I'm working on my Leopard 2A6. I've been following the directions painting as I go. Now the problem is when gluing parts, I know that the glue won't stick to painted surfaces. Basically, is not going to "weld" the plastic....

I've sanded off the paint and glued certain pieces on. However, some parts seem very difficult to do this to. So, I was wondering how well CA glue will work on the parts? Will it hold up? It would seem that the "welded" parts would be much better. But is this a suitable work around?

TIA

CA works really good for gluing fingers together

I use it with Tamiya acrylics, and CA always dissolves the paint at the point of attachment. Which is good.

Cyanoacrylates are great to use. I have all of mt tanks held together with them to some extent. Make sure to snd your surfaces first to provide some bit.
Perry

Tamiya's plastic cement will work on most 2A6 parts which offer the obvious benefit of slow drying hence allowing adjustments after attachment. CA glue is a MUST on some though like parts B6 which hold the return rollers. Unlike most Tamiya releases where a screw holds a similar part from inside the metal chassis, the 2A6 rollers are held by glue alone.

CA glue in my experience is a better glue than traditional cement, especially for specialty plastics such as ABS which is used in the Leo kit quite often.

Additional care must be used as CA is rather quick and permanant!