Hi,

Just getting back into the hobby and started doing a build and changed my mind about the tank, but, now I want to add some wiring which appears to be attached to the turret.

Do I drill holes where the wire begins and ends and just use super glus? Would hot glue be better and I should paint he wire before attaching?

The one I am trying to make looks like the one in my gallery, for some reason I cannot get the image to show.

I do hope I posted this in the right forum?

I recommend you paint the wire, before gluing it. As far as glue, pva should work fine.

Thanks for the response, PVA is just white glue?

Yes, pva is white glue.

PVA glue doesn't hold worth a crap. It should only be used to glue clear parts. I would do as you initially thought, drill where the wire goes into the turret and glue with superglue. I would also paint it after gluing since the glue can/will stick better to the wire. Paint just adds another layer to be pulled off as the paint will pull away with the superglue. Paint is a very weak bond.

Thanks, I was still pondering which way to do this, and trying to get some wire to go the way I want.

This is the tank I am trying to model, but I found it after I had already started, lesson learned.



And this image is where I am at now, just waiting for the decals to dry before another layer of clear coat and then start weathering and such.

So long as it is not supporting anything heavy, pva works great. I use it for small etch assemblies and figures, with excellent results.

To each their own. I find the bond w/PVA too weak to hold anything for any length of time. For me, the only thing it remotely holds sort of well is paper items like ration boxes.

Normally, I would go with CA glue as well, but if you drill through the turret and glue from the inside I think PVA would work okay. Gluing from the inside keeps things neater and gives you an unpainted surface to glue to. I would probably prime the wire first and then paint it after installing.

Sadly I had already gotten a lot of the model built and painted before I really notices the wire.

So I tried some thing, that did not work.

But where the wire was it left a pretty cool looking chip effect.

On a positive note I did learn a lot this build that I hope to use in future builds, including the research BEFORE I start building. My first armour kit in over twenty some odd years and I think it looks okay.

Looks great, Richard!