Getting on for 50 years ago when I was 13 or 14, I built a couple of Airfix 1\144 scale kits of the Saturn V and Saturn IVB plastic models. 50 years ago, I didnt tend to be that careful when building and painting these things. Ive still got them along with many of my old toys, boxed up in the loft.
Now Im older, wiser, have time on my hands and, I hope a better builder with an airbrush, Ive been thinking of dismantling the S IVB as a starter, stripping the paint off with Detol (after testing it doesnt eat the plastic!), rebuilding and painting it. Depending how that goes, perhaps do the same on the Saturn V.
I know with superglued parts, if you leave them in the freezer overnight, you can clean 'break' the glued bits apart without damage. However, good old poly cement was used so I dont think that would work as the glue welds the plastic to form a joint. I dont fancy applying surplus poly cement to again weaken the joints as this could be messy as well as using up even more glue.
The question is, does anyone have any good ideas how to cleanly 'unglue' component parts stuck together for 50 years with poly cement?