Re: [FT] Ship repair

I suspect that these have might already have been suggested but anyway
...

Try filling the hole with a two part epoxy glue and supporting the model
either end while it dries (Humbrol enamel tins are almost exactly the
right height to support a spaceship on a 'standard' plastic hex base).

Alternatively, snap / cut off the smaller diameter nib on top of the
post and then drill out the existing hole to match the thickness of the
post.

Laserlight wrote:
> 
> I'm getting ready for ECC, busily painting missiles, putting fighters
> on earring posts, packing ships, and so forth.  One thing I discovered
> is that a lot of the minis don't quite fit on the posts for their
> bases.  In most cases this is no real problem as I can just drill out
> with a 5/64" bit and the post will fit snugly.  In some cases, though,
> I have the opposite problem--the hole is too big for the post, and the
> minis are too flat (Voroshilevs and a Trieste) for me to drill a
> smaller diameter hole inside the original.  I could just drill another
> hold slightly displaced from where it's supposed to be and hope that
> doesn't throw things of balance, but I wanted to see if anyone had any
> suggestions for simple fixes.

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Tony Francis
Senior Software Engineer