powderburner
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How do all of you guys assemble the Estes plastic parts (NCs, fin cans, etc) to the cardboard BT material so that it stays put?
I have been using Testor's plastic model cement (the kind in the little foil tube, like you use for assembly of non-flying styrene models). I think this is the recommended adhesive, and it looks like it does a good job when you first assemble a rocket, but after one or two flights the plastic pieces are coming loose from the cardboard BT.
I don't think this is a good place for CAs or epoxies, because they are usually kind of brittle. So what kinds of glues do you guys use?
I have been using Testor's plastic model cement (the kind in the little foil tube, like you use for assembly of non-flying styrene models). I think this is the recommended adhesive, and it looks like it does a good job when you first assemble a rocket, but after one or two flights the plastic pieces are coming loose from the cardboard BT.
I don't think this is a good place for CAs or epoxies, because they are usually kind of brittle. So what kinds of glues do you guys use?