@Pingman posted:@T.Albers, what adhesive did you use to attach the 1mm strips to the aluminum car body? I ask because I have a similar task--attaching think strips to fill-in a narrow, shallow channel running the length of a passenger car.
Wonderful post; superb project; beautifully documented. Thanks for sharing.
Hi @Pingman, that's a great question. Last time on The Little Nugget I used medium 5~10 second CA glue. The problem was that medium glue got pushed out from behind the styrene strips and the glue needed to be sanded flat before painting. I did not want that extra work again using these tiny 1mm half round strips. So on this 4-4-2 Sleeper so I used "Super Thin" 1~3 second CA glue in the blue bottle. You have to work real fast putting on your strips with this glue because it drys quick. Here is a close up view of how the 1mm half round strips turned out with Super Thin CA glue. Using the thin glue was the trick and I did not have any problems this time with it getting pushed out from behind the styrene strips.
Thanks! 👍