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Old 04-04-2015 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ausf
Just to throw this out there, not assuming anything: The roadwheels are ABS, so regular plastic cement won't hold, you'll need PlastiWeld, Tenax or any other MEK based glue.

After building the first two Tamiyas years ago, when I got the IV, I glued all the roadwheels only to have them split because I missed the the ABS mark on the sprue (or in the instructions). Most of the kit sprues are polystyrene (marked PS), but a few are ABS.

Don't know why they switched in their newer kits, the PS Tiger I roadwheels are the tallest, thinnest of all their offerings and there's no issue with them, but they did and tricked me good the first time.
Thanks ausf. I would have used styrene glue. Going to have to wait till Monday then. Thanks for the heads up.

Joe