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Hi,

I recently got back into the hobby and have just discovered the magic powers of acetone to strip models. However, I was a bit rough with Commander Dante and broke his axe off. It's broken in the same way as this fella here...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blood-Angel-Commander-Dante-body-damaged-/220879021587?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item336d6a6613

Can anyone recommend a fix to glue it back together. Just superglueing it back on isn't really going to cut it. I think it needs some support or something.

I considered drilling into the hand/handle and running a thin bit of metal/copper wire in the same way a bit of dowel would work....

But the axe handle is too thin to do this.... any better ideas?

If it's broken in the same place it's going to be the best place to pin (the term for the dowel analogy) the model. Super glue will do the trick.

Umm.... If I pin it, I think I'll end up hollowing out the whole handle....(and that's if I'm lucky and don't end up drilling out the the edge or something).

In your experience, how deep do you normally drill in each part to 'pin' it?

Well, get some thinner rod. Be very careful with your pin-vise. Get yourself some Green Stuff too just in case.

What these guys said. If you don't have a pin vise yet this is a reason to get one - don't use your cordless drill for this one. And worst case scenario, green stuff is your friend.

It takes some precision drilling and a very thin drill, but at least the hand part is going to be alot easier since there's a bigger surface there. Just make sure you clean it up, then make a dent so you can line up the drill point in the centre

Like others have said, pinning is going to be the only way to fix this properly.

Yep, pinning. I usually chop up a paper-clip for my "dowel."

Paper-clip + superglue = awesome.
Yep, I just went Macguyver on ya...

fenrir1997 wrote:Yep, pinning. I usually chop up a paper-clip for my "dowel."

Paper-clip + superglue = awesome.
Yep, I just went Macguyver on ya...

is it weird that i could find a length of brass rod much, much more easily than a paperclip? :s

godthedj wrote:In your experience, how deep do you normally drill in each part to 'pin' it?

You don't need to drill too deep - perhaps 3-4mm on each part at the most? Just enough so that when you slot a pin inside you can't wiggle it around too much from side to side.

Skippy wrote:

fenrir1997 wrote:Yep, pinning. I usually chop up a paper-clip for my "dowel."

Paper-clip + superglue = awesome.
Yep, I just went Macguyver on ya...

is it weird that i could find a length of brass rod much, much more easily than a paperclip? :s

I do find this out of the ordinary, but I'll let you off the hook this time lol.

You don't need to drill too deep - perhaps 3-4mm on each part at the most? Just enough so that when you slot a pin inside you can't wiggle it around too much from side to side.

+1. Just deep enough to ensure the pin can't play from side to side. The pin helps to increase the "Shear Strength" at the bonding point to prevent breakage in the event of off angle stress (which, in our hobby, is constant).

Use actual pins instead - they're thinner and strong (& your Mum should have loads!).

I've used JB welb on some of my old metal eldar... worked great for my avatar which came in 8 pieces.after some sanding you can't even tell it was broken... superglue will probably do as well, I just used JB weld on the breaks that were nto for repositioning but broken parts ( piece of his head dressn one leg broken, sword broken and hair piece was broken.... stil dunno how the person managed to dmg it that much... btu hey it was cheap)