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Ruined buildings and city scenes.
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Ruined Barn
philed
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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 06:52 PM UTC
Hey.

Ive just bought a "ruined barn" building for my diorama.

Im not too sure what to stick the edges of the building together with though, would normal poly cemet be sufficient?

Thanks

Phil
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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 07:01 PM UTC
It would help if we knew what the kit was made of, before we could answer your question. Is it plastic? is it Resin? Is it Plaster?
philed
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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 07:05 PM UTC
Oh yeh, silly of me to miss off such a detail.

I think its made of plaster. Its the verlinden productions "ruined barn".

Cheers.

Phil

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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 07:32 PM UTC
Hi,

White wood glue should be good for plaster.
Reinforcements with toothpicks is a good idea but with a great risk of breaking something.

Cheers
Claude
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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 08:56 PM UTC
For the plaster buildings I always use krazy glue. I put on a thin layer where things will be glued and let it dry to sort of seal the plaster. Once it's dry, I put on more glue and then stick the parts together. I find this holds well and dries fast, of course. I fill any gaps remaining with spackle.

Rob
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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 09:27 PM UTC
White glue is yer lad for that. It forms a very strong bond with plaster, but takes time to set.

Sean
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Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 11:16 PM UTC
5 min epoxy works great too, and as others suggested, fill any gaps with spackle or wood filler and sand flush.
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Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 05:08 AM UTC
I use 2 part apoxy cement on plaster buildings.it works well.
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Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 01:17 PM UTC
Woodworking glue has always worked for me. Takes ages to set but does the job so leave it overnight. I tried supeglue but it drank it and wouldn't stick!
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