A good idea could be using tiny hand drill - gives you a bit more control than the electric one and with various tiny drill heads you could even put a magnet in the transparent stand arm thing to avoid pushing the b-wing even further forward on the base's footprint, although it's just pure aesthetics.
To save yourself from and accidental polarity reversal, I would take the two magnets I plan to use, stick them together, and then mark the outside facing flat surfaces with a dab of paint or marker. Then stick the magnets in their mounting holes with the paint/marker on the inside (not visible).
Your magnets are sized about 3 milimeters x 1,5 milimeters. Do you think 3 x 1 would be a lot weaker? I ordered 2 x 1 magnets which were not strong enough and I don't want to order 2 more times ... do you think 3 x 1 mm would be ok or does the thickness of the magnet change its power a lot?
Great looking conversion - the dynamic pose is so my more appealling than the static one.
A good idea could be using tiny hand drill - gives you a bit more control than the electric one and with various tiny drill heads you could even put a magnet in the transparent stand arm thing to avoid pushing the b-wing even further forward on the base's footprint, although it's just pure aesthetics.
Great stuff John! Best, Matt (aka Yeti)
To save yourself from and accidental polarity reversal, I would take the two magnets I plan to use, stick them together, and then mark the outside facing flat surfaces with a dab of paint or marker. Then stick the magnets in their mounting holes with the paint/marker on the inside (not visible).
The jeweler's saw isn't necessary; you can wiggle the cockpit loose, or gently pry it up/cut if off with a hobby knife.
was able to pry my cockpit off with an exacto just wedging it in
Very nice...Now make the short wings fold down :)
Thanks for sharing how you did this. The static pose of the B-Wing has been bothering me. Now I can address that.
Awesome, glad it helped :-)
At 3.05 it looks that I would be easily burn through finger too :)
Quite cool
Your magnets are sized about 3 milimeters x 1,5 milimeters. Do you think 3 x 1 would be a lot weaker? I ordered 2 x 1 magnets which were not strong enough and I don't want to order 2 more times ... do you think 3 x 1 mm would be ok or does the thickness of the magnet change its power a lot?
VictorSteiner I think that may work ... but you may miss that extra little bit to keep it in position when not "aligned with gravity" ...
GameTime Solved it "bigger" now. Magnet balls and steel washers.
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Any more mod videos coming out?
How thick is your saw blade? 0.8 mm?
It's an 8/0 Herkules. I think that translates to: 0.15mm thick, 0.33mm deep, and 33 teeth per cm.
Oops. All I can find around here are 0.18 mm. The search will continue...
Thanks!
Just like these ones: store.miniwargaming.com/product/disc-magnet-small-troop-size-primal-horizon.html --- the local game store here stocks them.
What type of magnets were those again?
The magnets are 3mm neodymium:
www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ZD4
Awesome, thanks man.
beer wing? what?