Affraid of losing those little greeblies? pin it!

[Digger]

I'm too drunk to do anything on my suit so instead i'l talk about pinning, because i heard some stories about people losing small bits and needing a new one. Well i don't want that to happen.

 

I have some experience with scale miniatures, painting little knights, orcs and such and learned to pin the more fragile bits. The idea is easy: When you glue two surfaces, the glue is usually the most fragile part of the structure. adding a pin adds alot of strength to the glued connection. So we strengthen the weakest part.

 

 

needed:

1. a small nail to use as pin. the ones i have are 1mm wide nails, you can get about 100 for $1 at a hardware store, home depot, or Do-It-Yourself store

2. a small drill or dremel drill bit of the same size as the nails to use. (i use an electrical Tamiya), but the normal hand drills are cheaper and just as good. . Dremels come with drill bits, but they tend to be 2 - 3mm and up. find smaller drill bits for this.

The drill has to make a hole the same size as the nails (1mm in my case).

I got it at a local hobbystore, but sites like amazon and ebay have them in plenty.

3. wire cutter, if you wish to cut part of the nail off.

 

For the thermal detonator greeblies

Attach the greeblie in place if it is not already glued on, you could stick it with tape like here.

 

Drill a hole in the back through both the TD and halfway the greebly's thickness. (make sure you drill into the thickest part of the greeblie, because you do not want to drill all the way through)

 

fit the nail into the hole. if the nail goes all the way in then the cap should stop it from going all the way in. If the nail is too long you can cut a bit off the tip with wirecutter. This is best if you can't drill any deeper. Remeber not to go all the way through the greeblie.

 

Anyway.. when you are satisfied the nail and the hole are good fit, then you can start glueing.

add glue to the greebly if it hasn't been glued yet. Dip the nail into the same glue then put it into the hole:

Put the greeblie in place and behold your masterpiece. You can add more pins ofcourse, but i think one nail per greeblie will do alot already.

 

Next time you crash into a tree,your greeblies will be just fine.

[762s]

good tip there!

 

thanks for sharing!

 

[Stroker]

Now how about the small fins on the tank topper