stubborn glue on metal models

[Aa7]

I am trying to strip an old metal model and have had the broken apart model soaking in petrol for the last day as I usually do with metal models and while all the paint has loosened and come away easily the glue is still there like a rock.

I have had the model for an age and bought it second hand so are unsure what type of glue was used to join the model in the first place. I've found petrol usually melts away all traces of paint, glue and modelling putty when metal models are soaked in it but this one has me stumped? Any ideas what I can try to remove the glue ready for reassembly and conversion?

[NeckFace]

sounds like super glue, and you should be able to scrape it away.  usually it'll flake off.

hoping the previous owner just didn't go mental and drench it, i got a particularly gnarly 2nd hand model where detail was filled with glue, and fortunately isn't so bad as to be noticable

[Lazarus]

Dave is right, normaly it wont strip away but just scrape at it with a nife and it should just break off normaly easy. super glue does not bond to the metal it just fills the gaps. So it should come away, If that fail get a dremal on it with the wire brush and it will come off.

[Aa7]

no amount of scraping with a knife was going to budge the caked on rock that was left of the glue and the dremal would of taken longer than I planned to take on it with the amount of glue used previously let along probably destroying some of the textures on the skin of the model. I did try a small section and it was stuck solid.

What I did discover though was that acetone/nail polish remover is magic stuff indeed!!!! I wonder why my wife's nails aren't all completely dissolved away with the power of that stuff. After a few hours soaking in nail polish remover the rock like glue had turned into a gelatinous blob that was easy to pull away from the model with your fingers and then a quick scrub up with a stiff brush did the rest. The pin vice holes where cleared out with a quick re-drill to remove the gunge and it was time to start rebuilding. Will be using this stuff more in the future but beware of any plastic you don't want it on as it dissolves it real quick. Perfect for metal models though.

[Lazarus]

sweet will add that into my list if i ever come across this.

All though i dont really buy 2nd hand stuff any more due to all the extra work. It is easyer to buy something new.

Only old stuff i buy is my rogue trader gear but i have all of that now.

Good advise

[Big D]

Thats half the fun wth second hand stuff. I love taking someone elses piece of crap paint job, stripping it back and repainting it with my own crappy paint job

[Vent]

Oven cleaner will turn teh super glue spongy and allow you to pull it off quite easily.

[Ry.S]

to remove super glue you need some heavy duty stuff. acetone will slowly remove super glue you must use plastic gloves and not to inhale it simply put the metal models in a jar and leave for a few hours then use a small hard brush to remove the glue. I got a bottle form mitre 10.