Which glue for this repair?

[kaszal]

This isn't strictly an rc question but you never know the power of oOple (mods feel free to transplant this if you want)

I have an old Transformer with a broken antenna. I plan to fix him with some brass tubing. My question is what type of glue do I use: thick CA, Gorilla super-glue, epoxy etc? I suppose a little flex might be good so it doesn't just snap off again. There's a little space inside the brass collar so the glue needs to fill that for a really good bond. Curing time not a problem at all. Someone said epoxy is what I need. Any particular brand you recommend?

p.s. I actually used the brass tubing to repair my Procat wishbone...

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[bigred5765]

i would drill a hole through the center of it so it cant be seen,and use a small piece of plastic rod then weld it together with some plasti weld or something similar from a plumbers shop

[metalmickey0]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

i would drill a hole through the center of it so it cant be seen,and use a small piece of plastic rod then weld it together with some plasti weld or something similar from a plumbers shop

Or even use an old drive pin instead of a plastic rod

[neiloliver]

cut the other three off and add the brass bling so they match

[MrMagoo]

Hi mate, I d bon't think you'll need to tube at all tbh. If you get a pin vice and small bit (say .8mm), drill a hole into the end of the broken parts then epoxy in a length of piano wire to pin the two parts together you;ll be amazed how strong it is.

Been building Wargames minatures that way for ages, gives a really strong, robust and near invisible join.

[Rebelrc]

Or just drill into both bits and screw in a thin threaded bar ( say 1.5mm) like used for model plane controls
Then screw the arieal back on

[kaszal]

Thanks for all the helpful replies.

I used the brass tube, some Unibond epoxy and finished off with some Tamiya acrylic Flat Black. I didn't do the drilling thing, but hopefully this will be OK just for display.

[ClydeBuilt]

An idea might have been to roll some epoxy putty around the brass tube and let it go off, then mount the tube in a drill and you could shape it exactly as the original ?

I had sort of the same problem extending a Hen Long Tiger Tank barrel, worked a treat and the barrel still fires like its supposed to.