Free O Scale Bench, Love Seat and Chair Kits!!!

I finally assembled mine Sunday.  I used white glue and used a small paint brush to apply it.  What a mental drain!  Maybe super glue or ALENE tacky would work better, or maybe my assembly technique could use a LOT of improving!.

I applied glue where contact would be made and then when I would try to assemble it, I most often would make contact with the glue in one spot or another and when I tried to remove my finger(s) it/they would stick to it and disassemble it   I took a TON of patience for me to finally get them assembled.

BTW: I also tried assembling them first and then applying glue to contact areas  but still ran into the issue of my fingers sticking to it - this where possibly a more liquid super glue would be better.

I will paint them tonight  - they are nice.

fatfingeredwalt

Walt- Tacky Glue is the answer because it acts as a third hand. Thin CA would be a challenge because the Taskboard will wick it up, at least until the first application dries. You could also try a combination of thick CA and Elmers. This is how we apply people to models. Make two small pools of glue, one each of thick CA and Elmers. Dip the area to be glued (feet) into the CA pool and then lightly touch it to where it will be attached to. This transfers CA to that point. Redip the first piece into the Elmers pool and then stick it back to the glue point where the CA has been applied. Elmers (water based) is a catalyst for CA. That's why it is so easy to glue moist fingers together with CA. Practice this and any gluing technique on something that does not count first.

Even better with just Tack Glue, if you have a little too much glue applied when first purring the pieces together, you can "paint" the excess glue away with a Testors nylon hobby brush. And it is water soluble so you can just rinse it out in a cup of water.

Boy, I wish I knew those tricks before I did my sticky-finger glue approach!  The issue was that no matter the order that I tried to assemble them, I had to hold 3 pieces together at all times while trying to add in the other piece.  Bad technique I suppose.

Well, I painted them Monday and while doing so I noticed that somehow on the smaller bench the seat part slipped a bit and is tilted forward.  I'm going to try to break it loose, carefully, and re-glue it.  Can't believe I didn't notice it while the glue was still 'wet' . 

I painted them Camel - I didn't want dark.  Dark does not seem to show well on my Christmas only layout.  The image of them on the porch is just for a picture - I won't use them there.  The house is an exact, precision model that I made of my son's house and as of now he doesn't have furniture on that porch.

Thanks Doug - can't wait to see where I'll land up using them.

- walt

The next "last call" batch goes out today. The requests cleaned out our stock so I made a few side runs. If you are still looking for your kit it is on the way and look for extra pieces for a table that are not carded.