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Old 29th Aug 2021, 1:37 am   #21
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Cheers martin, yes, warm weather presently, will get it done outside.
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Old 29th Aug 2021, 6:49 am   #22
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Have now got some Plasticweld from local Model centre, will try it out, first time I have been in the model centre, loads of interesting items there.

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Which store are you talking about? I am in Bognor and we have Squires which is a great model store but if there is one in Worthing I may have to visit.

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Old 29th Aug 2021, 12:10 pm   #23
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The model centre I brought the Plasticweld from did not sell the MEK solvent cleaner. In fact the shop man had never heard of it.

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Old 29th Aug 2021, 12:13 pm   #24
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It was the Sussex Model Centre, Broadwater Road, Worthing.

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Now I come to think of it, I bought my bottle of MEK from a trader's stall at a local model railway exhibition about 5 years ago. I was surprised to see it on sale to the non-industrial public.
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I've mentioned them before, but I will recomend the '4D Model Shop' in London :

https://modelshop.co.uk/

They're not a model shop in the sense of plastic kits and model aircraft, they're for people making architectural models and the like, and they have some very useful (for us) products, including plastic solvent glues (to keep this on-topic) various metal meshes, etc.
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For plastic solvent, I use guttering glue.
Polypipe, available from most plumbing stores and probably B&Q etc.
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I use that stuff too.
My bottle is branded FloPlast and has a red top.
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Back again with the results, plastic weld glue has been a success, applied as per instructions by letting capillary action draw it into the joint, front escutcheon now repaired and seems quite a strong repair, many thanks for all your advice.
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