AFAIK most of the commercial S models are ABS - both AM and SHS. In the U.S. Plastruct sells a liquid bonding agent for their ABS structural shapes called Plastic Weld, which should work on the AM shells and also to attach styrene to the ABS (although it is a bit strong for normal styrene work).
Super glue in various forms is another option. I think the models assembled in China are mostly fastened with a form of super glue. Pieter E. Roos Railroad Home Page at www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html --- On Tue, 12/30/08, maxxi4x <[email protected]> wrote: From: maxxi4x <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: AM GP-9/GP-7 Conversion To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 11:27 AM Hi Don, I think yes - all bodies are made of ABS ( like MTH's in 0 gauge too ) MMA is the chemical short form of Methyl Meethacrylat. I am using here in Germany a glue called UHU plus acrylat or Pattex Stabilit express. But I think they are not available in the US. Have a look here : http://www.devcon.com/products/products.cfm?familyid=182 which is a similar product. Roland --- In [email protected], "Don" <diesell2...@...> wrote: > > Roland, > Are all American Models diesels bodies made of ABS composite? What > brand name MMA adhesive do you recommend? > Thanks, > Don Pleu > > "important thing is a very good glue , must be an specific one for ABS. > The AM geeps is made of this. Take one which contains Methyl > Methacrylat ( MMA )." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
