RE: assemblying FT minis

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Tom Granvold wrote:

> > On bases 
> 
>    I'be been making my own bases.  Various size metal washers and
nails.
> I paint them flat black and add little yellow tick marks every 30
degrees,
> and red tick marks at the 45 degree points.  It is cheap, simple, and
only
> adds a little extra time.  On the really big ships, such as the
galactic
> super dreadnought 6" monster of Starfleet Wars, I add a couple of
stiff
> wires from the edges of the ship going down to the base to help
prevent
> the ship from breaking off the stand.

Hiya Tom!  I've kitbashed/scratchbuilt a few bases as well, and instead
of
simply painting on the tickmarks I've been glueing on small pieces of
styrene
strips to make the tickmarks stand out.  Gives it that 'molded in' look.
:)

If you take a look on my gallery page, the corvette and the three
destroyers
are mounted on normal GW flying bases with the styrene strips added. 
The
battlecruiser and battleship have scratchbuilt bases made of washers,
roofing
nails, and styrene strips added.  The time I spend glueing and trimming
the
styrene strips is made up when I paint the bases, as all I have to do is
top
paint the strips to get accurate ticks . . .

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