Re: [FT] Ship repair

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From: Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 7:08 AM
Subject: [FT] Ship repair

> I'm getting ready for ECC, busily painting missiles, putting fighters
> on earring posts, packing ships, and so forth.  One thing I discovered
> is that a lot of the minis don't quite fit on the posts for their
> bases.  In most cases this is no real problem as I can just drill out
> with a 5/64" bit and the post will fit snugly.  In some cases, though,
> I have the opposite problem--the hole is too big for the post, and the
> minis are too flat (Voroshilevs and a Trieste) for me to drill a
> smaller diameter hole inside the original.  I could just drill another
> hold slightly displaced from where it's supposed to be and hope that
> doesn't throw things of balance, but I wanted to see if anyone had any
> suggestions for simple fixes.
>
>
2 suggestions. 1-glue it <G> (unless you are using the position of the
model
in relation to the base for vector).
2-Go to local model store, find a tubual piece of microstrip of the
correct
diameter to fit on the support pole, and glue that on the mini. The hole
in
the mini may need to be enlarged for the tube to fit.

Two simple suggestions from a simple mind <G>.

BIF
"yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
strong in arms, thick in head"