piperjon

Hi guy's,
I am building a 1/4 scale tiger moth and have cut out the doors. 1 each side of the cowl. But ran into trouble with gluing the steel brass covered hinge. It will not hole after I thought it was ok. I could just remove the doors day. I did sand the epoxy cowl forst and also the hinge to make sure it would stick I thought.
So any help would be great.
John

OldScaleGuy

My Feedback: (2)

I believe i would use some small screws to attach the hinges to the cowl.

Gtarling

So what glue did you use? If you can't fit screws, then try JB Weld.

piperjon

Hi,
Thanks for your help guy's. I used Epoxy slow cure. But it didn't do the job. Only the dam cowl has all this epoxy on it now that i can remove by sanding. Small screws would not be small enough. The head of the screw would have to be about 1/16" round any big would look out of place. I don't know what JB Weld is. You could let me know.
John

RBACONS

My Feedback: (3)

Sand both the cowl and the hinge with coarse sandpaper, and clean with alcohol. I would also drill a number of small holes through the hinge so that the epoxy oozes through and provides a better bond. You should also clamp the hinge while drying if possible.

JB Weld is a 2-part epoxy made for bonding metal and is available in most hardware stores (at least in the US).

There are also a number of vendors who sell very small screws (0-80) so you should be able to find them if you look hard enough.

piperjon

Thank you again. i got some looking to do down under for the JB Weld or some screws.
Thank you for your help.
John

piperjon

Hi I just done some checking and I can buy it about 30 K's away from my home. Gee it sound great stuff to use hay. JB Weld. Thanks guy's
John

RCFlyerDan

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I have bought extremely small canopy screws from BVM and DreamWorks. So small, you need your bi-focals on for sure!! Neither have them on their website, so would take an email or call. Or look at a local model train shop.
http://www.dreamworksrc.com/catalog/

http://www.bvmjets.com/

343sp

Look here for screws
rtlfasteners.com

Truckracer

My Feedback: (19)

Be sure to buy the slow cure JB Weld as it offers much stronger bonds than the fast cure formula. This is stated in their literature. Hysol is another brand that should do the job and is a world wide brand and they have several formulas. One is very similar to JB Weld.

piperjon

Hi Truckracer,
I didn't know that you could buy the slow cure one. What I have is this. Set time 20-25 minutes and full cure time is 15-24 hours. is this the one??
John

Truckracer

My Feedback: (19)

Yes, that is the slow cure JB Weld which is the original formula. The fast set variety is called "JB Kwik".

piperjon

Thanks for the info.
john

John_M_

Micro blind pop rivets would work as well... these are 5/64" of an inch body / shank dia, with a head dia of 9/64" of an inch.

http://www.hansonrivet.com/micro-blind-rivets.htm


John M,

piperjon

Hi Guy's,

I found a product called Fuller 303. It is fuel proof and can be bought in a long tube and so on. It's grey in colour and used very thin will hold very strong. It is a lot easier to used.
John

John_M_

Interesting, never heard of it... looks similar to urethane adhesive used to glue windshields in cars.


John M,

piperjon

Hi John,

It looks like it is only in Australia. Dam good stuff, very stick and holes very well. But no-good on Plastic as it makes the plastic go real soft. I'm happy the way it worked for me. I will have the 2 doors flying off once in the air.
John