hlj.com/product/GNZSF-284
In all my time of building models, I’ve never user a sealer. Do you plan on playing with your model when it’s finished? Then you should be OK not putting on a sealant. If you’re worried about the decals, then use a decal setter on them
http://www.hlj.com/product/GNZMS-232
EDIT: Oops, I missed part of your question. The type of paint you use is whatever type you like. Acrylic is the least durable, but the easiest to clean up. Enamel is about mid range, moderate durable, little more hassle to clean. I like to use lacquer based paint (Mr. Color). Very durable, covers very nicely, but probably the most dangerous type to use, fume wise. I always wear a respirator when I’m brushing (little lax on that the rare times I airbrush enamel). I’ve never used acrylics, so I have no opinion on those.
A question for you- Do you have any building experience with resin? It can be a difficult beast to work with, especially if you don’t have much general building knowledge to start with. How many kits have you already put together?
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