Replacing nuts and bolts

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MikeHamilton
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Replacing nuts and bolts

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Good afternoon. It’s me again.

Just a quickie question for the hive mind.

I’ve got my Taigen Pro King Tiger hull and deck stripped down as far as I can get. I’ve never seen so much superglue / gloop on any model I’ve ever worked on and it’s been a real pig of a job to do.

I’m going to replacing the all nuts, bolts and screws where possible with better quality stainless steel ones.

What are the hive’s thoughts on using Nylok / locking nuts or blue thread lock blue?

Thanks in anticipation.
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Re: Replacing nuts and bolts

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I heartily endorse the use of nut bolts and washers in our builds and where they are available I always use nylocks and Loctite 243 is my first choice of threadlock when Nylocks are not available I get mine from------
http://www.prime-miniatures.co.uk
http://www.modelfixings.co.uk
Rolson make a very nice (And Cheap) Tap and die set that can provide you with scale threads for your scale nuts bolts and screws.
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Re: Replacing nuts and bolts

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:D Hello,
why stainless steel? there are many suppliers, micro screws, (brass or steel) on the net
see different forum posts, there are many links to find happiness
https://knupfer.info/shop/
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Re: Replacing nuts and bolts

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Jofaur86 wrote::D Hello,
why stainless steel? there are many suppliers, micro screws, (brass or steel) on the net
see different forum posts, there are many links to find happiness
https://knupfer.info/shop/
:thumbup:

I can buy stainless nuts and bolt from my local engineering supplies warehouse individually. I don’t really want to buy a pack of 50 normal steel ones, when I possibly only need two. I hope that makes sense?
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Re: Replacing nuts and bolts

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jarndice wrote:I heartily endorse the use of nut bolts and washers in our builds and where they are available I always use nylocks and Loctite 243 is my first choice of threadlock when Nylocks are not available I get mine from------
http://www.prime-miniatures.co.uk
http://www.modelfixings.co.uk
Rolson make a very nice (And Cheap) Tap and die set that can provide you with scale threads for your scale nuts bolts and screws.
Thank you.
I’ve bought from prime-miniatures in the past, but model fixings is one I’ve not seen before.
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Re: Replacing nuts and bolts

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Depending on the size and type you need, there is also.

Nuts and Bolts, Screws, Fasteners and Hose Clips - Westfield Fasteners Ltd
https://www.westfieldfasteners.co.uk?gc ... e0QAvD_BwE
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