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What should I use to glue parts together with other metal parts?

also, what should I use to glue plastic parts to metal parts?

Super glue for the first one. Now I recommend Games Workshop super glue but others might not. Its served me well over the Years.

And for Plastic on metal I would say Plastic glue because correct me If I'm wrong but super glue would damage the Plastic?

I thought GW only had plastics glue? I've never seen GW super glue...

But I'm English and your American. Mabye it's not allowed to be Imported?

Anyway go to the website and In the tools section you'll find it if you dont believe me that is.

Use super glue for plastic to metal too as the plastic glue won't actually join the two and super glue doesn't damage the plastic.

Superglue CAN damage the plastic, but you pretty much have to BATHE the plastic in it first.

(Superglues give off a lot of heat as they cure, the more glue, the more heat. You can start a fire with nothing but a bottle of superglue and a cotton ball.).

Metal to plastic - superglue is fine.
Metal to metal - superglue is fine (you might want to learn about 'pinning' for larger metal bits)

For metal to metal or metal to plastic, I use 90 second 2-part epoxy. In the uk we got alradite. Is much stronger than superglue and not as brittle.

The only issue is to keep the parts together until it sets (90secs) and then LEAVE IT ALONE until properly hardens. . . (at least 2 hours, but 12 is better)

It.
Will.
Not.
Break.

When ever metal is put in the equation, always pin the parts together. Paperclips, small finishing nails, whatever you choose to use, and what I do is sand the pin just to rough it up a bit, it helps with bonding. So if its metal to metal or metal to plastic, whatever, super glue and pins.

Plastic to plastic, I always use Testors plastic glue, the ONLY downside is if you want to change the model later, youll have to hack it apart because once its dried, the 2 parts are literally 1 piece.

Resin, havnt worked with it yet, but Ive read many people say super glue for that

The glue is for my warboss, did some small kit-bashing with that, that's where the metal to plastic is, and the metal to metal is the head and his axe (I don't plan on running him in games, I just had him left over which is why I didn't throw a Power Klaw on him"

So do you think I need to pin just for those?