The glue is waterproof when cured.
Gluing model airplane canopies.
The source used to be wilhold a big glue company and their product was named r c 56 for radio control obviously alluding to model airplanes.
Spots of glue or squiggly framework on clear parts can spoil a model more surely than anything.
I use it on plastic scale models and it works great as a craft glue.
One is testor s the other is pacer.
It is really strong and does dry super clear.
Today there are at least two sources.
Also if the airplane wears camouflage paint the color separation lines on the real thing sometimes fall on the canopy which is difficult to get exactly right if the canopy is painted separately.
In the 1990s wilhold stopped making this glue.
This is a clear drying glue used for gluing canopies glass over cockpit to remote control and model aircraft.
The glue can be used to glue canopies of aircraft models or windscreens of car model without fear of them getting damaged.
That s why you read so many articles and tips about it.
But if you ve ever loused one up you are in excellent company.
For example a bit of isopropyl alcohol can be used to remove the cured glue.
The canopy is never one of them.
There are parts of an aircraft model where you can get away with mistakes.
I would not even try using this glue to bond the canopy on a nitro plane with monokote.
Great planes cap 232 clear unpainted uncut canopy 60 25.
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