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Hello DakkaDakka.
Last night my Razorwing came in so I went on a build spree.
However as I reached the end it obviously got to late to be working as I glued my missile magnets in backwards so they are not locking in to the hull.

Anyone have some tips to easily get the magnets out so I can flip them over?

Orthien wrote:Hello DakkaDakka.
Last night my Razorwing came in so I went on a build spree.
However as I reached the end it obviously got to late to be working as I glued my missile magnets in backwards so they are not locking in to the hull.

Anyone have some tips to easily get the magnets out so I can flip them over?

which magnets? are there magnets that are buried somewhere? If you can hop off the ones that aren't buried like say, the ones that you are trying to attach, you could just replace it with a bit of metal.
You could try letting those things soak in an automotive grade cleaner/degreaser (but NOT break fluid... I use superclean. Simple green might work as well) Let it sit in there for a week or so, and depending on how tightly you superglued the magnets in, it might degrade the join or disintegrate it out right.

Another possiblity, might be to get a stronger magnet. You will have a nightmare of a time removing the smaller magnet from the larger stronger magnet, but the greater strength means that you should be able to pull the missile off of the larger magnet, and the smaller magnet should stay.

Small drillbit and drill a hole at an angle beside the buried magnet.

You want to get below it, so a small flick can remove it and not snap the bit.

Any damage can be repaired with GS.

I've had to do it a few times to fix friends' stuff-ups for them.



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Small drillbit and drill a hole at an angle beside the buried magnet.

You want to get below it, so a small flick can remove it and not snap the bit.

Any damage can be repaired with GS.

I've had to do it a few times to fix friends' stuff-ups for them.

Be mindful that some of the rare-earth magnets can shatter and then fling tiny pieces of sharp metal into your eyeball, causing horrible pain, blindness, and I am sure even erectile disfunction and/or death.

So you want any drilling and such to be on the model, never the magnet.

Also, please wear glasses when trying to get that puppy out.

I don't usually bother adding common sense tips when it comes to tools. It's not something I have to think about doing - being careful and using PPE is something I've done for so long that it's second nature to me.

With a pin vice, you aren't likely to put enough force into the magnet to make it shatter.

You don't need a dremel to remove them, after all. You could, but it's overkill, and most people only ever magnetise plastic models anyway (which are soft enough that a pin-vice, drill bit and a modicum of elbow grease can shift).

When I screw up the polarities on magnets...I just take a small drill and go through the opposite side and force it out...patch up the hole with greenstuff and off you go

They are rare earth magnets guled into holes I have drilled into the plasic.
Will try the angled aproach tomorrow and if that doesn't work I will come in from underneath.
I have only done this once before, but it was with a larget magnet and was able to cut it out but sacrificing a scalple blade.

Thanks for the advice.

Be careful going underneath. I've done it, and being a new strategy at the time, I was a bit careless and used too much force. Busted my mini.

So, I might take a few of these strategies at the same time:
-Angle drill beside the magnet
-Soak for a while to soften the glue
-Approach from opposite side to push the magnet out
-Patch holes, continue on your merry way.

That'd be my approach. Or switch the polarity on the opposite part (or replace with metal rather than magnet; dependent on circumstances)

could you epoxy something like an upside down screw to it and then pull it out?

Maybe not the best method, but I had this happen a few times as well. FYI I superglued the magnets in the drill holes.

I used my exacto knife to widen the hole and cut away the glue , after the sides no longer touched the magnet, I used one of my GS sculpting spades for leverage and just "broke" the magnet out of the the hole. Since I use cyanoacrylate as glue, which is very brittle once dry, I just needed a bit of force and momentum.

Afterwards I cleaned the hole, glued the magnet back in (the right way this time of course ) and after it cured fixed the mess with a bit of putty/GS.

Well I finally got round to removing the magnets.
I found the easiest way was to drill a small hole down next to the magnet and use the "note block" spike that I have for GS to put pressure on the side/underneath. They just popped right out without making to much of a mess.

Thanks for all the helpful tips.