A couple weekends ago, I took my kids out of town to visit some family. While we were gone, the night before we returned, my wife called and said she was excited for us to come home:

"I have surprises! Well, I have a good surprise for the girls and a bad surprise for you. You know your ship on top of the book case? ... I think crazy glue can fix it."

It fell off the book case when she was dusting and one of the clear plastic connectors that are glued into the ship broke off. Luckily, the stands, base, and the rest of the ship are all okay. I was going to contact FFG customer service to see if I could get another one of those connectors and glue it in myself, but the problem is that I'm not sure how to get the broken stub out of the hole. I tried hammer it lightly last night with a small screw driver, but it didn't budge, which was weird considering the other one came unglued in the crash. I also tried drilling a hole into it so I could stick something in and pry it out, but it didn't really work as I had hoped.

Any suggestions on how to safely remove the connector out of the bottom of a Gozanti? Alternatively, do you think Crazy Glue would be strong enough to hold the ship up? My brother said he didn't think so and I tend to agree with him.

24 minutes ago, Budgernaut said:

A couple weekends ago, I took my kids out of town to visit some family. While we were gone, the night before we returned, my wife called and said she was excited for us to come home:

"I have surprises! Well, I have a good surprise for the girls and a bad surprise for you. You know your ship on top of the book case? ... I think crazy glue can fix it."

It fell off the book case when she was dusting and one of the clear plastic connectors that are glued into the ship broke off. Luckily, the stands, base, and the rest of the ship are all okay. I was going to contact FFG customer service to see if I could get another one of those connectors and glue it in myself, but the problem is that I'm not sure how to get the broken stub out of the hole. I tried hammer it lightly last night with a small screw driver, but it didn't budge, which was weird considering the other one came unglued in the crash. I also tried drilling a hole into it so I could stick something in and pry it out, but it didn't really work as I had hoped.

Any suggestions on how to safely remove the connector out of the bottom of a Gozanti? Alternatively, do you think Crazy Glue would be strong enough to hold the ship up? My brother said he didn't think so and I tend to agree with him.

I had this exact same problem when mine took a header out of my closet. Try as I might, I could not get the broken pegs out. . .1 was for the Gozanti to the base, and 2 were for the TIEs to the docking clamps.

I gave up. Just superglued the whole SOB together. In truth, I never took the TIEs off anyways as (A) I was worried they would break at some point (HA!) and (B) it just seemed like a bump and move problem to "deploy" the TIEs in game. I use chits on the Gozanti's base and remove them as the starfighters deploy. Luckily, I have enough TIEs I really don't care if 2 are now non-playable.

I keep most of my other Epic ships in shoe boxes (always assembled to the stand) to avoid this kind of issue, but the Gozanti is just so wide I haven't found a box that works well.

Nix on the crazy glue. Try epoxy for a more permanent solution or a glue that "welds" plastic together like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/361463288305?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Also, go ahead and contact FFG/Asmodee's customer service. They may end up sending you a replacement ship. They were nice enough to replace one of mine when the peg under the ship broke similar to yours (it wasn't a Huge ship though). It couldn't hurt to ask. Pics help.

Or if you want to dabble in magnetizing your ships, this is a good time to try it.

6 minutes ago, Force Majeure said:

Nix on the crazy glue.

Why not? I haven't had any problems with mine.

I assume these things are not polystyrene, so then good old fashion model glue won't work.

5 minutes ago, Force Majeure said:

Nix on the crazy glue. Try epoxy for a more permanent solution or a glue that "welds" plastic together like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/361463288305?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Also, go ahead and contact FFG/Asmodee's customer service. They may end up sending you a replacement ship. They were nice enough to replace one of mine when the peg under the ship broke similar to yours (it wasn't a Huge ship though). It couldn't hurt to ask. Pics help.

Or if you want to dabble in magnetizing your ships, this is a good time to try it.

IIRC they don't replace huge ships any more. They'll direct you back to the shop you bought it from, so don't waste your time.

Well, I guess I must be rough with my models. My experience has been such that the super glue is better at holding my fingers together than the parts I want to join. I do have luck with a glue that's made specifically for "hard to glue" plastics: Loctite's "Plastic Bond System" 2 Gram 681925.

Use whatever works for you.

If you're adventurous, you can try drilling out the stub with a pin vise. Start with a small diameter drill bit and work your way up to larger sizes. Try and keep the hole centered. The male part of these pegs aren't round so be careful.

When you've gone as far as you dare, switch over to an Xacto with a #11 blade. Make small pie shaped cuts on the rounded portion of the nub. This way it will "release" easier. After a couple of these the rest of the nub should come out easy.

You can also drill it out and epoxy a rod into the hole and try to extract it.

Whatever you decide, good luck.

I dropped my G1-A and it snapped the socket, leaving the rest flush with the hull. I used superglue to put the socket back on. I kept the peg and base attached so I could get it as centered and flat as possible. Played the rest of the night with it like that and didn't have a problem. (Thanks for bringing superglue, Ward!)

I'm not sure if it would hold up for an epic ship, but there's my reattach story.

If gluing, would second FM's epoxy suggestion...superglue's can hold ok, but an epoxy will allow you to create a skin covering the break which can be as strong as the original part and effectively provide a greater surface area for bonding than just the broken surface...

I think the mount points and stands are one of these models weakest designs, especially for Epic - although everyone seems to hate the Ghost stand, kinda wish they had developed something similar for the huge ships, rather than trying to 'grow' the large ship stand design.

