Help with metal models.

[wildsaint]

just had my new dcarvet cowboy delivered and the scarvet is a met model.

i have tried using superglue to fix it together but it doesnt seem to want to hold.

any ideas or products to try? i left the model overnight to dry and still no luck.

any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Caprasauridae]

Couple things that should help. First, it is generally a good idea that you clean the model with gentle soap bath and maybe a brush before doing anything, as there might be some residual silicone or other stuff from the casting process which can hamper the gluing.* Next, I usually scrape both surfaces that are supposed to be glued together. This will give the glue more area to work with. Also, I don't clean the surfaces from the dust that comes from scraping, as I think this facilitates the gluing as well. With even a bit bigger parts, I use green stuff as well as superglue. I apply the glue on both surfaces, then but a small piece of green stuff in between. has worked well for me. If you still have troubles, I would suggest you try another brand of superglue.

Hope this helps.


* Actually, just read from a post on another forum, that you should first bathe your metal miniatures in acetone, and then scrub then clean with rubbing alcohol. And they even recommended that you'd use ultrasonic bath instead of acetone, if you have access to one... Sounds like a bit too much to me.

 

[D43m0nSp4wn]

With metal parts, I tend to pin them to get a good solid join.

If both of the parts are particularly large, or perhaps the contact area between the two parts is a little odd, then putting two pins in can be a good solution.

I find that a metal paper clip makes a great source of pinning materials.

 

[The Red Devil]

As D43m0nSp4wn mention, I always pin metal models/parts.

In addition to the pins, I use epoxy glue (two component) to glue them together, this create a bond that is almost unbreakable. Though just using normal/thick superglue will work as well.

 

[Fhanados]

I second pretty much everything said here. For smaller joins, or joins that just don't fit properly I use a bit of liquid green stuff and let it dry. Once it's dry I pull it apart and superglue. I'm sure just using regular greenstuff and supergluing is just as good (if not better) but I don't have any so I can't speak from experience.

Pinning is also excellent - I've taken to pinning in almost every situation I can with metal or resin. The solid join is well worth the extra effort, it saves you re-gluing and repainting the join over and over each time your model breaks.

 

[The Red Devil]

Pinning is also excellent - I've taken to pinning in almost every situation I can with metal or resin.

Curious about the resin part, I assume your thinking on the larger models, but do they easier break apart when you use superglue on them than the normal plastic models?

Sorry if its an obvious question, but the only resin model I have is Gor Rok and its not too big.