Nick R. posted:
A little more progress made today. Im finished cutting pipe, but I should probably glue the pipes together before I paint them, right?
What glue would be best? I thought about a small bead of pvc glue, but Im not sure if it will be paintable afterword. Maybe just good old testors model glue?
The gray turned out quite a bit darker than I wanted so Im going pick up something lighter and add some strips of basswood to add details to the building portion and hide those ugly corners.
Im realizing I need to invest in some better modeling tools. My jigsaw just isnt cutting it for long straight lines...
-Nick
Nick:
Urethane glue like Liquid Fusion (Hobby Lobby / Micheals) will work on PVC. I used it all the time before I switched over to ABS tubing. Run a bead down the side of one tube then clamp it to the next and so on. Don't clamp first then run a bead. It will show.
For the building sides you can get basswood right angles (Northwestern Scale Lumber) or plastic right angles (Plastruct).
If you are only interested in small hobby stuff like the basswood or balsa a mini bench top table saw is ok. Micro Mark sells them but you can get bigger at less cost by checking out Ebay or Amazon.
If you plan on cutting out windows in the basswood though I have not tried it on wood Micro Mark sells a nibbler tool I use all the time on plastic. I drill a 3/8 inch hole to accommodate the nibbler then work my way to the cut lines.
Joe
Forgot to mention - reason I got away from PVC is that I needed to sand the tubing because of all the scratches inherent with it.
