In the darker recesses of the unbuilt kits store, lurk a small number of American wooden rolling stock kits, of the smaller HOn3 variety suitable for adaption to HOn30/009. Can anybody suggest a suitable adhesive for the wooden parts, preferably quick setting and readily available in the UK. Suggestions welcome from experience, not theory. Thank you.
Garry,
With regard to HOn3 US wooden craftsman type kits this IS theory so apologies, but in an overall context is backed by some experience of glueing stripwood and card. I use a strong PVA called Berol Marvin Medium for most fixing jobs where superglue gel is not appropriate. Not sure if it is easily obtainable as my large container of it was purchased from Hobbycraft about 5 years ago and I've noticed that they don't now seem to stock this particular brand.
The Lady P also uses a very good PVA-based adhesive in her craftwork called Stone Glue, which is obtainable from good craft shops of the type that support cardcraft and scrapbooking (including Hobbycraft). It is a PVA but is designed for stronger applications such as fixing jewellery brilliants into mounts etc. Memsahib swears by it (and at me, but that is another story) and I can endorse that it is certainly a good strong, adhesive. It has all the normal properties of PVA - ie can be used "neat", is water soluble when still liquid and can be diluted, dries quickly and clear etc but is about 10 times stronger than the bog-standard "school issue" type of PVA that one tends to use for scenic work and purchase by the jerrycan load.
Mick
I've also used both UHU and Evil-stick successfully. They can be used in both impact and non-impact modes; the only drawback is that they tend to 'string. A good quality strong PVA is probably a more sound bet, especially as it can also be used as a filler and sanded. (when I worked in the carpentry workshop we used to mix our own wood filler from sawdust and PVA if there was nothing else available!)
Tigger.