Araldite for steel! yes, I knew araldite, it is also used for glueing
stones together. Good tip. I fill in gaps and use it as putty, and of
course for securing handles, like you do.
I just did not kow if silicon rubber of some kind, like Kelly suggested,
would hold for a thickness of about 2 mms.
I even thought of using epoxy glue for steel ("cold weld", Bison type)
coated on bandage or fiber cloth, like cement holds on steel nets. This
glue is kind of brittle and "crackable" in thin layers.
I think I'll use Araldite or glue for steel on the stainless steel mesh I
built the vent's grills from.
With Araldite, you can also replicate nicely weld lines on tanks. I use the
kind that bonds after an hour and becomes completely hard after 5 hours in
room temperature. You let lines of it dry a little and then you hit it with
a hard toothbrush, thew same way you use a hammer. And it is not completely
irreversible. Heat it up with a torch and it becomes brittle. You can
then scrape it up and remove it. Fumes are horrible..
Chrys
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Mastoras" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:23 AM
Subject: [TANKS] Re: 7 TP
> Here is a product that might be of interest. Its an aryldite (spelling?)
> type product that comes in a 2 part tube that you mix and use.
>
> Dries quick and than can be sanded, filed, drilled etc.
>
> I started using it on my first tank, the ridiculously small T34 in the
> picture for holding the bushes for the road arms, then for securing the
> handles on the sides of the tank and finally for filling in gaps between
> metals and sanding them smooth.
>
> I used this product again a few months ago on the Leclerc.
> On this tank I used it to set the transmission bearings in place inside a
> steel tube that had a weld line internally so apart from machining the
tube
> out this was an easy solution.
>
> I have another longer tube somewhere, was looking for a label for you but
> they fell off but it is made under a few brand names and you would need to
> get the one suitable for Al.
>
> George Mastoras
>
>
>
> On 11/7/09 5:24 AM, "Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Any suggestions as to how I fill in this gap in the rear? Fibercloth
and
> > Resin ? will it adhere on aluminium?
> > (Copperhead, I believe that the AT did see some action when the Soviets
were
> > panicking against the Germans. They recruited - converted all kind of
extant
> > vehicles and mounted all kinds of guns on them . Have not seen yet a
Renault
> > type FT17 with Katyusha racks fixed on it, but an unkown photo might
show up
> > at some point).
> > Chrys
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>
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