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Ordered that one. Will be in a bit of a hurry to assemble and paint it for last round of local escalation game(I'm expecting plenty of super heavies/fliers as they finally are allowed and for final "huzah" crown of new armies). Couple questions:

a) minor q but is the thing more of few big pieces or lots of small pieces to assemble? Any particular pitfalls to avoid?
b) presumably pinning would be very, very good? How to ensure pinning lines up? First time building non-plastic model of this size...
c) would it be good idea to have the upper arc separate from base for ease of transport and if so what would be good way to do so? Pinning tabs? Big magnets? At which point how big magnets would be good? Presumably no convenient sized magnet holes there so would involve drilling big holes?

tneva82 wrote:
a) minor q but is the thing more of few big pieces or lots of small pieces to assemble? Any particular pitfalls to avoid?

Don't own that particular model but it looks like few big pieces with few small pieces: https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/1013/20/1_2033f15fe88bf942260c7e84ed879c8f.jpg

tneva82 wrote:
b) presumably pinning would be very, very good? How to ensure pinning lines up? First time building non-plastic model of this size...

Pinning is generally recommended for any resin builds in my personal opinion. Neither CA glue or plastic glue does a "proper" job of creating a strong bond. Always remember to wash off the mold release to maximize whatever bond you can get however. As for the pins lining up, two popular method is 1) pin one side, place thumb tack on the other side & put the two pieces together to create an impression of the pin which you drill 2) place a small blob of paint and close the parts together, leaving two dots on both pieces you want to pin.

tneva82 wrote:
c) would it be good idea to have the upper arc separate from base for ease of transport and if so what would be good way to do so? Pinning tabs? Big magnets? At which point how big magnets would be good? Presumably no convenient sized magnet holes there so would involve drilling big holes?

From what I can see, it looks like it already comes as a M-F sockets. Some magnets (I'd recommend something bigger than 1/4 in) would help in securing the model.

Try googling "necron pylon unassembled" for some images.

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Yes, I'd pin that together. I haven't built one but I've seen one in person and they're quite big, much bigger than I thought. If you're going to magnetize the base you might consider a ring/cylinder magnet combo.
https://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp?cat=16 then get a cylinder the same diameter as the inner hole. Sink the ring into the base and then sink the cylinder into the upper assembly so that it acts like a giant pin. Neodymium magnets typically have very strong strong pull attraction but they're weak to shearing motion. You may not be able to pull the upper structure off the base easily but you may be able to inadvertently slide it off the base if you follow my meaning. I magnetized dreadnought arms with flat contact points and while they don't pull apart easily I can quite easily slide them off because there's nothing pinning them.

To line them up I eyeball the contact points with a Sharpie or a drop of paint. Because I normally pin with paperclips it's normally pretty easy to eyeball but for this you might use a paperclip pin as a pilot hole for larger drill bits.