Dry Fitting

[Martyhh]

I'm interested in people's thoughts and advice on how you dry fit parts of a model before cementing in place. I've tried to hold the pieces together, but that gets me only so far. It's hard to hold in place more than two or three parts. Tape doesn't work unless it's large parts, like a wing. But if it's cockpit components or the underside of a car, the parts are usually too small and fragile to tape. I've been in situations where after cementing, the parts don't come together easily or fit right. So clearly dru fitting is important, but how to do it?

 

[mark2]

I'm interested in people's thoughts and advice on how you dry fit parts of a model before cementing in place. I've tried to hold the pieces together, but that gets me only so far. It's hard to hold in place more than two or three parts. Tape doesn't work unless it's large parts, like a wing. But if it's cockpit components or the underside of a car, the parts are usually too small and fragile to tape. I've been in situations where after cementing, the parts don't come together easily or fit right. So clearly dru fitting is important, but how to do it?

Two or three parts is probably all anyone will manage and probably the most you should need to try in one go really.

 

[Jakko]

Usually, you don't need to hold more than two or three parts together, but if you do, it usually gets tricky fast. Blu-Tack is a very handy aid, though.