Alex,

The Elmer's school glue when I was a kid was pretty good stuff. The models were small rubber-band balsa stick/tissue covered Piper Cubs. The Elmer's I've kept around for 10 years or so is the Carpenter's Glue. Its yellowish and only used last year a few times on a few pieces here-n-there on an .049 model I built. It seemed ok but I wound up using CA mostly.

CA doesn't bother me much unless I get my face right into it. But as a smoker it doesn't take much to make me cough and besides, I move slower now and the waiting on glue to dry doesn't bug me quite as much as it used to.

I've been using the CA for balsa-to-balsa joints and Epoxy for anything-to-plywood joints. I'm going to finish the ARF I'm working on eventually and want to build a kit next (its in the closet already). For the heck of it I may use the UHU stuff or I may use the Gorilla Wood Glue, just to see.

The mental image I have of using a small paintbrush, a small cup of water and another with a dab of glue on it (I'll probably use a patch of wax paper) just seems sorta "'ol timey" and I may do it just because that now appeals to me.

Thanks for all the tips on this thread too!

Clay