Anybody attempt pinning the saucer of a Fed CA?

[Jiraiya1969]

I have reached the point with my Fed CA that the only way I can get the saucer to bond to the secondary hull is by pinning it on.

Has anyone had any success at this?

Thanks,

J69

 

[scuy]

I have reached the point with my Fed CA that the only way I can get the saucer to bond to the secondary hull is by pinning it on.

Has anyone had any success at this?

Thanks,

J69

Seems thin, best luck I had was sanding both ends to fit flush. Relying on super glue to hold two parts not flush will not work. Or use some kind of epoxy glue

 

[McKinstry]

I use epoxy as cyanocrylate sometimes is a bit fragile. They appear too thin to pin readily.

 

[billclo]

I try superglue gel first, and if that works, then reinforce the joint with epoxy. Most times, the superglue gel doesn't do the trick (not a tight fit), and I have to resort to the epoxy...which is a drag having to hold the parts in perfect alignment for 8-10 minutes (and this is with "1 minute epoxy").

 

[Greg Smith]

I use superglue gel with an accelerator. I haven't had problems with saucers, only nacelles.

 

[Zarathustra Suicune]

I use superglue gel with an accelerator. I haven't had problems with saucers, only nacelles.

(Shaking in a fetal postion) the nacelles, the nacelles..... (looks at CA that decided it did not like being in one piece and cries)
I am really hoping they recut the old ships at some point so the nacelles are not such a nightmare...

 

[scoutdad]

I've put together 17 of the CA / CCs, 10 DNGs, 11 BCs, and scads of NCA / NCL / DW / CL / FF.
And played over 100 games with them... including a convention free-for-all.

To date, I've had exactly ZERO saucers break off... and exactly ZERO nacelles break off.

When I assemble them, I use what I've come to refer to as the "Two-Glue" method.
Here's the run-down.
The "two-glue" method is actually quite simple, and works really well on the ST2500 Klingons.

Sand, clean, prep both sides of joint...
Mix a high-strength, slow-set, 2-part epoxy...
Apply epoxy to middle 75 - 80% of joint...
Using a toothpick, apply superglue to the outer 10% of each side of joint...
Assemble and hold in place...

The super glue will set relatively quickly, allowing you to set the piece aside and move onto another miniature. This enables the epoxy to slowly cure out and form a high-strength bond.

 

[Steve J]

I had more problems with the nacelles on the battlecruisers and the dreadnought than with the heavy cruiser. Had no problems at all with the primary hulls. Biggest problem I have is having to strip the paint off of the frigate, old light cruiser, the two battlecruisers, and the dreadnought. I didn't get the base hull color to match the TOS filming model correct, but got it right on my second attempt with the heavy cruiser.