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Cementing track links?
Hisham
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Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 10:31 PM UTC
What is a good slow drying liquid cement I can use to put separate track links together and be able to bend them around wheels later?

Thanks
Tojo72
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Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 10:47 PM UTC
There is a section on assembling tracks that appeared a couple of weeks ago,he recommended using testors thin liquid cement.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 11:43 PM UTC
I haven't used it on tracks yet, but I have Taymia thin liquid cement and it also allows you to move parts when it becomes tacky. I am hoping ot works well on teh tracks when I get there.

wbill76
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 06:48 AM UTC
Hisham,

It depends on how much "later" you mean of course! Here's the link to the Indy Link Track Tutorial by Karl Logan that was published in the Features section:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/1737
SSGToms
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 09:05 AM UTC
Don't use the Tamiya liquid cement! It's way too thin for this application and will run under the links and melt the track faces. I use Testor's liquid cement in the black needle nosed bottle for indy links. It gives you about an hour to assemble the run and bend them onto the running gear, without them falling apart.
Hisham
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 10:02 AM UTC
Thanks for all your help, guys.

I remember having one of those Testors black cement container things, I just hope I can find it!

Cheers
kevinb120
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 10:06 AM UTC

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Don't use the Tamiya liquid cement! It's way too thin for this application and will run under the links and melt the track faces. I use Testor's liquid cement in the black needle nosed bottle for indy links. It gives you about an hour to assemble the run and bend them onto the running gear, without them falling apart.


ditto!
Tojo72
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Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 12:29 PM UTC
thanks for posting that link,that's what I wanted to direct him to,but I don't know my way around the computer that well.
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