[FT] Miniatures (The GZG Digest V1 #640)

From: Roger Books <books@mail.state.fl.us>
Subject: Re: [FT] Miniatures

> On 29-Dec-99 at 21:21, Laserlight (laserlight@quixnet.net) wrote:

The way I've done it is to fit one end of a brass tube into the ship and
epoxying a piece of square tubing onto the end that fits into the base.
I'm wondering if the all square post may be stronger -- which is harder
to bend, a square tube or a circular tube? Any structural engineers out there?
;) I mainly did it this way so I didn't have to remount my minis which had the
pewter post replaced by brass tubing and glued into the base.

As for drilling through, I've done that as well.  Word to the wise -- do
not drill with your thumb on the opposite side you're drilling from. Puncture
wound are uncomfortable. That said, mounting the rod just below the surface
you drilled though and then epoxying in the hole works really well. I've yet
to have to resculpt it.

Note -- (I _think_ I was the original poster of this solution when
packing solutions came up 6 months or so ago, but it seemed such an obvious
one that I'm not comfortable taking credit for it).

> On 3-Jan-00 at 13:06, W. Nitsche (bnitsche@u.washington.edu) wrote:
:)
> The way I've done it is to fit one end of a brass tube into the ship

Well, the epoxy would give before I bent the square brass tubing (DAMHITK).
The reason I used square tubing was that I don't have to worry about the ship
spinning on the base. That would be annoying.

> Note -- (I _think_ I was the original poster of this solution when

I think you were also, I need to put your name in a "list of credits" because
I feel guilty sending this solution when I can't remember who came up with it.

It definately makes transport of FSE and most of my other ships easy. It also
forces people to lift the minis by the base instead of handling my paint jobs
(such as they are).

Transport of UNSC ships is going to prove a little more difficult.