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hello,
I am interested in using aluminium as a frame for the body of a 1/18th scale ambulance. I have several questions such as:
a). welding. It is difficult, the thickness is 0.8 millimetres and in the tests I have done, I have to raise the temperature of the material and it bends very easily.
Another option is to use two-component "cold-soldering" glue.
b). Painting; I know it is difficult and not just any primer will do. Is it better to sand, decontaminate and use a specific primer?
I am interested in using aluminium as a frame for the body of a 1/18th scale ambulance. I have several questions such as:
a). welding. It is difficult, the thickness is 0.8 millimetres and in the tests I have done, I have to raise the temperature of the material and it bends very easily.
Another option is to use two-component "cold-soldering" glue.
b). Painting; I know it is difficult and not just any primer will do. Is it better to sand, decontaminate and use a specific primer?
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