Re: Plastic 'flight stands'

One of the reasons we've switched some of our larger models to resin - 
weighs next to nothing compared to the metal versions (and the castings 
are better too !)

Tony

Doug Evans wrote:

>Whoops, almost forgot:
>
>Another way to lower the C-o-G is to reduce the weight at the top.
Natch,
>any suggestions here are heretical.
>
>You can drill out the center of a metal ship, to the point of making it
a
>hollow, upside down cup. See old Superior ships. This is if you're of
the
>'if you can't see it while it's on the table, it's superfluous' school
of
>thought.
>
>You can use ships of lightweight material such as plastic or even
folded
>paper. Hi, Germy. ;->=
>
>The_Beast
>
>
>  
>

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