Questions, Answers & Tips -
Micro Kristal Klear
Q.
The article about building an Athearn GP40-2, from the
September 2012 magazine, mentioned using Micro Kristal
Klear to create cab windows. My question, is does anyone
know how to use Krystal Klear for cab windows when kitbash-
ing an model locomotive?
– SD40dash2fan
A.
Microscale Micro Kristal Klear (2a & 2b) is good for making
windows in small openings, can fill gaps, and is very good for glu-
ing clear parts in place. It dries clear and can be tinted with food
coloring to make colored lenses. For a larger opening like a diesel
locomotive windshield, you will have to experiment and see if it
meets your standards.
Kristal Klear is very good at gluing dissimilar materials together,
like fixing brass details to a styrene plastic body.
It works fairly well making windows up to
about 1/4” in size, but the “glass” will be
slightly thicker at the edges than in the
center. It's handy for putting flush glazing
into multi-paned structure windows, and
for filling in the sight glasses on the long
hood of EMD Dash Two locomotives.
To make small windows, dip a flat tooth-
pick in the cloudy liquid and draw it all
around the edges of the opening. Then,
hold the flat of the toothpick parallel to
2a: Kristal Klear is sold by
Microscale, the decal people, and
has several modeling uses.
2a
MRH-Oct 2013
