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Battleground Games & Hobbies => Painting & Modeling => Topic started by: Loranus on January 30, 2012, 06:32:07 PM
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Anyone done it and did you run into any Problems over plastic?
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I've done it a bunch with my HQs and resin dreadnoughts
Just as easy as plastic
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Finecast is fine for magnets.
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Ya I was just worried that drilling the whole would cause issues. Thanks for the info.
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If anything, drilling finecast is cleaner than plastic.
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Plastic and resin models are soft enough that you don't actually need a drill. I magnetized all my Tau weapons by hand and with 1/16 x 1/32 magnets. Just some pointers when you do this, because resin is so soft.
1) Have a good clean drill bit
2) Take a piece of junk plastic and do some test holes
3) Mark the center spot where u want to drill, IE jam a pin into the spot to form a pilot hole. This way your drill bit won't wobble all over when u start.
4) Go slow an use minimal force. Let the drill bit do the work. Too much pressure and the bit could punch through or you might deform the resin.
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Thanks for the Tips Rofel. I've magnetized stuff before but those are definitely good tips for any beginner.