The final step

I never glue the chassis to the body, and in not doing so, I never truely finish my models.

I just know there'll be something I want to go back and do, or something will break, so I want to be able to open them back up if I ever need to.

What about you guys? :D

Originally posted by Silver S2000
I never glue the chassis to the body, and in not doing so, I never truely finish my models.

I just know there'll be something I want to go back and do, or something will break, so I want to be able to open them back up if I ever need to.

What about you guys? :D

Exactally :cool:

Originally posted by Silver S2000
I never glue the chassis to the body, and in not doing so, I never truely finish my models.

I just know there'll be something I want to go back and do, or something will break, so I want to be able to open them back up if I ever need to.

What about you guys? :D

I dont either unless i have to, but i try and finish the model completely before i move on to another.

I dont know how you guys do 2-3 or more kits at once. :eek: :eek:

My R5 can be optionally motor driven and requires a battery. To change the battery, you have to take the body off, so they designed a really good snap together system for it. I'm not motorizing it, but I'm not gonna glue it together anyways.

Originally posted by primera man



I dont know how you guys do 2-3 or more kits at once. :eek: :eek:

It's a bad habit to get into!!!:rolleyes:

The only 5 cars i have built i have glued the body, I will consider not gluing it on my next car, i never thought of that..:huh: , And working on 2-3 cars at once???:uhoh: I don't think i would finish any of them if i did that..I have a hard time finishing one car at a time..:D

Like Warren, I will only glue the chassis if I need to!
You knows if you will need to take it apart for repair in the future!

ttt... for the newbies to answer. (newbie = everone joined in 2002. :p)

I prefer to leave mine unglued as well, or "lightly" tacked together just-in-case. That's one reason I like the ones that have snap retainers. I hate it when a chassis fits in such a way that you must glue it to get it to sit right.

I also tend to apply side mirrors w/sticky fun-tack. That way they are supposed to break off, and make the occasional cleanup easier as well.

Things like Tamiya sprays and superglue and zip kicker and polishing sticks have significantly shortened the build time. I used to be so messy w/zip kicker-dousing the parts after gluing an assembling, now I apply it w/a cotton swab to the part being applied, and the drop of glue is on the surface that it's being applied to. That way if I slip, I'm not hitting glue on another part. It also gives you a few seconds of "play" to get the part situated before the glue kicks.

I have always thought that they dont need to be glued, why should they? Isn't the design as such so glue is not required??? Seems that way to me. Its a different case when the parts fit poorly - like in an [cough] AMT kit:D

Only when I have to, not that I go back and change my models later, I may swap wheels but that's it.

Not unless it's a cheap kit and I have no choice.

Since I've only built Tamiya and Fujimi kits, never saw the need for gluing as they already have built in tabs and such for placement

depends all the domestic kits i have are well glued together but all my imports are not because they snap ons i dont worry about it

I don't glue the bottom half, that way I can do modifications in the interior if desired. But for like Revell-Monogram cars, sometimes you have parts that you have to glue, when you want to take it off, you have to rip those parts off.

I don't. I usually make locking locater tabs in the body hidden away somewhere. I don't even glue wind shields/glass assemblys(if 1 piece). I glue glass only on convertibles.

I admit the I am one that has glued all my bodies on. I can see me changing the way I do things so I am prepared for the WHAT IF scenario

I don't like relying on glue to hold it together so I add whatever it takes so the body snaps in place. I also hate on some kits when snapped in place the chassis hangs below the body work. I have a cure for that, I add a lip of styrene along the bottom of the rocker panel that catches and holds the chassis in place. Also any time you have to glue something together there is a risk of getting glue on a finished part. If any of you ever build the TOYOTA GT-ONE I have a really neat way to hold that body on without glue.

I haven't glued any of the bodies to the chassis. I figure if it holds together without glue, why glue it? This way if you need to take the top off for some reason it is really easy, and putting the body on is real easy.

I'd never even considered gluing the body down, but then I've only ever built Tamiya kits that seem to hold together perectly well. Maybe it's different for Fujimi, Revell, etc ...