ISO metal bases

Geohex made some lovely lead bases.... anyone 
still making them? (For the FT ships). 

I like them because they have the clockfaces on 
them. I toss out the white metal shaft.... (or 
more correctly, it goes into my "one day to 
become a miniature if I ever get around to 
casting" supply)... drill through the base and 
emplace (using epoxy) square brass tubing. I 
also emplace the same tubing (a short length) 
into the bottom of the ship. There is a smaller 
snug fitting chunk of square tube used to join 
the two (glue it into the ship, usually). This way, 
one can remove the ship for ease of transport 
(great for those FSE and ESU biggies that have 
large wedge shapes!). It also means you can 
get by with fewer bases. And you can mix and 
match heights to allow closer formations. 

Having said that, I'm still short of the number of 
baseplates I need. Some of them came with 
those repulsive black plastic easy-break stands. 

Anyone know if it is still possible to get these 
bases anywhere? 

Or maybe we can convince one of our resident 
(hint hint) miniature manufacturers to make a 
medium sized round white metal base with 
twelve clock pips (like KR's old ones) except 
cast it with a standard square cavity in the 
center to prefit the brass tubing! That would be 
the best.... it would remove the complaints 
about the white metal uprights and the brass 
tubing can be had easily at most decent hobby 
stores. And the flexibility this basing system 
gives (in terms of transport and storage) is 
rather profound.

Tomb. 
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Mr. Thomas Barclay
Software Developer & Systems Analyst
thomas.barclay@stargrunt.ca
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