Re: [FT] Basing Fighters

G'day John,

>I know that this question has been asked at least once before, but it's
a
>new year, and there all kinds of new people on the list, so....
>
>How do you base your fighters?  Until now, I've been mounting a
cardboard
>triangle on a GW flight base, and mounting a figher on each corner. 
It's
>not bad, but I want to do better.  Does anyone do anything particularly
>brilliant that doesn't require an engineering degree?

We use two methods (as you may have guessed Derek and I rarely
do anything in the same way - family cohesion is such a grand idea ;)  )

Derek gets really fine brass rod (1mm I think) and cuts off 6 short
lengths
of it, sticks those perpendicular to a base (he uses balsa hexes, but
you
could use round/square etc.) then sticks one fighter to the top of each.
That way they're at different heights etc.

I also use the fine brass rod, but I drill 6 holes into a GW flying base
and
its neck and stick the wire into those instead. I bend the rod (if its
stuck
into the neck) so the top is pointing up and then stick the fighters on
top.
I get fighters at different heights/angles, but all still in a group.

Both methods look pretty good, but they can be a bit fiddly at times.

Hope that gives you some ideas.

Cheers

Beth

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