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Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2019 3:13 pm**

RobW wrote:
Son of a gun-ner wrote:I have a piece of plywood that fits over my hob in the kitchen, a perfect little work top. I can switch on the extractor and open the back door
Metal will transfer the heat better......

Oh dear, don't give up the day job Rob

Posted: **Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:26 pm**

And don't forget to lay it with the grain crossing for strength!

I wish, another 20 years until I get my pension....

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:48 pm**

General Jumbo01 wrote:I seem to remember being told by someone who ought to know that HengLong use ABS, not styrene for their hulls/decks. It's certainly more stiff and brittle than usual kit material and more like the plastics used in the motor industry, which is ABS. I confess l don't know what glue would work best for binding both together but if the styrene melts then it would form a bond anyway. You know, of course, that I'm a great fan of ShoeGoo....

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Tamiya uses PS for most of its full-option tanks, and the sprues are labelled 'PS'. PS constitutes as much as 90% of each model, maybe more.
Some parts requiring extra rigidity (rolling gear mostly, or cannon mountings) are made of ABS, and labelled as such.
My guess is that Heng Long and Taigen actually use a similar mix.

That's why ordinary styrene cement works well on them. ABS parts, however, require ABS cement (or acetone).

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