Metal Ven. Dread vs New weapons

[Absolut_Zero]

I recently got my hands on one of the older 'Eavy Metal Venerable Dreadnoughts, and I'm wondering if they work well with the new deadnought arms? Here's the model I have. http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/...dId=prod1080093 I absolutely love the old dreadnought style and my local 40k shop bought out some old stock. I do not have too much experience with modeling and I don't know how plastic on metal will work.

 

Also- is there a way to convert the old metal model and add magnets to the arms to modularize it? Related: this tutorial

[ShinyRhino]

I'm not sure about the Venerable Dread metal kit, but I've successfully magnetized the non-Venerable metal Dreads, twice. It's a matter of sawing off the metal arm nub, and then carefully drilling the hole for a 1/4" diameter magnet. Go super-slow, so you don't mar the body, or drill right through it. K&J Magnetics makes the magnets I use for Dread arms, model D42. They're strong enough to hold pewter arms to the body with no drooping.

[Absolut_Zero]

I'm not sure about the Venerable Dread metal kit, but I've successfully magnetized the non-Venerable metal Dreads, twice. It's a matter of sawing off the metal arm nub, and then carefully drilling the hole for a 1/4" diameter magnet. Go super-slow, so you don't mar the body, or drill right through it. K&J Magnetics makes the magnets I use for Dread arms, model D42. They're strong enough to hold pewter arms to the body with no drooping.

 

That was my concern. I thought about sawing off the arms and installing magnets, but I was hesitant to permanently modify a discontinued model like the 'Eavy Metal Venerable Dreadnought. The other suggestion I got was this: file down the top of the "O" on the arm links so that it forms sort of a "U" shape with a flat top. At that point, fill the arm model hole with green stuff, and imprint the "U" shape and hold it. Once the green stuff hardens, you should be able to slide arms on and off without magnetization, and the flat top will prevent the arm from simply rotating down due to gravity on the normal "O" shaped mounting point. This also modifies the dreadnought permenantly. My big concern with magnets is this: are the magnets strong enough to hold up pewter arms. I think a large enough magnet could accomplish it, but I'd also have to drill out the area inside the arm hole and make it larger.

[CarbonBased]

I'm not sure about the Venerable Dread metal kit, but I've successfully magnetized the non-Venerable metal Dreads, twice. It's a matter of sawing off the metal arm nub, and then carefully drilling the hole for a 1/4" diameter magnet. Go super-slow, so you don't mar the body, or drill right through it. K&J Magnetics makes the magnets I use for Dread arms, model D42. They're strong enough to hold pewter arms to the body with no drooping.

 

That was my concern. I thought about sawing off the arms and installing magnets, but I was hesitant to permanently modify a discontinued model like the 'Eavy Metal Venerable Dreadnought. The other suggestion I got was this: file down the top of the "O" on the arm links so that it forms sort of a "U" shape with a flat top. At that point, fill the arm model hole with green stuff, and imprint the "U" shape and hold it. Once the green stuff hardens, you should be able to slide arms on and off without magnetization, and the flat top will prevent the arm from simply rotating down due to gravity on the normal "O" shaped mounting point. This also modifies the dreadnought permenantly. My big concern with magnets is this: are the magnets strong enough to hold up pewter arms. I think a large enough magnet could accomplish it, but I'd also have to drill out the area inside the arm hole and make it larger.

 

A pair of D42's have a pull force of over 2 lbs http://www.kjmagnetics.com/largergraph.asp...3&pName=D42

 

I would think that would be more than sufficient for a pewter arm.