Honsou
07-12-2009, 05:25 PM
Hello all, there's a reason I've been posting lots of these threads. This article is part of the project that I am working on to collect articles from around the Warhammer community to have at Astro. Brannick approved.
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Author: Inquisitor Tarn
Joint Pinning Made Easy
Requirements
Pin Vice Drill
Blue-Tack or similar material
Pinning
One of the things I always do is pin joints when dealing with resin or metal, as these materials just don't bond like styrene plastic does. If you miss this step, you'll paint a beautiful model and a slight knock later will make the arm fall off. Not good!
I'm sure you've all seen and used the GW technique where you put red paint on a short pin and push the parts together to mark the other side. I always found this to be time consuming and not always very accurate, so I developed my own way of marking joins to be pinned. I've detailed it below and it's quick and easy, so I hope you find it helpful.
The photo shows this technique being used on a large joint (to make life easier) but it'll work just as well on small joints like arms and heads.
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/1249362666/gallery_40791_2984_6381.jpg
Obviously you'll need a hole drilled in one piece first.
Next roll a tiny ball of "blue-tack"; work this around until it's very sticky.
Apply a special non-stick liquid release agent (that's spit to you and me ) on and around the hole.
Gently apply the tack ball to the hole. If you're careful, the surface tension of the spit will hold it in place. If not, you'll just have to hold the piece with the tack on top.
Carefully push your two pieces together and press the joint very firmly.
As you pull the joint apart you'll see that the tack has stuck to the other part, leaving a squidge of tack with a little knob sticking out where the opposing hole is while your spit has stopped it sticking to the first one.
Use your pin-vice with a tiny drill bit to push though the middle of this little knob and drill into the second part. Just go a little way in to mark it, then peel off the tack and any swarf material and bin it.
Now that you have a guide hole, you can drill it out to match the size of your pin. Just remember to drill in the same direction as the hole in the first part and you'll have a perfectly pinned join every time.
Have fun trying this out.
Thoughts
Nothing to say really, if anyone does, speak up and I'll add it.
===
Author: Inquisitor Tarn
Joint Pinning Made Easy
Requirements
Pin Vice Drill
Blue-Tack or similar material
Pinning
One of the things I always do is pin joints when dealing with resin or metal, as these materials just don't bond like styrene plastic does. If you miss this step, you'll paint a beautiful model and a slight knock later will make the arm fall off. Not good!
I'm sure you've all seen and used the GW technique where you put red paint on a short pin and push the parts together to mark the other side. I always found this to be time consuming and not always very accurate, so I developed my own way of marking joins to be pinned. I've detailed it below and it's quick and easy, so I hope you find it helpful.
The photo shows this technique being used on a large joint (to make life easier) but it'll work just as well on small joints like arms and heads.
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/1249362666/gallery_40791_2984_6381.jpg
Obviously you'll need a hole drilled in one piece first.
Next roll a tiny ball of "blue-tack"; work this around until it's very sticky.
Apply a special non-stick liquid release agent (that's spit to you and me ) on and around the hole.
Gently apply the tack ball to the hole. If you're careful, the surface tension of the spit will hold it in place. If not, you'll just have to hold the piece with the tack on top.
Carefully push your two pieces together and press the joint very firmly.
As you pull the joint apart you'll see that the tack has stuck to the other part, leaving a squidge of tack with a little knob sticking out where the opposing hole is while your spit has stopped it sticking to the first one.
Use your pin-vice with a tiny drill bit to push though the middle of this little knob and drill into the second part. Just go a little way in to mark it, then peel off the tack and any swarf material and bin it.
Now that you have a guide hole, you can drill it out to match the size of your pin. Just remember to drill in the same direction as the hole in the first part and you'll have a perfectly pinned join every time.
Have fun trying this out.
Thoughts
Nothing to say really, if anyone does, speak up and I'll add it.