Modelling

1. Hello to our new Swedish vic...er....member!
:)   (And no, I won't hold Oerjan against you....)
<*VBG!*>

2) Yes, my little guys, when they die, show the face of the Queen (giving
their lives for the Queen and all that). I find the maple leaf side of the
canadian penny is a bit flatter and makes for a bit better bonding.

3) Superglue has good strength versus forces that attempt to separate glued
components perpendicularly without rotation. It does much less well against
twists. (This is why it is only
so-so for FT ships). OTOH, I can't believe anyone
uses accelerators! The superglues I use always seem to dry (if anything)
faster than I'd prefer. Of course, I apply them sparingly as the instructions
call for which actually leads to a stronger bond than if you applied to thick
of a coat. Epoxy is okay, but superglue is easy.

4) I prefer pennies to washers as they make figure storage in Chessex cases
and tackle boxes easier. The 1" washers are just too big to fit comfortably in
a "lying" position in most of my containment apparatus. Also, I find movement
through forested board sections, within trench sections or buildings, and in
urban terrain are much facilitated by the smaller basings. Now, the IDEAL
solution would be a magnetic disk about the size of the penny. I'm
contemplating (without success yet) some easy method to get a magnetic add on
to the pennies (flexible magstrip maybe, but getting it cut round might be a
pain).

That's my 0.02.

> Thomas Barclay wrote:

> so-so for FT ships). OTOH, I can't believe anyone

I use accelerator when I want to use the superglue to fill a gap. For example,
I use it on Battletech miniatures to glue them to the hex bases, then fill the
base with the superglue, spritz a bit of accelerator on it, and watch it
harden to a point where you'd need a diamond drill to get the sucker out (in
addition to that, it makes it easier to flock the bases). I've also used it to
good effect on my FT ships, and as a result I've not had any pop off the
flight bases (although I've had one or two of the pins snap off when they've
been subjected to sufficiently violent (and accidental) force.

Mark

> 4) I prefer pennies to washers as they make

TomB said:
> 1. Hello to our new Swedish vic...er....member!

You have to get a little farther before it's clear whether you meant
"victim" or "victor". ;-)

> 4) I prefer pennies to washers as they make

You can get fender washers in 1/8 ID x 3/4 OD, about the size of a
penny. Pennies are probably cheaper, but the ability to make a