Help Ive done a stupid thing Ive got glue on the elevation assembly on my 109a6 I cant get it to move now and its in the wrong position.Anyone know how to loosen poly cement Ive tried mineral spirits and nail varnish remover no luck so far. I would be grateful for any advice

easy Co -
Vaseline?
Vinegar is a mild acid

XActo knife
Prayers

Wish i could help more

You may just have to pry them apart and hope for the best. Poly cement melts the plastic on both sides of the seam and sorta welds it together. The joint may actually be stronger than the ajoining sections of the kit parts. Say a tiny prayer to what or whoever and just torque on the joint with the side of an Exacto knife blade.
Don't have any other advice...

Shaun

I have had some success rewetting the joined pieces with the glue used originally. Try moving the part shortly after reapplying the glue while the joined area is softened. You may lose locating pins and such but you should be able to remove the part or at least reposition it. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the advice chaps, might have to try them all. Teach me to be more careful in future.

You can also put the model in the fridge for about 5 minutes, the parts should come apart then, but you might lose the locating pins.

I bet thats true - never thought of it,
I bet the freezer would really kick butt on it

I recently had a similar prob. This US guy wouldn't let go of his M-16 A2 so i brushed a bit of turpentine onto to glue and where the parts contacted. after leaving it for about 30 seconds for it to sink in, i cut it away easily with a scalpel/ X-acto type blade. (The M-16 broke but that was before i put the turps on his hand.... )

I don't know if this will help if you got a real good bond, but back when I was stripping paint off my old cars with oven cleaner, all the small pieces that was held on with tube glue came off too.

Easy
How did this pan out for ya' ???
We anxiously await

Sorry I never replied, well I tried the knife no luck i put it in the fridge no luck. Ive been building and im ready to attach the gun travel lock I will wait and see if the position is right for the barrel to sit in it if so Im in luck, looking at it it looks like it might be in the travel postion. problem with this elevation assembly is its quite involved and I cant pin down where the glue has gone, never mind I will keep on it.