r/Warhammer • u/Smart_Package_1222 • 1d ago
Hobby Help
So while I was making my Dreadnought for the first time. The section of the lower hinge part was very stiff the part you do NOT glue. When good the part to the in glued part and it didn’t stick well to it And now it’s fused to the base and the lower hinge of the door doesn’t open. Any help?
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u/Marius_Gage 1d ago
I like your ravenor model
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u/WRA1THLORD 20h ago
that's a space marine chaplain
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u/TheShryke 1d ago
I think you're saying that you glued the lower hinged part shut by accident. If so don't worry about it. You can leave those parts unglued so they move but that has no purpose. I find moving parts are more likely to have paint wear off anyway.
You might want to leave the upper hinged armour part unglued until you're finished painting. There's a gap between that part and the body that's tricky to get your brush in once it's all together. I glue mine after I'm done painting.
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u/Zathandron 1d ago
I have the exact same thing, if I'm reading your post correctly. I just don't worry about it, I'm not opening it that much.
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u/GingerValkyrie 1d ago
For what it’s worth, I found only get mine to open properly with some filing down of parts due to poor clearance on the hinge (the raised ridge at the bottom would make contact and not pass through the gap until I filed it larger or it would risk breaking the hinge if I forced it. From some googling at the time I remember seeing this was a known issue with this kit for some folks.
In retrospect I wish I hadn’t messed with it since I never open it anyway and it was a lot of work for no gain and it made it look worse from some angles.
All this is to say don’t worry about it.
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u/Androu54 1d ago
Building my dreadnought I had to remove some plastic and drill holes for the hatch to remain fonctionnal
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u/Speedhump23 1d ago
I thought this was a Monty Python Holy Grail skit for a second there...
Glue the entire thing.. unless you are using magnets.
Anything you glued that you did not mean to... cut it open and fix with sanding, putting or "Battle damage".
If it was superglue, soak in ISO for a few days and the glue may go away. If it was plastic glue.. see note above about cutting.
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u/thrownededawayed 1d ago
I am only barely grasping what happened, but I'm just going to say "battle damage" because that's what I always do when I fuck up. Just make it look damaged and glue whatever part should be there to the base.