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scarletsquig wrote:Can't believe the amount of people in this thread who like to be able to break up their models and put different equipment on them all the time.

It's like those people who respray their marines whenever a new marine codex gets released..

So lets say you run nids. You've got a few carnifexes from back when having a melee variant actually worked. So they release a new codex version, making all those fexes suck. Do you strip down and rebuild or do you go out and throw down another 50 or so dollars and get a new model?


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theunicorn wrote:(I haz ultrasonic cleaner)

Can you recommend one to buy? I've thought of getting one.

scarletsquig wrote:Can't believe the amount of people in this thread who like to be able to break up their models and put different equipment on them all the time.

It's like those people who respray their marines whenever a new marine codex gets released..

There are plenty of good reasons to want to break down models. For example, I buy a lot of second-hand models in an attempt to defray the exorbitant cost of the hobby. This often requires breaking down poorly assembled models so they can be cleaned up and rebuilt good as new. Besides that, like many others I've been in the hobby since I was very young. Consequently, I have a surplus of models I assembled poorly myself, not to mention older/defunct models that will be of more service to me in a kitbash than they will gathering dust in my bits box.

Back OT, I've mostly used SimpleGreen for my rehabilitation projects. Primarily I intended to use it as a paint-stripper, but it has also worked fairly well removing glue from metal and plastic models. I am still struggling with a metal Fiend I received with its legs pinned in backward...so far I haven't been able to get the legs to budge. Thinking about trying acetone or another stronger solvent, but I think it'll still have trouble seeping into the pinning holes and doing its magic.

whigwam wrote:Back OT, I've mostly used SimpleGreen for my rehabilitation projects. Primarily I intended to use it as a paint-stripper, but it has also worked fairly well removing glue from metal and plastic models. I am still struggling with a metal Fiend I received with its legs pinned in backward...so far I haven't been able to get the legs to budge. Thinking about trying acetone or another stronger solvent, but I think it'll still have trouble seeping into the pinning holes and doing its magic.

I always go straight to acetone baths with metal models. It utterly destroys everything attached to the model. However, sometimes you have to sacrifice a base that simply wont come off.

A necroshea here is a lnik to my blog, it talks about them and cleaning minis.
http://warfrog.blogspot.com/search/label/Miniature%20Refurbishment

Cerebrium wrote:Sterillium is great for dissolving super glue. Plastic glue is impossible to dissolve, because it basically melts the pieces together.

How long does it take to get the job done? Do you just drop the models in and wait? Do I need to heat it up?

scarletsquig wrote:Can't believe the amount of people in this thread who like to be able to break up their models and put different equipment on them all the time.

It's like those people who respray their marines whenever a new marine codex gets released..

I dot that all the time, but it is for another reason: sometimes im bored, want to make a nice fast kitbash and dont have the right bits around, in that cases, i just sacrifice some figures, and a new kitbash/conversion is ready

I use super glue on things like marine jump packs on unpainted models I want to play with for a bit until I get to the painting. I just pop them off the back when I need to. I use liquid plastic glue when I want a stronger more solid bond. I can't imagine putting together a land raider with super glue. I would have to use a ton of accelerator. I don't even use super glue for large metal models. Pinning and 2 part epoxys are the only way to get the job done. Many of the arguments in favor of super glue could better be solved by magnetizing models like your big nids. I have 3 trygons and 4 carnifexes that can be put together to represent all of their options.

I use oven cleaner to strip some of my models. I have found that super glue does not survive the process. I mostly use simple green though.

Necroshea wrote:So lets say you run nids. You've got a few carnifexes from back when having a melee variant actually worked. So they release a new codex version, making all those fexes suck. Do you strip down and rebuild or do you go out and throw down another 50 or so dollars and get a new model?

Assuming I didn't magnetise the arms in the first place against the possibility of wanting to change the weapons from time to time, I buy new models so I don't have to go throught he whole process again when the next codex is released and the close combat arms are useful again...