How can I attach a new antenna?

[Tropicalista]

Hi all, I have buyed a a321 neo and unlikely i have seen that was ruined the last antenna so close to to the tail.
The seller say that he will send a new antenna, my question it's how can I attach it? Because it's so small and I don't want ruin the livery

 

[Jazajia]

Small tweezers, white glue (I prefer super glue, but white is more forgiving) a toothpick to apply a dot of glue, and a lot of care and patience.

 

[OscarBravo992]

Hi all, I have buyed a a321 neo and unlikely i have seen that was ruined the last antenna so close to to the tail.
The seller say that he will send a new antenna, my question it's how can I attach it? Because it's so small and I don't want ruin the livery

Pretty much what @Jazajia said. A dot of glue, tweezers, steady hands and a lot of patience.

 

[Mikeymag]

Hi all, I have buyed a a321 neo and unlikely i have seen that was ruined the last antenna so close to to the tail.
The seller say that he will send a new antenna, my question it's how can I attach it? Because it's so small and I don't want ruin the livery

Small tweezers, white glue (I prefer super glue, but white is more forgiving) a toothpick to apply a dot of glue, and a lot of care and patience.

Pretty much what @Jazajia said. A dot of glue, tweezers, steady hands and a lot of patience.

Also make sure you have bright lights so you can see the hole to insert the antenna into.

 

[Purpleplane]

What they all said... the tweezers, a dot of glue, bright light, a magnifier.. especially care and patience.

 

[ghqv2988]

As everyone said. Also, be careful when holding the antenna with the tweezers as the antenna may fly out! It happened once to me...luckily I had a bunch of spare antennas. Take it slow!

 

[karun83]

And you might as well try a dry fit before you actually apply glue.. That way you would know if it is too loose or tight in the antenna hole... I do it to check if there is any glue residual left in the hole from the previous\original bond..

 

[畂桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴]

Get a stick and tape it to the wing

 

[Alzyerpal]

Also make sure you have bright lights so you can see the hole to insert the antenna into.

Good advice, I also purchased a set of magnifying glasses to help in this respect.

 

[Atlspotter]

1:400 aircraft repairs can be quite tricky. I have failed many, many times at repairing 1:400 aircraft. I have found a method that seems to work. I use superglue that has a pointy edge, and get a very, very small dot and attach the part with tweezers. I haven’t repaired an antenna yet, but this seems to work. You have to be extremely careful not to smudge the paint, so that’s why you should use tweezers. I have to repair my Finnair A321’s horizontal stabilizer today, and it went well using the method. Same with a JSX E145 earlier this year. The smudging on the JSX E145 isn’t visible unless you zoom very closely, the Finnair A321 has a small smudge on the bottom of the fuselage.

Try this at your own risk!

 

[Tropicalista]

Thank you so much everybody for the tips, I'm waiting the antenna and I'm so much worry for the repair... I woul like also to try without the glue for see if it's fixed or not... Because I don't want ruin the decals it's a Wizz air and has a decal under

 

[Alzyerpal]

Thank you so much everybody for the tips, I'm waiting the antenna and I'm so much worry for the repair... I woul like also to try without the glue for see if it's fixed or not... Because I don't want ruin the decals it's a Wizz air and has a decal under

You'll need some sort of glue or it will fall out again.

 

[Tropicalista]

You'll need some sort of glue or it will fall out again.

I was hoping that can keep also without, it's the smalles one ;(


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which white glue do you mean?
Winyl glue?