Re: Re: [FT] ADFC Re: Painting FT models

At 5:11 PM -0400 6/13/01, Allan Goodall wrote:
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>I just mounted my Ark Royal last night: plastic stands. Same with my 
>Foch. Note: stands! Plural. I drilled new holes and mount the 
>plastic stands one behind the other. The lateral stability is okay 
>(still not great) but the ship won't fall forward or backward.

The overall mass of the model makes any sudden shock more likely to 
fracture the post on the plastic bases.  Small figs don't mind nearly 
as much. I do re-drill the holes in some cases to the CoG of the 
figure or in some cases just expand the hole size.

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