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Hey there!

I recently bought a box of Scourges. So I glued on the wings on the first guy which were both the feathered version. To my dismay I now noticed that they were two different types of feathered ones and I managed to glue two different types on the same guy. Now I wonder how the hell I am to get this super glue of so I can replace the wing. I tried pulling it of but I am pretty sure it will break. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the assistance!

I've heard that shoving the model in the freezer for a few hours makes the glue brittle and easier to snap, although I haven't yet tested this theory. In the past I've just used a knife to chisel bits apart but I suppose it depends on how much glue you need to get though!

I'll try it out! Thanks allot!

If you can buy dawn power dissolver or a similar product (used for cleaning pans) you can soak the model and the super glue comes apart (brittle and easy to remove). It also works great to remove paint. Here's a thread that mentions it : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/449574.page

Thank you for the advice!

peebs wrote:
I've heard that shoving the model in the freezer for a few hours makes the glue brittle and easier to snap, although I haven't yet tested this theory. In the past I've just used a knife to chisel bits apart but I suppose it depends on how much glue you need to get though!

I actually just tried this yesterday for the first time. I'd mangled a storm bolter on one of my GK Paladins attempting to drill out the barrels after assembly. Like you, I've been successful in the past using an x-acto blade, but this time it wouldn't budge. I put it in the freezer for about 3 hours, put the tip of the knife under and gave it a little twist. The storm bolter went flying across the room. Cool.

Freezer trick definitely works. Just remember and tell your other half/parents your models are in there.

Can confirm that the freezer worked for me aswell, after 24 hours in the freezer the wing went right of, no damage =) Thanks for the advice!

My experience - glue that you want to remove - cannot be removed.

Glue that you want to 'hold' will invariably not hold... Hah sorry I don't have any good advice.

thats a cool little trick to know

Im surprised freezing Finecast would work, it assume it would make it very brittle.

The super glue, by nature, is extremely brittle to begin with. Age usually does it in, but so does jarring it and extreme temperature changes.

More so than with finecast. Finecast tends to be more elastic, which is actually one of the main problems I have with it. It doesn't take very much heat before it starts bending... as in a typical Texas summer is all you need.

That said, when gluing plastic to plastic you really should be using one of the plastic cement glues, like this stuff: http://www.testors.com/product/136942/8872C/_/Liquid_Cement_For_Plastic

I've never seen a joint fail when applied correctly with that. A few drops to cover the points that meet and a bit of pressure for about 30 seconds (or a minute depending on part size) is all it takes. It actually melts the parts and they join together as it "dries".

CA/superglue/etc try to keep the joints together by wicking into the materials. Plastic and Metal isn't porous (or, rather, the pores they have are very very tiny) so it never really gets a good hold unless you score the areas you are gluing... and even then it's just ok.