So the three konigstigers came with 6 rare earth magnets. Rather than divide them up amongst the tanks and using them for holding, I don’t know turrets? in place I used them on my flak38’s which kept coming apart. (sorry martin I’ll buy some more magnets and replace your share)
Well the theory was sound and after drilling a magnet sized hole in the gun platform and another in the base of the gun mount and gluing them in place they work rather well. Unfortunately all the handling of the gun during the process knocked off a fair bit of paint and well a couple of them could do with a repaint, a slight problem given I don’t have an airbrush yet to do the camo. Also there was an issue with the hot stuff super glue and I managed to all but strip one of them men. So ruined some of my best painted FJ but on the upside the guns now clip in place and don’t fall off at the drop of a hat. Hmmmm……
Picture as promised.
No worries.. I actually have some magnets somewhere.. can’t find them though.
I am coming to dunedin in thenext few weeks.
Shall I bring the airbrush?
Pictures please… note plural word.
Ok will sort out some pics.
Hmm yeah you could do I guess. I need to do something as they’re a bit screwed. Will have a think about it and let you know. Don’t want to be to much of a hassle, I don’t imagine you’ll be down for long.
Also I see hobbycraft has closed down, should have got you the microsol when we were talking about it.
Sorry about the yellowish tinge to the photo, it’s because I took it in the evening under a yellow light.
Only one picture but since they were all done there is really no step by step process to follow. Just used a biggish drill bit to sink a hole through the platform and into the base and a small makings of a hole in the gun itself for the magnet to nestle into a little, which made it easier for glueing (and correspondingly messed up the paint work. All three look more or less the same, with one having lost more paint than the other two. I did take a photo of that but the glare from the light source makes it difficult to really see the damage.