I had the female peg on the rear of the ship snap due to the stand peg being much to tight and when I tried to remove it, well SNAP!.

I got a drill bit that was the same size as the female peg's outter and slowly drilled out the the broken part of the peg, you can drill in so far before you punch through into the interior of the ship so you must go slow and keep checking the depth.

Once the hole was deep enough to hold the peg, I had a good 2-3 of millimeters of the peg sitting in the hole to help secure it I removed it and glued it.

It's been good ever since and doesn't alter the rear of the ships height by much.

Drill 0.5 mm hole in the part of the peg thats stuck in the model. Cut a paperclip les than 0.5 mm from where it has 90 degrees angle turn so you get straight wire with a small bit at the right angle on the top. Put that end into the hole as long as it goes and press the paperclip wire to the oposite side of the portruding area. While pressing, slowly pull the wire out. I t may require couple of tries, but thats how i got my peg out in the same situation. I made a mistake and superglued broken peg. when I inserted it back ti the model it broke again so I had to do it all over again. Instead use very thin screw through the drilled hole and superglue. Drill a bit into the rest of the stand so that the screw has a place to go through and prevent breaking the plastic.

10 hours ago, Force Majeure said:

Or if you want to dabble in magnetizing your ships, this is a good time to try it.

What he said. Magnetizing all of them pegs was the best thing I did to my x-wing fleet.

I'd say divorce is an excellent way to avoid this happening in the future.

13 hours ago, Budgernaut said:

A couple weekends ago, I took my kids out of town to visit some family. While we were gone, the night before we returned, my wife called and said she was excited for us to come home:

"I have surprises! Well, I have a good surprise for the girls and a bad surprise for you. You know your ship on top of the book case? ... I think crazy glue can fix it."

It fell off the book case when she was dusting and one of the clear plastic connectors that are glued into the ship broke off. Luckily, the stands, base, and the rest of the ship are all okay. I was going to contact FFG customer service to see if I could get another one of those connectors and glue it in myself, but the problem is that I'm not sure how to get the broken stub out of the hole. I tried hammer it lightly last night with a small screw driver, but it didn't budge, which was weird considering the other one came unglued in the crash. I also tried drilling a hole into it so I could stick something in and pry it out, but it didn't really work as I had hoped.

Any suggestions on how to safely remove the connector out of the bottom of a Gozanti? Alternatively, do you think Crazy Glue would be strong enough to hold the ship up? My brother said he didn't think so and I tend to agree with him.

1. glue a flat magnet to bottom of the ship.
2. glue a 2p. coin (!) to the peg. Make sure it's metal coind (some are, some arent).

fixed! I did that with lancer (too have for normal magnet solution), works perfectly!

43 minutes ago, Voitek said:

1. glue a flat magnet to bottom of the ship.
2. glue a 2p. coin (!) to the peg. Make sure it's metal coind (some are, some arent).

fixed! I did that with lancer (too have for normal magnet solution), works perfectly!

1. It's best to drill a magnet-sized hole in the ship first. Holds better and looks better.

2. All current coins are metal few of them are ferromagnetic thou. I prefer to use another magnet, cos it's completely flat, so glue creates a stronger bond with the peg and two magnets hold twice as well as one. Just watch out for polarization so that all pegs fit all the ships.

Thanks for the input, everyone! Hopefully I'll get this ship out of the dry docks soon.

19 minutes ago, hilux said:

1. It's best to drill a magnet-sized hole in the ship first. Holds better and looks better.

2. All current coins are metal few of them are ferromagnetic thou. I prefer to use another magnet, cos it's completely flat, so glue creates a stronger bond with the peg and two magnets hold twice as well as one. Just watch out for polarization so that all pegs fit all the ships.

i tried magnet-magnet connection and you know what? It was too strong and it broke off the peg as the magnet is STRONGER than the glue.

As stated by someone else (who I agree with) - drill out the stub and then try fixing it.

1 hour ago, Voitek said:

i tried magnet-magnet connection and you know what? It was too strong and it broke off the peg as the magnet is STRONGER than the glue.

Size matters What magnets did you use? The ones I'm using for small ships are the same diameter as the pegs themselves. The one time a magnet broke off a peg on me was when the peg wasn't filed evenly.

1 minute ago, hilux said:

Size matters What magnets did you use? The ones I'm using for small ships are the same diameter as the pegs themselves. The one time a magnet broke off a peg on me was when the peg wasn't filed evenly.

thats what she said

I used the Large magnets as the medium ones looked to small to me.

1 hour ago, Voitek said:

i tried magnet-magnet connection and you know what? It was too strong and it broke off the peg as the magnet is STRONGER than the glue.

Don't pull; magnets are strongest at pull strength. Break the connection by sliding the magnets apart perpendicular to their pull direction.

1 minute ago, thespaceinvader said:

Don't pull; magnets are strongest at pull strength. Break the connection by sliding the magnets apart perpendicular to their pull direction.

You really dont know how strong are the large Green Stuff World magnets - trust me - super strong, sliding them apart is seriously difficult as well (pulling them apart is pretty much impossible as you cant get a good grip)

Buy smaller/weaker magnets then

On ships that I've had the peg holder break I used Loctite 404 instant adhesive and just glued the peg into the socket ( I leave my ships on the stands anyways ) however I've never had a break like you're describing. Best bet is to drill it out and pick one of the creative solutions provided above.