Awhile ago I posted how I was not able to get one foot of my AT-ST to stick with the glue. I used Krazy Glue. It worked fine on the other foot. But one foot wont stick. I sanded down where the glue was on the base, tried it again with Krazy Glue, still won't stick. P picked up Army Painter Battlefields Basing glue. Then I cleaned the area again and tried that, still won't stick.

Very frustrated with it. I want both feet secure on the base. What am I doing wrong? Why did one foot stick and the other did'nt?

Probably something to do with the amount of surface area in contact. One solution is to get a bit of green stuff and make a thin pancake of it between the foot and the base.

Might be not enough surface contact. If a part of the foot assembly is not flat it may have just enough sticking to prevent contact with the rest of the foot. I (unintentionally) avoided this issue by using green stuff to angel the feet for a more dynamic looking pose. Maybe try using a thing layer of green stuff?

Gorilla urethane glue will also fill in the cracks. With all that sanding you may have some space in there but there might have been a problem with the plastic mix causing the CA not to work well. Either way the urethane or epoxy should help.

After all that sanding you probably have a wallow in your base. Do you have some green stuff or other filler? You just need a little bit to fill in the gap

Put supergel glue on both pieces with some papertowel in between. Press and hold.

Wash your base. And foot.

Add some bluetac and cover in any generic cheap superglue, stuff works wonders

Try Bob Smith Maxi-Cure glue. If it can be glued, that’s the glue that can do it when others can’t.

Surprised noone has mentioned this yet but have you considered pinning it? 25+ years in the hobby has taught me that if it needs to be stuck together well pinning it is the best solution.

For those not familiar with the term, Pinning is widely used in the miniature hobby and is used to strenghten the bond between 2 parts, basicly you drill a hole in both parts that need to be stuck together that are lined up and you glue in a piece of wire, I tend to use pieces of paperclips. This both increases the surface contact and sort of creates a mechanical bond, Honestly on metal or resin, basicly anything that's not HIPS plastic I tend to pin everything

There's a few things that could be the problem.

You could be using the wrong glue. Polyurethane cement only works on certain types of plastics. It doesn't work at all on most casting resins.

There could be too much of a gap, causing the pieces to pull apart as the glue is trying to set.

There could be some kind of mold release or other residue on the pieces which is interfering with the way the glue sets.

The glue could be cheap or expired.

What I would suggest is using plain old superglue. It sticks to just about everything, and the beauty of it is you can usually snap pieces off without breaking them if you make a mistake. You can use water (or saliva) as a reactant to make the glue set more quickly. In cases where the pieces are far apart and are trying to pull away from each other while the glue is setting, then you can use clamps, rubber bands or weights to hold them in place. And when in doubt, as Mr Tough Guy says, you can always pin it!

1 hour ago, Mr Tough Guy said:

Surprised noone has mentioned this yet but have you considered pinning it? 25+ years in the hobby has taught me that if it needs to be stuck together well pinning it is the best solution.

For those not familiar with the term, Pinning is widely used in the miniature hobby and is used to strenghten the bond between 2 parts, basicly you drill a hole in both parts that need to be stuck together that are lined up and you glue in a piece of wire, I tend to use pieces of paperclips. This both increases the surface contact and sort of creates a mechanical bond, Honestly on metal or resin, basicly anything that's not HIPS plastic I tend to pin everything

I do this too. Specially on infantry bases because dropping it otherwise means that the base will falloff. If there is one thing that GW got right is how their plastic glue bonds their plastic.

I would recommend super glue on the contact you do have - but maybe if you are basing it, then put down a layer of your base material, like the GW earth texture, or Vallejo earth mix, then stick in your AT-ST into that, when that hardens it will hold it in place - this is what i did and didn't need any glue at all, and it looks like the AT-ST is heavy and making indentations into the base as it walks.

If you have stuck it down minimal contact, then once dry you can add more super glue (be careful to only put in in the gap), then sprinkle on Bicarbonate of Soda. This will react and harden to a plastic almost immediately and give you a supreme hold. You can then sand this smooth.

I messed around with it more and managed to get part of the foot to stick. The foot is raised a bit thou. I’d like to use green stuff to fill in the gap. But I’ve never used it before. How easy is it to use?

Mix equal parts of blue and yellow so it’s a uniform green.

Use water on your fingers so it doesn’t stick.

Shove where needed.

Dries the consistency of very old chewing gum. (Solid but with a littke flex)

Well I just used green stuff to try and plug the gap between the foot and the base. I was'nt able to get the stuff all the way under because of such a small gap, I'm not worried about the extra, I can paint it when I get around to it.

How long does it take for green stuff to dry?

24 hours usually

I got a short screw, drilled a hole into the base and into the foot, then screwed the foot to the base from the bottom. No fuss, no mess. I did that because the other foot is off the ground and I wanted it to be stable.

2 hours ago, OccasionallyCorrect said:

I got a short screw, drilled a hole into the base and into the foot, then screwed the foot to the base from the bottom. No fuss, no mess. I did that because the other foot is off the ground and I wanted it to be stable.

This is my plan too. Anyone notice how it drops on height when it walks?