Grandpa1707817969 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 What glue should I use to stick a lug back onto the underside of a loco cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hi David, welcome to the forum. Could you give a few more details?Hornby, Bachmann, Lima, other?Plastic, metal?Shape, weight?Viewable when in operation?Perhaps post a couple of photos.Take care answering. You're only allowed 2 posts 1st time around. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa1707817969 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Thanks for reply Al. It's a plastic bodied Hornby 'Evening Star'. My father had regularly worked the loco at Cardiff Canton so I bought the model for him when he became housebound. Unfortunately, failing eyesight and arthritic fingers caused the pin linking loco and tender to separate a bit crudely, taking the nut and part of the underside of the plastic body with it. I did a couple of glue tests out of sight and found superglue worked. The result seems solid and is invisible from the exterior. Success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Generally 'Super Glue' will tackle most jobs provided there is adequate surfaces for it to get a hold. Liquid poly is what I would use for most plastic to plastic bodywork repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Nice there's a happy ending. Even more interesting is that your father actually worked the original locomotive - do you have any photos of that? Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliketransport Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Something I find with superglue is that it leaves a white frosting - is this just the one I use or a general problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 No it is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Generally 'Super Glue' will tackle most jobs provided there is adequate surfaces for it to get a hold. Liquid poly is what I would use for most plastic to plastic bodywork repairs. I find that liquid poly often doesn't work with locos, wrong sort of plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Yes, I find "Super Glue" seems to work the best. I also found liquid poly doesn't work very well. The biggest issue I found is if you get some of the "Super Glue" on your fingers you have to be careful you do not touch the loco body, as you get a nice glue fingerprint. Unfortunately, "Super Glue" is brilliant at sticking fingers to anything, sometimes better than the thing you want to glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 😆 I think that we all agree about "Super Glue" is brilliant at sticking fingers to anything, sometimes better than the thing you want to glue. This has also been said about in the Thread called "cardboard-models"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 This could confirm ... the obvious: In 1942, while searching for materials to make clear plastic gun sights, Coover and his team at Eastman Kodak examined cyanoacrylates, a material that was used during both World Wars (1914-1918; 1939-1945) as an alternative to stitches on large cuts and wounds, rejecting them as too sticky. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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