Best way to attach cast metal engine parts?

[TBC]

I just received my lovely Thunder Valley F1 cast metal engine for my Lotus 72D kit. Has anyone here assemble one of these, and if so, how did you go about it-super glue, epoxy, soldering......?

[Kev The Modeller]

To the best of my knowledge it's a mixture of all 3, depending on what the part is, where and if it needs strength.

 

Solder is the strongest, then epoxy lastly CA.  

[s.e.charles]

add a brass wire pin between the two parts if deemed particularly vulnerable.

[Schwarz-Brot]

I'd go with quick setting 2k epoxy glue. Plenty of strenghth for most joints. To get around the setting times I sometimes join several parts with tiny dots of a CA glue. This is also easy to break away if the alignment is not perfect. After that the joints can be carefully filled with epoxy glue for strenghth.

 

Pinning is an option, but I would not generally recommend it. It's not like you're building a toy that's expected to see rough handling. Soldering I would not recommend for white metal as the melting point is equally low as any solder (if you use any at all). It is very easy to mess up parts this way. I'd keep the solder for PE parts (and electronics).

 

For pinning paperclips are a super cheap option. The wire is very stiff. Don't use your good side cutters for them!

[TBC]

Thanks for the replies everyone.