Mounting parts for painting

[Rowland]

@Dr. Clock I thought I would move the discussion here…

Re mounting parts on “Sprue Spiders” I’m having a devil of a job making the bits stick.  I’m using Loctite super glue but it doesn’t want to set quickly so I have to hold each part steady for what seems like ages it’s become a right old faff.

 

To anyone else…how do you mount your arms, pauldrons, etc for painting?…

[kabaakaba]

Blutack.

Sometimes loctite. But again I use 406 and they have hella different formulas. 

406 especially for plastic and rubber.

[lhg033]

I use the GW sub assembly holder for some things with a small dab of normal plastic glue to stick the part as needed.

Or I just use a cut off piece of sprue for bigger/less fiddly bits - again with pastic glue usually.

Sometimes I'll use a paperclip with a drilled hole 

 

 

I have teh GW assembly stand (I dont think they sell any more on their site) that has arms with soft grips on thr end to hold things too and a slot for the painting handle to sit in - makes holding things in place a lot easier

[kabaakaba]

They sell now xl holder and separately subassembly holders and small bits holders so you can combine it altogether 

[Rowland]

1 hour ago, kabaakaba said:

Blutack.

Sometimes loctite. But again I use 406 and they have hella different formulas. 

406 especially for plastic and rubber.

And @Dr. Clock I was using a superglue gel which was quite old, I tried one of the small, liquid type and it was conveniently quicker.

@lhg033 I will take a look at those.

[Rowland]

Well, this was my original method…blu tack on wooden blocks.

 

Now I prefer Dr Clocks method….

And when life gives you lemons…

I looked at the Citadel sub assembly holders…I bought the smaller base holder thing and never got on with it.  Sometimes a model would pop out and swapping models was a faff.

I bought some cheap glass bottles with screw top metal lids which feel lovely, especially with some weight added and I have about 24.  So a magnet  on the models base and or bluetac and they’re good to go.

Those sub assembly holders are a neat solution if you go all in with the system but doing it cheaper is satisfying.  Unless you run out of Christmas present ideas.

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Rowland

[WBRBloom]

Have you tried using the alligator clamps/stick,  used in airbrushing? As I understand it, you do make use of sprues to mount some parts and paint/spray paint them, you might find these quite handy: