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Petermac Admin 
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Their site doesn't say they do mail order Keith - at least, not as far as I can tell. It's a "noxious substance" so I suspect it might only be available via their retailers ....................  ____________________ 'Petermac |
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Keith M Full Member
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Hi Peter. I'm just judging from Allan Downse's comment in post 18,- don't think Allan would travel from Immingham to Alfreton for a pot or two of superglue despite how much He probably gets through! I'd imagine that Eurocell would use a courier rather than Royal Mail. They are plastic window/conservatory manufacturers, and I understood them to be "trade only" suppliers, as they do have a "Trade Counter". I have no problem in obtaining Isopropanol in 1 litre bottles via courier, and I doubt RM would ship that stuff either. Incidentally, I've also had plastic sections in packs from one of the Chinese sellers on Eebygum, no funny shapes like the ones pictured, so I guess some sellers are more honest than others. Keith. |
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Sol A modelling Moderator. 
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16A wrote: Petermac wrote:Also, what do you use to stick the styrene to card ? "Roket" card glue - I purchased some yesterday & I am impressed with the speed of setting while working on my Metcalfe conversion A$15 for 50 ml but you do not need much. Where I purchased it from, they also had 3 different types of Roket Supa glue https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roket-Cyano-Glue-Thin-Superglue/dp/B0047YMZLC I didn't buy my Roket though from Amazon but a local shop at the model rail exhibition this weekend here in Adelaide. ____________________ Ron NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline. |
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allan downes Legacy Member
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16A wrote: allan downes wrote:However, 50 gram bottles of model shop superglue will knock you back six to eight quid depending on who's the greediest but I can get SILVERCILL thick, medium or thin Hi Mike, sorry I'm so late in answering your post but I've only just found it ! The 50gram bottles I get are the same size as those you can get in most model shops and I do believe that 50 gram bottles are the largest in superglue that you can buy and the quantity restricted for obvious reasons - such as with the potential damage that could be caused if some idiot threw a bucket of the stuff over you just because he didn't like you ! Cheers. Allan |
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peterbunce Full Member
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Hi Allen Can I ask for a link please to the '200 stanley blades' for a fiver on E-Bay; I looked through in vain! Prices may have gone up - the only large quantity ones are 100s in yellow plastic carriers at £6.50 with free post. Yours Peter. |
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peterbunce wrote: Hi Allen Hi Peter. I only got a box of them just this week so they must still be available so just google - ' Trimming kinife blades Ebay' or even 'Draper trimming knife blades Ebay' and you should find them. If not, let me know and I'll go and search for you. Edited to say just been to the sight, here's the link. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=trimming+knife+blades Edited again to say prices seem to have shot up but here's a 100 draper blades for about 12 quid. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knives-Draper-Hand-Tools/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A1938925031%2Cp_4%3ADraper Allan. Just found these also on ebay -  SHEFFIELD REPLACEMENT HEAVY DUTY UTILITY BLADES FOR KNIFE TRIMMING CUT £6.95 Buy it now Free P&P
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.....and yet another link for those unable to get superglue through the post... This company ships around the world... trade and retail... Look at their £19.98 offer... three 20gm bottles plus a free bottle of 'de-bonder'... http://www.powerbonduk.com/product-details.html ____________________ Mike Praise is an excellent fillip for waning ambition. |
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allan downes Legacy Member
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16A wrote: .....and yet another link for those unable to get superglue through the post... I pay £2.75 for a 50 gm bottle from Eurocel. No contest Allan. |
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allan downes wrote: 16A wrote:.....and yet another link for those unable to get superglue through the post... I agree Allan, but how much is it per bottle when you include travelling from Immingham to Alfreton and back, must be a 180 mile round trip and 3 or 4 hours lost time? My post was to try and help those who were having difficulty in obtaining from a supplier who wouldn't or couldn't post it..... ____________________ Mike Praise is an excellent fillip for waning ambition. |
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Thanks for your time, alan I will have a look for those. Much obliged! Yours Peter. |
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16A wrote: allan downes wrote:16A wrote:.....and yet another link for those unable to get superglue through the post... There's a Eurocel outlet in Scunthorpe about a 30 mile all motorway round trip in North East almost non existant traffic. To make the trip worth while I buy 24 bottles of glue and 6 cans of superglue activator about every 4 months or so. In a road lethal S class 500 V eight Benz I'm back home within the hour and 3 points on my licence. In the wifey's Fiesta it's a night out and a weeks convalescence... (so I send her! ) Cheers. Allan. |
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The Bankie Full Member 
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Hi Guys Just to get back to topic Here are my arch and circle cutters:-  From the back they are Silhouette Portrait, Rotary hole punch, Circle cutter from local cheapo market stall (£1.99) and a set of 1960s school compasses with a blade glued into a pencil stub. The Silhouette is the best for arches and larger circles. The hole punch produces lights for my trams when I use silver backed card, currently a toothpaste tube, the red trammel device is OK providing you can hold the workpiece steady and don't mind a hole in the centre of your circle and the compasses are the same but harder to set. If you want a drill operated device you need to look for a "tank cutter" which is just another name for a trammel cutter and normaly used by plumbers etc. Hole saws are good as well providing you want one of their fixed sizes and don't object to a hole in the middle. Only ones which produce solid discs are the Silhouette and the hole punch. Various sized hole cutters.  ____________________ Because, except in some unfortunate circumstances, trains did not run on town centre streets |
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Has anyone tried a very hot circle of, say, tinplate for plasticard? Doug (Posting from deepest darkest Brittany...everything comes with cream and butter, including the cream and butter! ) ____________________ 'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil...' Aesop's Fables "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king |
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allan downes Legacy Member
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I use a pair of steel dividers and just keep turning until the center of the circle drops out clean resulting in a perfect, non fuzz, circle. This will even work cutting through Wills 80thou thick stone sheets with apparent ease but do mark out and cut from the back. I do have example pics but these days nothing uploads onto the forum. Allan |
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The Bankie Full Member
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Hi Doug You said Has anyone tried a very hot circle of, say, tinplate for plasticard? IF you can find a tin of the correct circumference, hold it down with a screwdriver with a WOODEN handle and heat it with a low setting from a gas torch You get your circle. For a norman arch you can put a dent in the edge and deform the lip and squeeze to the correct profile. You can (ouch, sorry) hold down and heat at the same time with a soldering iron if you have a couple of days to spare.  Heating up off the job works as well but you need to get it exactly aligned. You will also need to file off the ridge round the edge unless you scribe a decorative moulding into it. Have smelly fun  .Regards Jim ____________________ Because, except in some unfortunate circumstances, trains did not run on town centre streets |
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Sorry for late reply, Jim, so it's not impossible! [Just very antisocial] Doug [Now in Bridgwater UK.....quite the international jet-setter these days] D ____________________ 'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil...' Aesop's Fables "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king |
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The Bankie Full Member
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Hi Doug You said
 However replies can never be late, Merely delayed  Jim ____________________ Because, except in some unfortunate circumstances, trains did not run on town centre streets |
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