Re: thanks for the help on washes

Thomas Barclay wrote:

>
> Here's another question. I have a 25mm
> Phalanx model, but the wheel joints look... weak.
> I'm wondering how best to reinforce them.
> Anyone tried?
>

In fact they are rather a weak joint. Personally, for this model and the
Hoplite model as well, I glued the joint into place. When the glue was
dry, I drilled a small hole through the metal into the model, filled the
hole with crazy glue, and slid a very small nail through the hole.
Worked like a charm. The flat head of the nail keeps the metal joint
securely in place.

I accidentally dropped the kit from about 12" off the table once, and it
landed on the wheels.The only thing that broke was one of the wheels
(split into the two parts). I checked the joints, and no problems.

The only thing to consider is that with a high speed drill, the friction
tends to liquify the resin, so that if you drill a hole 'X' deep, part
of it fills back up and hardens again when the resin cools.

For what it's worth, I think Jon figured out this was a bad fit, because
the problem seems to have been fixed with the Half-track kit with a
metal piece that runs from side to side, so the kit sort of 'sits' on
the wheel 'axle'.

Hope that helps.