I am embarking on building/resurrecting some Ambroid and Northeastern watermelon cars. Just for fun thought I would use period cement which I believe would be Ambroid or Duco. Are these still made and where might I find them. I've seen several versions of Duco advertised on the net, but not sure which one would might be the original. Hoping that some of the forum members with craftsman kit experience might have some ideas.
Thanks,
PHM
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It look like both cements are still available on Amazon or eBay.
Original Ambroid and Duco cements were both nitrocellulose cements. I know Ambroid changed some time ago as its more of a contact cement now like Walthers Goo or Pliobond. I have not used Duco in years so not sure if its the same or not.
That said I would not build a kit with the originals if you can find it. All my structures that I used Ambroid on are returning to kit form. It has dried out and no longer bonding parts together. Save the nostalgia for Post War.
Pete
Duco Cement seems to be available just about anywhere; both local hardware stores here have it.
That said, if I'm using a contact type cement my go to is Goo...FWIW.
Mark in Oregon
Yeah, I'm kind of in Pete's camp. While I have a tube of Duco on hand, I find CA to be better (and *much* quicker setting!) in most settings, especially with plastic, and I tend toward white glue or wood glue for fibrous materials and where I need to securely fill a less-than-tight join.
At best, the only way anyone would know what you used (at least, until it fell apart!) is if you tell them, so instead of using a less-than-ideal adhesive in order to boast about the authenticity, you can just tell this story and boast instead about *avoiding* the consequences of authenticity! 
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