So I got my Imperial Raider last Friday and I'm pleased with the model, aside from one small issue: The receivers which take the stand pegs were not glued in.

For the front one, gluing it in was not an issue, but the rear one is buried perhaps half an inch into the model (if you don't own it) and it has thus far eluded all my attempts to glue the bastich in. I'm no stranger to models and modifying my own, but I'm stumped.

Does anyone know how the Raider's put together, or have a guide to assembly so I could take the thing apart? I can just cut and/or break it, but I'd rather not be going in blind if I have to.

Yes, I could just affix the whole rear peg into the ship itself, but that'd throw a serious monkey wrench into my storage plans... so that would be my last option.

Put the peg into the socket/receiver lightly and use that to guide/hold in the part. If you can just barely have the socket on the peg, the glue will quickly affix hard enough that you can remove the peg and let it finish drying.

That or contact FFG and ask for a replacement.

Mount the socket to the riser from the base. Do a couple of dry runs so you know the socket is actually seating where it should. Once you're comfortable with the insertion use a slow drying super glue and have at it.

The actual hole inside the miniature itself is so loose that it doesn't hold the receiver properly; it's slid out during some test movements I've made and actually fallen over. Compounding that is that the peg holds the receiver TOO tightly; even slotting it slightly to put the receiver in the proper alignment leads to movement when the peg itself is pulled out, which misaligns it. Leaving the peg in while the glue dries hasn't worked either, because the glue vents off and actually attaches the peg to receiver.

It's been a rather unpleasant experience.

Another fellow I know had this problem with his Raider with the front peg, my one seems to be ok. But not the stand pegs!

When I got my Gozanti the pegs were dammed tight which resulted in the rear female ship peg breaking, I had to drill into the base and re-set the ship peg, it's strong now.

Anyway I happened to get the Raider, CR90 and GR75 at the same time thanks to a very generous friend and all of which had very tight stand pegs so I went over each one which a model file ensuring a snug fit, I keep all the ships in a 'Fixed' state (ie: base and stand always attached) and cart them about in special stands I made to hold them so to save wear and tear on the plugs and pins.

You may have to 'layer' something on to the main portion of peg that sits within the ship, like several layers of glue to build up the fit? or Green Stuff and glue it, a thin wrap of Green Stuff about the peg and some to help pack the peg in place within the stand slot?

Failing that you may have to drill (carefully and slowly and carefully and not to deep and don't take my word for it!) into the base with a bit the same size as the peg so it can have more purchase.

Use Lightsaber!

and magnet it, magnet it like there's no tomorrow!
3x10 and bigger disc magnets will securely hold it, no matter what

I got mine last weekend, both pegs came out the first time I took it apart. After a few "incidents" with other minor breakages I've taken to keeping super glue in my gear boxes and it was a simple dab and glue with them still attached to the stands leave a few minutes and viola! Touch wood they haven't come out yet.

I did this when running lights all through my Raider, so...

To disassemble the beast, first you have to remove the tie panel struts, as they serve as clamps to hold the upper and lower parts together. Grab them on the STRUTS, not the PANELS (these break off easily). the the struts gently but firmly straight out, and they should slid right off. From there, it's a manner of running an X-Acto blade under the lip between the two halves to break the superglue, and then pulling it apart.

I did this when running lights all through my Raider, so...

To disassemble the beast, first you have to remove the tie panel struts, as they serve as clamps to hold the upper and lower parts together. Grab them on the STRUTS, not the PANELS (these break off easily). the the struts gently but firmly straight out, and they should slid right off. From there, it's a manner of running an X-Acto blade under the lip between the two halves to break the superglue, and then pulling it apart.

Thanks, this is just what i thought but I didn't want to risk breaking it - though I would have done so if I'd had to. It'll also make repainting the bastich a lot easier to do it in sections.

That or contact FFG and ask for a replacement.

HEL-NAH... FFG does not fix that stuff.

Surprised to hear that.

Lots of people have said that FFG is really good to its customers...

After paying that much for a model I would definitely be contacting them to remedy the situation.

Surprised to hear that. Lots of people have said that FFG is really good to its customers... After paying that much for a model I would definitely be contacting them to remedy the situation.

They are good about small and large ships... but thus far all issues with huge ships are not eligible for replacements.

Ive had issues with my raider as well with one of the peg holes breaking after its first game i was able to repair it with some green stuff and glue but if it happens again its magnet town for it. My friends has also had both clear peg receivers come off the bottom of his ship but they still both slot back into the holes fine.

Wow!

This is something that FFG needs to address, it seems like this has happened to A LOT of Raiders.

Is this kind of thing an issue with other huge ships?

Surprised to hear that. Lots of people have said that FFG is really good to its customers... After paying that much for a model I would definitely be contacting them to remedy the situation.

They are good about small and large ships... but thus far all issues with huge ships are not eligible for replacements.

When the peg on my Gozanti broke I emailed FFG to see if they did replacement pegs, they said to send the model back to them and that they would replace it (the whole model) for me and this was in early January, also I got a misprinted X-wing Dial within the GR75 set and they sent me a whole new token set for that model (arrived a couple of weeks back). Though for the Gozanti it was an easy fix and the cost of shipping back to FFG would've been worth the price of a large ship!

They were a little slow on the reply but gave good service.

I did this when running lights all through my Raider, so...

To disassemble the beast, first you have to remove the tie panel struts, as they serve as clamps to hold the upper and lower parts together. Grab them on the STRUTS, not the PANELS (these break off easily). the the struts gently but firmly straight out, and they should slid right off. From there, it's a manner of running an X-Acto blade under the lip between the two halves to break the superglue, and then pulling it apart.

Thanks, this is just what i thought but I didn't want to risk breaking it - though I would have done so if I'd had to. It'll also make repainting the bastich a lot easier to do it in sections.

Yeah, which I'd known about the clamps first. I had to find out the hard way. Thank God for CYA glue (which you should NOT use to secure fibre-optic strands, by the way).

I did this when running lights all through my Raider, so...

To disassemble the beast, first you have to remove the tie panel struts, as they serve as clamps to hold the upper and lower parts together. Grab them on the STRUTS, not the PANELS (these break off easily). the the struts gently but firmly straight out, and they should slid right off. From there, it's a manner of running an X-Acto blade under the lip between the two halves to break the superglue, and then pulling it apart.

Thanks, this is just what i thought but I didn't want to risk breaking it - though I would have done so if I'd had to. It'll also make repainting the bastich a lot easier to do it in sections.

Yeah, which I'd known about the clamps first. I had to find out the hard way. Thank God for CYA glue (which you should NOT use to secure fibre-optic strands, by the way).

Unfortunately, I couldn't manage to get it apart - even with two pairs of pliers and yanking on it hard as I can, no go aside from some creaking.

Apparently, they could glue the struts inside, but not the **** receiver.

But I fixed the issue; I shaved off some of the peg so it didn't fit so snugly, put some kneadatite around the receiver and pushed it into the hole to make a more snug fit, and thus far it's held up well enough.