Shunsaku Tamiya tribute campaign

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Prepped for paint. See related thread:

Stupid question, but still... How do you "glue" together already painted PS sub-assemblies?

A really stupid question, I know. I’m considering myself as primarily a 1:35 armor “modeler” - so building models made primarily of polystyrene. To the best of my very limited chemistry knowledge the regular modeling cement is actually a solvent that dissolves the surfaces a little bit and then, when pressed together, they kind of “weld”, forming a single piece out of the original two. Can I use the same cement/technique for already painted elements? My gut feeling says NO, as the surface is a…