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RE: FT Fighters - Indicating Types Question

From: "Kettle, Alexander" <AKettle@m...>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 05:21:50 -0400
Subject: RE: FT Fighters - Indicating Types Question

Hello all, thought I'd pass on my latest attempts at bases. I mostly use
the
B5W FA scale fighters- I use the black plastic bases they come with and
cut
a rectangular hole (pair of square dice shaped holes) into the center of
the
base between the fighters, then just glue a small piece of card to the
underside of the hole- this lets the thickness of the plastic act as the
lip
to hold dice. Then I can just mark the endurance with a dice. Some of my
bases just have the fighters sitting in the holes loose, but for those I
glue in I use a second dice to mark numbers. Both ways seem to work
well,
and it looks good actually seeing the proper # of fighters in each
flight,
so haven't picked a set way yet, but the dice always sit fairly secure.

Later,
Alex Kettle,

> > After fiddling with Epoxy, tubing and various things I
> > think I am going to:
> >
> > Resin cast fighter bases.  Should hold 3 wires.
> >
> > 1 wire will have a mini.
> > 1 wire will have beads for endurance, these will be blue
> > 1 wire will have beads for fighter number, these beads
> >   will be colored to represent different types of
> >   fighters.
> >
> > The question is how small can  I make it while not having to
> > pick it up to remover beads.
> >
> > Roger
> 


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