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I have a rare  1962 yellow helicopter that has the original tail .. the top rotor  blade on that tail  (1/2 inch or so is original to the car! but broken off..

I read and read articles here and their but nobody can say what Lionel used for plastic back in the day (1962) that info would help!  or no one named just ONE product that will work , this info would be best  for me to know..

Any chance anybody here can tell me what product to use on this poor broken top rotor  piece  wanting to be fix helicopter

Thank-YOU  daniel

 

 

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That is a excellent ! Plan B 

For some reason I can not find what  type of plastic LIONEL used and or what that classification was  .. ONCE that is found finding a glue for it should be the cure (unless many failed lifts off )   which is not going to happen on my watch!

You would think back in the day 192 their would not be to many choice in the classifications.. thanks for the  response ...Daniel 

 

There are several types of Tenite, all under the same family nam: acetate, butyrite, and propionate. It's used for everything from toothbrushes to appliance parts and rifle stocks. I'm nit sure which grades of resin are used in which application.

Tenite is an early plastic.

Unlike todays "engineering grade" fiber reinforced tough plastics, Tenite is a fairly brittle plastic.

It tends to chip, crack, and break, and once broken it doesn't glue well at all.

 

Gee this is from a 2 second   Google!!!

Just found this info will contact tester to see if they have glue for it...

 

Acetate plastic can be glued though, just not with the cements we are used to using on styrene plastic. Revell and Monogram both produced their first plastic model kits in acetate, Revell marketing what they called "Revell Type A Cement", which was acetone based. In fact, acetone is the solvent for acetate plastic. However,while acetone will also dissolve styrene, it's the dissimilar molecular structures that prevent acetate and styrene from bonding with any strength with the use of solvent-based cements.

I called J-B weld Company and their techs new the material  Tenite and  Acetate plastics they said they have a product that will work its called:

Plastic Bonder Syringe

they say its is a quick-setting, two-part, urethane adhesive system that provides strong and lasting repairs and works on thermoset, carbon fiber composites, thermoplastics

I have two helicopter one real bad I will try on first if all is good I use it on the good one. time will tell Thank-YOU  DANiel

 

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