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[guitar man]

Hello all
            Have begun to paint my tid (very badly I may add needs to go in the things you hate post but some one beat me to it) but my question is this - is it better to paint the whole thing and then try to pick out the smaller items with a brush or to leave them off, paint them separately and then glue them on? Either way seems to offer me grief( though I realised that I need lots of practice).If I leave them on I seem to get a build up of paint around joining sharp edges (hope you know what I mean) . If I leave them off (have not tried this yet) I am concerned about the glue coming out on to the painted surface. Just wondering what you all do,it may be a mixture of both or something different. Thankyou in advance for any opinion's or advice.
kind regards Tony

[craftysod]

Paint the small items off the boat,then glue with superglue, works for me
Mark

[Peter Fitness]

Paint the small items off the boat,then glue with superglue, works for me
Mark

Definitely the way to go, in my opinion

Peter.

[Roadrunner]

Umm... yes super glue will stick it on ... but will leave that awful white fog stain around the joint!, there are methods you can do , first you can paint the entire thing then mask around the smaller parts and paint them with a brush.
Or secondly you can paint them off the model , be sure that the glue surface is not painted, the same as the area where it sticks ( use a bit of wet and dry to key a surface for the glue to stick to, or you will be gluing to paint, which when the part 'falls' off it will damage both paint surfaces making it twice as hard to fix. When glueing on use some 5 min epoxy and hold or tape it in place while the glue dries, this way you can wipe up the excess glue run, and when it sets it will not stain the paint.. and to better it.... epoxy lives longer then super glue, and is vastly stronger!

I'm sure others will point out other methods but both of these i use give me good outcomes.

[Philipsparker]

Never had the fog problem with superglue except on glazing. There it is because the glue fumes have reacted with the grease left by fingers handling the part. Perhaps a different brand of superglue (Try Zap-a-Gap rather than pound shop stuff) or an all-purpose glue like UHU might help.

[Roadrunner]

I use Locktights super glue ( huge bottles!) i get for free from my brother freshly ''wipper snapped'' from the Armys stores, saves me a fortune, good stuff managed to glue my hand to the table with it once took me nearly an hour to unstick myself 

[Peter Fitness]

I've not had a problem with Zap fogging painted areas, only glazing. It can be rather brittle, but I generally insert a small peg of thin brass rod in the bottom of fittings before gluing them to the deck. This helps prevent fittings being accidentally knocked off.

Peter.

[Philipsparker]

Well instead of using glue nicked from the Army (am I the only one who thinks boasting about stuff being pinched by your brother on a public message board is odd ?), buy some good stuff and perhaps you won't have such a problem. The trick with superglue is to use it sparingly. The only bit that metters is the stuff between the two parts being glued, anything else is wasted, or in this case ruining the model.