Hey guys,

I had the unfortunate mistake of dropping a container of my Imperial squadrons and having the panels snap off of several tie fighters, interceptors, and advanceds. Has anyone had any similar experience and luck repairing them? If so what is the best way to approach? FFG states that they only do replacements for pieces broken during manufacturing/shipping.

Thanks

Super glue.

Super glue.

This has to be the most obvious answer in the history of all answers, and I completely whiffed on it.

I used gorilla glue super glue for one of my Tie Fighters broken panels. It's works pretty well.

Loctite Extreme Repair.

Slightly slower to dry, fills out nicely uneven surfaces, very hard to take apart when fully cured after 24 hours

(One time I glued a wrong track on a sherman tank, it took a screwdriver and brute force to take it apart)

Tip! If you apply super glue on one surface and Extreme Repair on the other surface, and stick them together, the two parts stick together instantly

Still wait 24 hours to let it completely cure, but you don't need to hold the two parts together while you wait

Used the above when I had two TIE's from the starter set with broken off panels.

Model plastic glue, it will fuse the plastic back together just let it sit for abit and don't use heaps or you tie will be a blob.

Just to provide some counter balance to the discussion, I find some times these small parts never quite glue back together well. Pinning them can be painful, as in a pin vice bit into your finger pain, or just sitting there swearing at it all as the glue sticks your panel not to the hull as it should but to your thumb for the 6 hundredth blasted time!

So, if it gets to that, it can be easier just to buy a box of fighters or two to replace the broken ones.

The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am...

super glue gel. Very small dab and you get about 8 seconds to wiggle it into position once you make contact.

Pin it then use super glue. It is tricky to drill holes (u use 0,6mm drill). Should help

lol, i thought this might be a thread about imperial squads being op and a discussion on possible errata, boy am i glad its not!

Hey guys,

I had the unfortunate mistake of dropping a container of my Imperial squadrons and having the panels snap off of several tie fighters, interceptors, and advanceds. Has anyone had any similar experience and luck repairing them? If so what is the best way to approach? FFG states that they only do replacements for pieces broken during manufacturing/shipping.

Thanks

Contact FFG, take some pics of the damage and explain what happened they may send you some replacement models. I had some broken fighter stems and they replaced them for me free of charge, it took a long time but got it done.

hope you get i sorted

Here's a top tip for anyone doing superglue repairs ever: Buy a can of superglue activator. (This kind of thing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bond-Cyanoacrylate-Accelerator-Superglue-activator/dp/B005H0X8OS)

You spray the activator onto one surface and put the superglue (standard cyanoacrylate) on the other. The activator causes the superglue to go off in within 10 seconds, it usually grabs in a couple of seconds. You can give the area spray after it's stuck to dry any excess glue that has seeped out too.

Just be careful if you're one of the people who also uses superglue to seal cuts. The activator makes it *very* hot for about 5 seconds.

Thanks for the info everyone!

There are certain glues that literally melt plastic and then, as it dries, it cements the parts together. I think that's the only way to be certain of the result. On the downside, it's darn difficult to handle...

There are certain glues that literally melt plastic and then, as it dries, it cements the parts together. I think that's the only way to be certain of the result. On the downside, it's darn difficult to handle...

That, and the Glue that is required varies on the Plastic involved as well. Cement for one Plastic, is goop for another Plastic.

There are certain glues that literally melt plastic and then, as it dries, it cements the parts together. I think that's the only way to be certain of the result. On the downside, it's darn difficult to handle...

That, and the Glue that is required varies on the Plastic involved as well. Cement for one Plastic, is goop for another Plastic.

Like that one post about the GR75s merging together in their little chemical hot tub.

There are certain glues that literally melt plastic and then, as it dries, it cements the parts together. I think that's the only way to be certain of the result. On the downside, it's darn difficult to handle...

That, and the Glue that is required varies on the Plastic involved as well. Cement for one Plastic, is goop for another Plastic.

Like that one post about the GR75s merging together in their little chemical hot tub.

That was a sad, sad picture.

That said, I pinned one tie fighter panel using a pin vice an some light gauge wire, but that was incredibly time consuming and difficult, but looked great after and held tight, probably better than brand new.

Since then I have simply 'stuck 'em back on with superglue'. But it never seems to go on straight. I will get them applied straight, then they will sag or bump will drying and be a few degrees off when you look at them from a distance.

If you are more patient and steadyhanded than me, which hopefully you are, and can hold the superglued parts straight, that is sufficient.

Super glue.

This has to be the most obvious answer in the history of all answers, and I completely whiffed on it.

You whiff super glue?

Are you talking about x wings ships or armada ties. Cause i have drop armada ties, step on them and nothing broke

TIE Advanced needs a Fix, Escort really does kill Vader in being in the Top 8 of a tournament. Sorry man, I couldn't help myself.

All these people don't know what they're talking about. The real answer is that TIEs are supposed to be easily broken and you merely buy 5 dozen more at half the cost of buying super glue.

I mean the green bolts that a Star Destroyer fires are really TIEs that have passed their maintenance due date as it is cheaper to replace the fighters than it is to pay technicians to fix them and you get the added bonus of not having to buy Tibanna gas for turbolasers.

Here's a top tip for anyone doing superglue repairs ever: Buy a can of superglue activator. (This kind of thing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bond-Cyanoacrylate-Accelerator-Superglue-activator/dp/B005H0X8OS)

You spray the activator onto one surface and put the superglue (standard cyanoacrylate) on the other. The activator causes the superglue to go off in within 10 seconds, it usually grabs in a couple of seconds. You can give the area spray after it's stuck to dry any excess glue that has seeped out too.

Just be careful if you're one of the people who also uses superglue to seal cuts. The activator makes it *very* hot for about 5 seconds.

Zip kicker is my super glue accelerator of choice. Works great an is easy to use. I ran out for a few days last week, and will never let it happen again. It just takes too much effort to hold those tiny parts together for any amount of time longer than the 5 seconds it takes to spray the zip kicker on. Done. Walk away and let the excess evaporate naturally.

Rather than using something else, you can use the most common thing to get super glue to bond (and what normally bonds it): Water. put a tiny tiny amount of water (a mister is good) and it does as well or better than any accelerator I've seen, sometimes too fast.

Water is the min reason that Super Glue stick to us so fast and so well.