tstageAnyhow, I'm just curious what some of the rest of you use for affixing weights to boxcars and/or hoppers
White glue, CA, adhesive caulk, and floral glue have all worked for me Tom, although the CA is brittle and occasionally does not hold.
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One thing I use is double-sided tape.
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In the past I've used thicker CA to affix the weights inside my Accurail and Branchline boxcars. However, because some weight "plates" aren't perfectly flat and the CA dries stiff and is generally brittle, the weight sometimes pops back up and rattles around. I also don't like the way the CA attacks the styrene and turns it whitish. The plus to CA is that it dries fairly quickly.
I just tried using Hob-E-Tac on a repaired boxcar. So far (a whole day now!) it's worked fine. The key: Just like spreading it on tree armatures, let it completely dry so that it becomes tacky to the touch. I thought I also heard someone try rubber cement one time.
Anyhow, I'm just curious what some of the rest of you use for affixing weights to boxcars and/or hoppers. Thanks for your answers...
Tom
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