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Re: [GZG] 15mm Vehicle Stands Help




On  May23 08, at 07:34, Mark Kinsey wrote:

What's the best way to use these? Ideally I'd like to have the option of 
removing them so my vehicle can ground/wreck during the game.

I've noticed that they tend to bend. Should I cut them shorter or 
replace the shaft with brass or aluminum rod?

Ideas? Things you did?

Ok, I have done a couple of things.

For starship minis, I got a mess of GW small flight bases and replaced the stems with 1/8in brass tube, and for the minis I got the next size down brass tube that would fit into the 1/8th and mounted that to the ship minis. I put a dab of thin CA glue inside the 1/8th and threaded them together. I haven't had one come apart yet.

For 15mm vehicles I did pretty much the same using GWs large flight bases, adding the next size larger tube than 1/8th as reinforcement around the 1/8th stem as the figures are larger and I wanted some taller flight stands. Also I didn't glue the figures stem into the flight stands as I did with the starship minis so I could represent different flight levels. I now have collection of interchangeable stands of 1in, 3in and 6in heights. for the taller stands I found some 2 1/2in heavy metal washers and glued them to the bottom of the 3 & 6 inch stands to make them less top heavy.

For crashes I generally remove the vehicle from the stand and let it lay lop-sided on the table with smoke and fire markers, and the look fairly good that way.

I also tend to make a low 1in stand for every vehicle so they have something to sit on even if out of play.

Hope this helps.

Evyn MacDude

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