proplineruk Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Hi can anyone out there help me ? I have the reissue of the Hasegawa Lamborghini Miura and am "trying" to use the steel photo etch for the door "strakes" and am not having much luck as the contact area of the vertical and horizontal elements are only very small and when joined by superglue, keep coming apart. Has anyone successfully built these item's , and if so how did you do it ? if they were brass I would solder it , but with it being some sort of stainless steel , this is not an option. All and any help anyone can give me in working with this type of photo etch would be very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proplineruk Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hi All as I have not had any reply's about this , anyone with experience in assembling steel etch , namely assembly techniques, any hints ,tips you can give would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamblor916 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I have this kit and photo etch set. I was also thinking about how I'd tackle this. I would sand the metal, scratch it up and use Loctite rubber infused super glue for the best chance of it holding together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Is there some way to reinforce the join with some angled strip (styrene or brass)? Of course that would only work when you could hide it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proplineruk Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hi Guys thanks for your suggestions , since my last mail I tried epoxy but there is so little contact area, it was not a success, I made a simple jig to build the assembly, it held the curved bas that sits against the door, with an end plate that I marked the position of the horizontal ribs, this DID help with positioning, but this assembly, is so small it was a case of fitting one rib , that moved the previously fitted one , hair pulling out time (if I had some to pull out!) Have started to think about another way of doing this , just to clarify I am using the Studio27 etch set , and I checked the set in the reissued kit and its different, the location for the ribs is much larger on this set , so "should" be easier to use, I suppose if all else fails I could use this part instead of the Studio 27 parts, but I hate being beaten by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hi, if you are using the studio 27 photoetch and fancy a bit of inspiration then this definitely worth a watch if you've got 15 minutes. - Andy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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