Re: assemblying FT minis

> From: 	 "Chris Lowrey" <clowrey@primary.net>
> To:		 <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject:	 Re: assemblying FT minis
> Date: 	 Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:58:46 -0600
> Reply-to:	 gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

> >This is one change that I personally don't welcome - the 12-point
flight
> bases
> >that you folks produce is one of the best flight stands around for
Full
> >Thrust.  Plastic stands may be cheaper to produce, but I end up
tossing
> them
> >out and buying extra pewter stands anyway, or painstakingly
kitbashing an
> >equivalent.	Also, plastic stands don't provide any counterweight to
the
> >top-heavy nature of the ship model - if you don't glue heavy fender
washers
> on
> >a plastic stand, the model falls over with the least little bump.
> >
> >If you do switch to plastic bases, *please* don't completely
discontinue
> the
> >current pewter base - I'd like to be able to buy them as replacements
to
> the
> >plastic ones. :)
> >
> I'd like to second this motion.  Agents of Gaming changed over to the
"T"
> type slotta base stands for all their B5W ships in the middle of last
year.
> They were very small bases, and were also very weak.	In their
infinite
> wisdom, AoG was packaging these horribly weak stands on all of their
minis -
> and as most of you know, many of the B5W minis are very large and
heavy (we
> call them "maxis" around here).  This caused a great many of the ships
to
> break off the top of the stand.  For this reason, I ordered and use
Full
> Thrust pewter bases for the ships that came with those stands.
> 
> Chris
> 
Once again - we are only going to use these on the "small" ships!!

KR