So yeah, Cygnar Plastic Jack looking to Magnitize

[Conrad4]

So just wondering if its at all possible to magnetize the Cyclone unit of a Cygnar Heavy plastic kit? concern is the guns, not much to drill to get the magnets in. any advice is most appreciated.

[Oreet]

So just wondering if its at all possible to magnetize the Cyclone unit of a Cygnar Heavy plastic kit? concern is the guns, not much to drill to get the magnets in. any advice is most appreciated.

I magnetized my kit.

Tips:
1: One of the arms you've got to magnetize the fist so that he can either have a fist or the hammer for either the Ironclad or Defender (forget which one)
2: For the cyclone's guns, don't put the magnet in the thin parts of the gun that wrap up the sides of the arm. You want to put the magnet at the part of the gun that would attach to the bottom of the forearm.
3: I just glued one of the heads onto the kit. I don't see anything nit picking that much where they'd complain that my Ironclad has a Defender's head attached.
4: Use fairly thick magnets on the shoulder "balls" on his torso. That will help keep the arms from twisting to weird angles when you have the heavier versions of the arms (the Cyclone's arms specifically)

[polypusher]

I made the mistake of magnetizing the thin parts of the cyclone guns where it connects to his forearms. It worked but the guns would droop downward because I made a nice little pivot point, since its so far back from the piece's center of gravity. I managed to fix it by scuffing up the magnets, making it so that they can't really rotate against each other, but if I had to do it again, I'd move the magnet under the arm as suggested above. That would hide the magnet too. Mine hides in plain sight, masquerading as one of those big screws, but under the arm would be better.

[Oreet]

oh adding another tip:

5: When positioning you magnets on the models, make sure you keep the positive (+) and negative (-) straight so that the parts will attract to each other instead of repelling.

[PG_Tadgo]

Saw this in the tutorial section.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfkCOvtrTmw

[krazyCarl]

Having done this, use Iron Bear's approach of putting the magnets where the large screws are, you can paint them silver and paint a black line across them, and it is hard to tell that they are not the screws. But drill a pilot hole through the guns and the arms simultaneously. Fiddle about with the guns until they are seated snugly on the arms, then drill the pilot holes through both pieces. That makes sure the magnets are lined up perfectly. If they are even the tiniest bit off, the guns won't seat snugly to the arms and will wobble when you move the model.

Also, consider using a pin in the left arm as well as the magnets. I had to put one in mine, as the rare earth magnets alone weren't quite strong enough to stop the arms from rotating and drooping as I moved the model. I used a piece of 0.02" brass wire, the same stuff I use for most of my pinning, just something to keep the arm from rotating on the magnet.