As in base-ic Re: More Basic Ideas

I tried this long-ago-and-far-away when I was trying to make bases for
1/144
jets for
a super-sized Top Gun game.

The insides of the square cross-section pieces are very small round
holes, so
can't
slide one inside another, but I found i-beams of the right size, paired
to make
a [ ] to
hold the square beams worked well enough. I was doing 6" uprights, and
these
were a little wobbly, but should be fine for shorter lengths of smaller
pieces.

Unfortunately, I seem to recall it was difficult finding snug i-beams
for
several of the
square ones.

DO try to find a shop to make comparisons before sending away.

The_Beast

"Michael Blair" <amfortas@hotmail.com> on 03/02/99 10:14:46 AM

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I use round brass tubing but I am intending to change over to square.
The sight on ones ships spinning on the bases is not good.
However there may be another alternative, cheaper and easier to work
with.
Several companies (Evergreen and Plastruct) make square section styrene
(plastic) 'tubing'. This would be much easier to work with than brass,
more easily cut and easily glued with normal liquid cement to the
standard flying bases, whether the round Citadel type of the more
traditional hexes as sold by Bwana Jon.
Brass may still be the best bet for the male section that fits onto the
ship but I think plastic may be the way to go for the base.
I will try to get some and report back, but I have to mail order the
Evergreen I prefer so this could take weeks.

Michael.

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