Try the 'Gator Grip' white glue-like product that used to be sold by a guy over on the Model Shipwrights page.
Longer working time, water cleanup, resistant to thinner when cured.

I have heard of people setting small PE parts using Future, as it will provide some working time. Once the Future dries, touch with extra thin CA to complete bond.

Colle21 awesome stuff dont glue untill you press togeter the parts you can find on Amazon in varius kit or just the glue

http://italienstylerenov.com/english/

I have a large supply of varnish. I think that I will try that, first. The people, at Bronco are sadists btw.

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I have a large supply of varnish. I think that I will try that, first. The people, at Bronco are sadists btw.

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May I ask what they are torturing you with?

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I have a large supply of varnish. I think that I will try that, first. The people, at Bronco are sadists btw.

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May I ask what they are torturing you with?

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The casting figures are 1mm etch b*stards that you have to attache. There are three lines of them, on each side of the glacis and must be near perfectly in line to fit it. Oh, it's the Chaffee Early kit. The rest of it looks to be superb, if I can get past this step. I'm building it as a review, along with the LionRoar set. On the plus side, I have a very fine bottle of whiskey that I am working myself through.

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I have a large supply of varnish. I think that I will try that, first. The people, at Bronco are sadists btw.

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May I ask what they are torturing you with?

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The casting figures are 1mm etch b*stards that you have to attache. There are three lines of them, on each side of the glacis and must be near perfectly in line to fit it. Oh, it's the Chaffee Early kit. The rest of it looks to be superb, if I can get past this step. I'm building it as a review, along with the LionRoar set. On the plus side, I have a very fine bottle of whiskey that I am working myself through.

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Well if the lines start staggering we can assume it's not the glues fault. Good luck and if model companies are sadists does that make us masochists?

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I have a large supply of varnish. I think that I will try that, first. The people, at Bronco are sadists btw.

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May I ask what they are torturing you with?

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The casting figures are 1mm etch b*stards that you have to attache. There are three lines of them, on each side of the glacis and must be near perfectly in line to fit it. Oh, it's the Chaffee Early kit. The rest of it looks to be superb, if I can get past this step. I'm building it as a review, along with the LionRoar set. On the plus side, I have a very fine bottle of whiskey that I am working myself through.

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Well if the lines start staggering we can assume it's not the glues fault. Good luck and if model companies are sadists does that make us masochists?

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Not all are(cough* Tamiya). But, I for one am a masochist(cough* Dragon). Now, to go draw a template.

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Colle21 awesome stuff dont glue untill you press togeter the parts you can find on Amazon in varius kit or just the glue

http://italienstylerenov.com/english/

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It sounded perfect, until "IDEAL FOR STICKING : RUBBER, METAL, SUEDE, WOOD, LEATHER, CERAMIC, PLASTIC

EXCEPT PE, PP, PTFE.".

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Colle21 awesome stuff dont glue untill you press togeter the parts you can find on Amazon in varius kit or just the glue

http://italienstylerenov.com/english/

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It sounded perfect, until "IDEAL FOR STICKING : RUBBER, METAL, SUEDE, WOOD, LEATHER, CERAMIC, PLASTIC

EXCEPT PE, PP, PTFE.".

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For "PE" (photo-etch) on Styrene and Polystyrene works very well, do you use PE (Polyethylene), PP (Polypropylene) or PTFE (Teflon) for models?...

Hi Matt,

I use Gator Grip for jobs like this, but if it all goes pear-shaped you could toss the etch numbers and reach for a sheet of Archer transfers. The generic Sherman set has bags of tiny numbers that can be assembled into the requisite marks - they are water-slide decals so are much, MUCH easier to work with than PE! I've added tons of accurate numbers to Sherman parts with them - the tricky part is cutting out the tiny suckers in the first place...

(My own Chaffee is still in the box, but I'll be replacing the etch when I get round to it.)

Congrats! I'd say have a drink in celebration but by this time the bottle is probably dry. BTW what type of glue did you wind up using and how much did you thin it?