"Pinning or use the cast on peg?" Topic

I have a bunch of old metal space hulk terminators that I have stripped the paint and I am about to rebuild and repaint. The arms have a hole and the shoulders have a 3mm peg

For some reason my brain just can't decide on whether it is better to:

A.) use the molded on pegs for the arms.
Pro: Less Work
Con: I don't trust the fit, stability, strength of the old pewter and CA glue.

B.) replace them with standard 1mm diam pins and fill in the shoulder hole with GS or Milliput.
Con? Will it be strong enough with the putty?

C) Option B with 2 pins. Avoiding the original hole and peg completely.
Pro: Strongest solution? More pose-ability?
Con: more work

D) replace the pegs with 3mm diam brass pins.
Pro: Just need to ream the arm hole
Con: Most work. Thicker hole to drill in the body. Thicker brass harder to cut.

Thoughts?

Also, as a sidenote, as much as I hate magnetizing minis, I reread the rules and I am now interpreting that you can give the chainfist to the marines armed with an assault cannon or flamer. So those guys are getting swappable powerfist or chainfist arms.

I'd go with option E. :-)

Use the original pins with 2 part steel epoxy glue, instead of CA. If you are clever, you can put the epoxy deep in the hole, and place a tiny bit of CA gel on one side of the lip to hold it in place while the epoxy dries.

2 part epoxies and I never work out. I can never get the ratios correct and just end up with glop. I especially HATE the syringe versions because one side always seems to jam up while the other side is spewing out leaving me with a while bunch of part A and little to no part B.

In that case, go with option A, realizing that not all CA glues are equal. Cheap CA just isn't as good as high-end name brand CA.

I've been using Locktite's heavy-duty Ultragel Control on some early-90's minis, and it works much better than any other CA that I've ever used. It isn't as brittle and has a much stronger bond. Generic CA is really a different product than this stuff.

Yes, it costs twice what generic gels cost, even that only means $3 USD or so.

Option A as a temporary, and then drill and (double?) pin.
Lucius is right about using good CA. I use Gorilla Glue. They claim that it is more shock resistant.

Pop a tiny blob of liquid greens tuff in the hole and some super glue for instant fix. Combination of the two makes for a super strong fix