"Glass" for Grandt Line windows and doors

Go to a hobby shop that deals in plastic airplane kits and buy some canopy cement.  It looks like white glue.  You can blob it on (don't need to be super careful) and it will hold the clear acetate and dry completely clear. 

you can also get canopy glue at foslimited.com. works great. if for some reason you can'tfined it try gs hypo cement which a lot of ebay sellers have and possibly micro-mark. also workwe'll on acetate although the small cap is a chore to put back on the needle applicator. 

jerrman

You can also find canopy glue at your local Michaels store if they are in your area.  It works really well although I try to use as little as possible.  It dries clear but if you are real heavy with it, it will show.

Testors also makes a "clear parts & window maker" glue. It dries clear. But as Steve said there's no such thing as a glue that dries invisible.

Now here are two suggestions that make this site so valuable...always looking for a

better way to do things...Thanks!

Gentlemen,

Thank you very much for the suggestions.  I will be buying some canopy glue in the very near future.

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Drawing a blank on the name of the product, but I've read of people using the floor wax liquid product that I'm drawing a blank on the name of.  I've even seen it used in articles in Fine Scale Modeler, and those guys don't mess around when it comes to modeling.

- walt

How many pieces of glass would be needed? If you are building a museum quality model you could use real glass placed inside each pane. If they are all rectangles you can get the technique down fairly quickly. I use microscope slide "cover slips" and a carbide scriber to score and break it. If real glass doesn't appeal to you you can get cover slips made of plastic. The advantage over most plastic glass is they are optically clear and distortion free. The disadvantage is they are relatively small and won't fill a store front picture window.

Pete

Walt, I haven't used it, but I think you are thinking of a product called "Future".

thanks trestrainfan, that is exactly what I was thinking of.

- walt

Pete,

Unfortunately, the bank building includes a rather large front wall full of windows, so a microscope slide would not be big enough.  I tried getting some canopy glue at the R/C airplane shop today and the helpful guy there said, "Oh yeah, we should have some of that stuff in by Friday...", so off to Michaels I go later today.  Thanks for the ideas!

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I don't know which Grandt Line windows you are working with on this project, but you can buy ready to use clear glazing for a lot of the Grandt Line windows from Stevens Creek:

http://www.hon3.com/glazing.htm#O

While I generally also use real glass as noted above, either glass or other glazing materials can be secured in place by a very minimal discrete application of Goo to the their periphery.  That takes a very steady and gentle hand, but it can be done.

Price,

Try Stevens Creek Models.

http://www.hon3.com/

Laser cut material, thinner than typical acetate commonly used, and if you know the part number of the Grandt Line windows, they may already have what you need in stock.  I used their stuff to do the glazing in a Korber roundhouse (kitbashed my own windows).  Worked great.  I use a small dab of weld bond glue around the window frame perimeter to secure the glazing.  Dried clear without any crazing.

If your part number does not appear in their list of products, contact them and ask if they would make product for your part.  That is what I had to do, it took a month or two before he got to it, but he did it and it saved me a HUGE amount of time, especially since my windows included a half round piece, getting this pre-cut by a laser to the perfect dimension greatly helped.

Dave

Martin and Dave,

Thanks for the heads up about Stevens Creek Models.  I looked at their website and they have glazing for half of the windows and doors that I need.  I will be contacting them to see if he would be willing to do the others.  Thanks!

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