If you're like me, you have a love hate relationship with PE railings. You love the detail and the look they give your model ships, but hate the installation. Well, there may be a solution for people like us. Future Floor Wax.
Future is an acrylic polish used on floors, models and other things. It also can act as a form of glue. It dries quick and clear, making it ideal for PE. Definitely, better than CA glue.
Don't believe me? Check out the results of someone using this technique on
Modelwarships. Read the full conversation below.
Side elevator PE glued together with Future.
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| Rdutnell |
 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:18 pm
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grayson72 wrote:
Side elevator PE glued together with Future.
Future?
I don't think I've heard of that before, how does that work, or rather, how did you do it?
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1/350 USS Missouri (BB-63)
1/350 USS England (DE-635)
"Underway Personnel Transfer" Diorama
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( http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=106774)
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| Timmy C |
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:25 pm
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Be careful when snipping the elevator off the sprue - the process may involve a brief warping of the elevator that might pop off the PE work.
Unless, of course, the PE has not been glued to the plastic yet.
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Yo dawg, I heard you like PE, so I put some PE in your PE so you can use PE on your PE.
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| grayson72 |
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:26 pm
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Future Floor Wax, high gloss acrylic coating. I just get the parts where I want them and then brush on a generous amount of future, it has the consistency of water, dries really fast and is fairly strong. Once it dries the excess is almost completely gone so you don't get globs of glue anywhere.
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