1/700 Scale PE 20mm Oerlikons with Shields

Gone Asiatic · Post by **Gone Asiatic** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:53 am

Does anyone have an effective technique for attaching the tiny shields to the guns? The two I attached to HMS STARLING are a little crooked; I didn`t have the patience for attaching the shields to all 36 20mm guns aboard USS ALASKA.

Crazy glue can be so unforgiving!

Ship Model Gallery · Post by **MartinJQuinn** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:46 am

Gone Asiatic wrote:Does anyone have an effective technique for attaching the tiny shields to the guns? The two I attached to HMS STARLING are a little crooked; I didn`t have the patience for attaching the shields to all 36 20mm guns aboard USS ALASKA.

Crazy glue can be so unforgiving!

Brush on a little accelerator (sp?) aka "zip kicker" onto one of the parts you are going to attach. Put a tiny drop of CA on the other part and touch them together - 90% of the time they'll hold fast with the CA touching the accelerator. Otherwise you'll be picking up sheilds all day. I used this techinque on the shields on my 1/700 USS Independence (CVL-22).

mike mccabe · Post by **mike mccabe** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:25 am

I use thick CA glue and thin wire and toothpicks. Use PVA glue to attach the gun to the toothpick, then dip the wire into the CA to get a very small blob of glue, dab this onto the shield and use tweezers to attach to the gun base. It will hold after a second or two.

Mike

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1/700 Scale PE 20mm Oerlikons with Shields

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