Plexiglas tips

max142 · Post by **max142** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:36 pm

Howdy kind reader,
I recently purchased some Plexiglas for Home Depot. I have never used this material before. Does anyone have any tips....glue, can you glue styrene details to Plexiglas....etc.

I'm thinking I would make a good sturdy box hull.

Max

rocketrider · Post by **rocketrider** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:53 pm

I believe it is a solvent type glue, i could be wrong. Many places sell it.
http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/Adhesives

To glue styrene to plexi, you might want to try 5 min 2 part epoxy.

Glen

USSARCADIA · Post by **USSARCADIA** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:46 pm

I always used Weld-on #3 in a needle bottle. It also glue styrene bits to the plexi. It may be hard to find though.

max142 · Post by **max142** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:32 am

Thanks for the tips. Getting a new blade for my band saw and glue today after work, hopefully.

Joseph C. Brown · Post by **Joseph C. Brown** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:48 am

There is some useful data on this site:

http://plasticsfabrication.blogspot.com/

max142 · Post by **max142** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:52 pm

thanks again.
Some time ago, someone posted a scratch build of a warlock from B5. Does anyone remember who this was? I saved every image but not the thread.

Joseph C. Brown · Post by **Joseph C. Brown** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:26 pm

I'd done a scratch of that ship awhile back, but I used Sintra, not plexi:

http://www.starshipmodeler.info/contest6/scratch_19.htm

max142 · Post by **max142** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:44 am

Joe: do you have any build pictures? I remember your entry and had saved your images back then.

Joseph C. Brown · Post by **Joseph C. Brown** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:03 am

Sadly, no build pics.

I had played around with sculpting that one in foam, and gotten it to the mock-up stage. I realized that while doing it that way would be OK for tabletop gaming, what I really wanted was a display model, and so shifted the build to signboard/Sintra.

It was back in the pre-digital days while I still used my trusty 35mm camera, or I would have taken build shots.