3mm × 1mm N52 Round Magnets — "SprueDude Spec"
Swappable weapons, safe transport, and click-perfect basing. These 3×1mm discs are cut to fit the magnet wells in Wargames Atlantic Dual-Use Bases — one in the base, one in your tray or storage, and your minis stop flopping about.
Why these magnets
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Right size, right fit. Built around the 3×1mm recess moulded into the WGA Dual-Use Bases, so there's no guessing and no re-drilling.
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N52 grade. The strongest commonly available neodymium grade, which is what lets you magnetise weapons, backpacks, banners and bases without resorting to bulky magnets.
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Glues like they should. Thin CA on a clean, scuffed surface. Epoxy where you need gap fill or extra toughness. Cross-hatch the magnet face lightly before gluing.
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Nickel (Ni-Cu-Ni) plated. The standard hobby coating — corrosion resistant and seats smoothly in plastic.
What people use them for
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Interchangeable loadouts. Arms, backpacks, shoulder options, vehicle turrets.
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Basing and movement trays. Pair base magnets with steel trays or magnet-catch recesses for units that stay put in transit. WGA's own trays are built around 3×1mm.
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Storage and travel. Stick to a steel toolbox, a baking tray, a biscuit tin or a magnetic shelf. No foam-cutting required.
Thirty-second install
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Seat or drill. The WGA bases already have the recess. Most other plastic parts take a 3mm bit (1/8" is close enough) for a flush pocket.
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Prep. Degrease the magnet, then scuff the face you're gluing.
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Check polarity. Stack a few, mark one face with a permanent marker, and keep mark-to-mark across every part. Get this wrong once and you'll be prising an arm off.
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Glue. A drop of thin CA for a tight fit. Five-minute epoxy for a loose pocket or anything that'll get handled hard.
Specs
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Size: 3mm diameter × 1mm thick (approx. 0.12" × 0.04")
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Grade: N52 neodymium
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Coating: Ni-Cu-Ni (nickel)
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Magnetisation: Axial, through the thickness — ideal for disc-to-disc seating
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Max working temperature: approx. 80°C / 175°F. Above that they start losing strength, so keep them away from heat-curing and hot cars.
Safety
Not a toy. Adult modelling component. Keep away from children and pets.
Swallowed magnets are a genuine medical emergency, not a scare label — two or more can attract through the wall of the gut and cause serious internal injury. If a magnet is swallowed, seek medical attention immediately.
These also snap together hard and fast enough to pinch. Keep them away from electronics, hard drives, pacemakers, and anything else that minds a magnetic field.
Shipping
Ships worldwide except Australia, where small high-powered magnets are restricted under local consumer law. Everything else in the shop ships there as normal.
Magnets are shipped as a sealed stack to comply with air transport rules for magnetised material. Please leave them stacked until you're ready to use them.
SprueDude tip: buy more than you think you need. Nobody magnetises one arm and stops.
