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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 Subject: More Basic Ideas

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.