RE: GZG Fighter bases

I go even cheaper and use a plastic post on top of a penny to mount my
fighers. Then I use a pair of 5mm dice to indicate number and enduance.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft/	 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aron_Clark@digidesign.com [SMTP:Aron_Clark@digidesign.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:34 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: GZG Fighter bases
> 
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> 
> I had a simlar problem, basicly I wanted to have a wide variety of
> fighters and
> mounting 6 to a base would get expensive for the numbers I was looking
at
> (ie
> six plus stands per variety).  I took a hint from one of the FT books
> which
> shows fighters mounted one per base, the base holds a d6 to show the
> number of
> fighters.
> 
> I used Sculpie, modeling clay you can bake to harden, and shaped my
base
> around
> a d6.  I then mounted a washer to the bottom of the base for
stabiltiy.  A
> single fighter sits atop a brass rod which is afixed to the base.
> Certainly not
> as impressive as the Geo Hex 6 fighter base, but it serves my
purposes.
> 
> really bad ASCII graphics below.
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> Roger Books <books@mail.state.fl.us> on 06/13/2000 10:17:09 AM
> 
> Please respond to gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
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> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> cc:	 (bcc: Aron Clark/AM/Avid)
> Subject:  GZG Fighter bases
> 
> 
> 
> I seem to recall something about a new style fighter base
> from GZG, is this correct or have I lost the last few bits
> of my mind?
> 
> If it is true what are the changes and are they available
> from Geohex?	I just realized that I don't have enough
> fighter miniatures (we tend to use cardboard markers) to
> support the FSE CV I am finishing up.  When you add in the
> fact that I have the carrier version of the BDN, the BDN,
> the SDN, 3 modified trieste carriers and the modified Jerez
> Carrier I am a bit light on fighter squadrons.
> 
> Roger
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