Re: [FT] Battletech flight bases?

Andy Skinner wrote:

>Has anyone used Battletech flight bases on their GZG ships?
>
>My son and I were gluing bases last night, and started with 
>the smaller ones.  Didn't take long for us to start snapping off 
>the pins on top of the pegs.
>
>I had a pack of Battletech flight bases, and tried one on a 
>destroyer.  I like the way it looks, with the thin rod.  The base 
>is metal, so will work for all the smaller ships.  (I'll need 
>bigger bases for the larger ones.)  And I can snip the rod (a 
>stiff wire) to change the heights of ships.
>
>Has anyone had experience with these things for 
>spaceships?  Seems it wouldn't be quite as easy to grab by 
>the "peg", since it is so thin, and the base is fairly flat.  But 
>I'm thinking of snapping off all the ships I did already and 
>moving them over to these.  Hope I can find some more!
>
>andy
>  
>
As I recall, those bases can be purchased seperately in blister packs 
from Ironwind Metals.