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Hi guys,
I have an old metal Azrael that I'd like to salvage...I stripped him down shiny and new, however I'm running into problems assembling him. I first wanted to pin and glue the parts but first, my bits must suck...they are not drilling the metal very well at all. Second, the backpack and his weapon arm don't have a very good thickness to them to allow a good pinning (IMO). So now, none of the joints have a really good fit for glue. Should I try to use some miliput first to create a tight joint for the glue? Try to fill it with JB Weld or an Epoxy?

There are a couple of options.

1) two part epoxy. This is tough but can work pretty well for stuff like arm joints. The trick is using a tiny amount and it's generally messy and smelly.

2) You can also try what I term as "plastic pinning". If there is enough surface area to slot a piece of lightly sanded plasticard (or blister plastic) between the two areas, metal joins far better to plastic w/ superglue than it does to metal. You're not drilling in but basically placing a small "layer" between the two pieces of metal. Tough on thin joins though.

I've never had an issue drilling into metal figures, but I rarely pin.

I'd suggest hunting around hardware stores for Industrial strength super glue;avoid the general ones as they are not that great and tend to be brittle.
When pining I find the best way is to use the biggest sized bit you can get away with/once you have got going change down to one that is the size of the 'pin' wire. The metal that GW sometimes used could be pretty tough,I've broke a few bits in my time because of it!

Your drill bits may be blunt (yes, this is a thing. The cutting edges do get blunted by use) and could do with some sharpening.

Good superglue (loc-tite do some industrial grade stuff that's apparently pretty good - just harder to get down here, so I've never even seen it) can help with the joining - but so will a decent epoxy adhesive (araldite).

Gorilla super glue works out pretty well for me

the one with the blue cap

1mm carbide micro drill works fantastic on metal and plastic but its REALLY brittle so dont twist them wrong.

1mm steel wire fits in perfectly fine.

Shove a tiny ball of green stuff into the joint and then super glue. The green stuff fills the gap so the super glue can do its job.

Buy a new drill bit and use that. If it's a thin part sometimes you can go in at an angle and use a bent pin to hold them.

Otherwise, yeah, use a good quality 5 minute epoxy, but it'd be better to both pin and epoxy them.

 Udo wrote:
Shove a tiny ball of green stuff into the joint and then super glue. The green stuff fills the gap so the super glue can do its job.

Does the GS have to dry before glue or is it ok to glue while the GS is soft?

Also, if you can't pin putting some crosshatching with a knife on both parts at the point of contact helps the glue grip.