To magnetize a Cronebird

[Inquisitor Stingray]

So I've been having decent success magnetizing a Carnifex or two at this point. It's very rewarding and hitherto the biggest problem has been being outsmarted by super glue and get fiddly with the magnets. I know have in my possession a Crone-to-be and I want to magnetize the wings. The rest I don't care for as it is purely for practical reasons, and not cosmetical that I want to magnetize.

It does however seem to be a bit of tough nut to crack, at least for a guy with ten thumbs or however that saying goes. I have at my disposal magnets in the size of 3, 4 and 5mm. As you know the wings are ball-pointed but angled so as to fit in better. I fear this will cause me some problems. Any advice or insight you guys could provide would be greatly appreciated!

[gigasnail]

use a dremmel to route out the hole how you want it. for wings, magnet + pin is a good idea for stability.

[Hivefleet Oblivion]

I use 5mm x 5mm magnets in the main body sockets, 5mm x 3mm on the shoulder, 3mm x 3mm for the little arm, and its accompanying magnet in the body. Seems to give a firm joint with no wobble.

What I do is slice off the end of the main shoulder, and glue on the 5mm x 3mm. Don't glue the main body magnet yet; place it in the 5mm hole, push the wing in so you get good contact, and only them glue the main body magnet. Once the body magnet glue has dried, reinforce with green stuff.

Finally, on the shoulder we now simply have a magnet glued on a flat bit. At this point I edge around the magnet with green stuff, wet it, then push int the body. The green stuff will take on the shape of the shoulder cavity, and that helps eliminate any wobble, too.

You can see from the pics how I place the body magnet for the base, too.

Using this method, you can see FMC don't take up much space - altho with two harpies, two crones and now three flyrants, that's a big stack of wings to sort out. I match the wings and bodies with bullet holes - each wing has 1, 2 or 3 bullet holes at a certain point, with a matching number on the body, so i know which pair of wings goes with which body.

Hope this helps.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Thanks. I find the 3mm magnets to be rather weak, but I suppose the 5mm underneath helps mitigate this? Will have to try my hand carefully at this, it does seem like a bit of an undertaking for someone like me. It doesn't help that I can't glue the body together so as to test the wing positioning as that just makes it impossible to safely drill thorugh the sockets.

[Hivefleet Oblivion]

Just to clarify
Body front socket = 5 x 5mm
Body rear socket 3 x 3mm

Wing front arm 5 x 3m
wing rear arm 3 x 3mm

So all the weight of the wings is carried by 5mm magnets.

I glue all the body together, except for the top carapace, before I start drilling.

[Obsidorox]

oblivion did you magnetize the stand too? I was considering trying that but wasn't sure how to mount magnets to the clear cross shape top of the stock stand.

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[Carnikang]

I was looking for a magnetizing guide for crones as well and found this.

www.40kforums.com/vb/showthread.php/45102-magnetizing-a-Harpy-Crone-pic-heavy

The only thing he doesn't magnetize is the wings, but from the looks of it it could be done the same way as the weapon arms.

[Hivefleet Oblivion]

Apr 24, 2014 11:45:31 GMT Obsidorox said:

oblivion did you magnetize the stand too? I was considering trying that but wasn't sure how to mount magnets to the clear cross shape top of the stock stand.

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Sorry for crummy photo, my camera didn't want to focus on the clear stand.


I used a 5mm x 3mm magnet. Located the point with a scalpel, then a 1mm drill bit, then 3mm, then 5mm! ON a couple I didn't get them dead centre, but they're good enough to use.

For the body magnet, I drilled a 5mm hole in a piece of thick sheet, then cut the sheet to shape, glued in the magnet, then placed it over the slot, you should be able to see from the pic of the body interior, above. For the first couple I placed the magnet in greenstuff, but it's a pain, is hard to place and takes a long time to set, so placing it in the plastic card is better.

The weapons are easy, 5mm inside the body, and 3mm in the end of the arms; you can just slice off the very end of the arm, to give you a location big enough for a 3mm magnet,

Again, I don't glue in the body magnets until I fit in the arms, I glue the body magnets with the arms held in place, and this gives good magnet-to-magnet contact.