Tutorial Magnetizing Terradons / Ripperdactyls Tutorial from @Aginor and @Seraphage

Ok, here we go.
I finished them (well.... almost) and here are some pictures and explanations:

First of all: All the parts of one model.


and another shot in which you can see most of the magnet locations.
The rider is glued to the mount in a way so he doesn't prevent the head from being attached.
You will also notice that I marked the parts with a black marker (in this case an "I" so I see which parts belong to which model)


The assembled Terradon with the Bola....



The arm is slightly longer because it isn't thick enough to drill a hole for the magnet into it. So I just painted one magnet bronze like the wrist band, and one blue like the arm.


...and with the Javelin.
I messed up the shoulder a bit, and the model has a few visible seams. On the table they are almost invisible though.
The little square metal part on the arm is the sawblade part for the Ripper rider's shield to attach to.

The Skink's arm is not attached to the ring naturally, but it is assembled in a way so it looks like it is, at least from most angles.
Keep in mind that most of the time that model is viewed from above. So if it doesn't fit perfectly seen from below that isn't as severe.

 

And here is the Ripper.
As mentioned earlier the Ripper has the Terradon claws on the wings. It is not impossible to make them interchangeable, but it is tedious and IMO not worth it.



And lastly here are some more detail pictures of some of the attachable parts:



The flying stand is made of a metal rod, and I sawed off the tip of the original part.
It is not glued in, the tail parts just have a small ball of poster putty in them.


So I hope this helps if you want to build convertible Terradons/Rippers yourselves.
If you have questions, just ask.

 

Thanks!
I guess it is the engineer in me that wants to make the most use of all those parts and just thinks: "what if I made that convertible?"

 

Yes, easily. As long as you don't shake the model like crazy they hold them in position quite well.

 

For my version you need the original ones, but it is possible to achieve the same thing without them.

Here's what I did:
Cut the very tip and bottom off. Drill a small (1mm or so) hole into them, a couple of millimeters deep.

Take the metal rod (I think it is 1mm) and glue the two parts onto it.

Glue the bottom part into the base, but don't glue the ball-shaped tip into the Terradon's bomb or the Ripper's body. Instead use a small amount of poster putty to attach it.
Poster putty is magical.

Make sure to put a weight (a coin or washer) under the base to counter the weight.

If you don't have the original clear stands:

Use a sprue part and a file to make something that fits into the hole of the stone ruin part that is glued onto the base. Drill the whole for the steel rod into there.

For the top it is more complicated, as you will need something that fits both the Ripper, (which has only a hole in its body to put the stand into) and the Terradon (where the bomb has the hole).
I would probably take a sprue part and make it the color of the Ripper's belly, or maybe black.

 

Here are some detail shots.

The white little ball is the poster putty. As you can see you really don't need much.
If it stays in the hole afterward just scrape it out using a toothpick, that's not hard. Reshape it to a tiny ball and you are ready to assemble it again.
Assemble it with a bit of pressure, and it will easily be adhesive enough to hold the model in place quite well.

I think it can be done even better, by drilling the small hole into the bomb or so, but it looks decent and isn't a lot of work.

 

Nice work!