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Tas
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Post subject: Basing Your Ships  Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:22 am |
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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Very interesting - thanks Luis
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Basing Your Ships Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:44 pm |
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Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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Hi Luis,
I still prefer rare earth magnets... more flexible.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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Cuban Commissar
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Post subject: Basing Your Ships Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:10 am |
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Location: Colorado, USA
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Maksim,
Where do you find your rare earth magnets and how big are they?
Thanks
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Basing Your Ships Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:09 pm |
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Hi Luis,
Luis: Where do you find your rare earth magnets and how big are they?
You can buy them all over the place...
I have lots of links for magnet shops at the 6mm-Minis Yahoo E-group and elsewhere...
One of the best deals comes from D&G, but there are lots of options.
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Instead of the clasp, you simply glue a small powerful rare earth magnet to the bottom of your model.
You can drill a hole in the bottom of the model to mount the magnet flush or simply find a flat spot and glue it on.
You do have to be careful of polarities, but if you don't align the polarities correctly, you can simply put a metal disk or washer inbetween the two improperly aligned magnets and you're in business again.
For bigger models, you can use larger magents.
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Most magnets work fine with 1/300 contemporary aircraft, 1/300 starfighters, 1/600 contemporary aircraft and the like.
By the way, the measurements refer to the diameter of the magnet. They are available in all different thicknesses... 1/32" or 1/16" thickness are most common for smaller rare earth magnets.
1/32" = Best for 1/600 aircraft, fleet scale fighters and one of my favorite uses: 1/300 removable propellors (Can attack a spinning disk or static propellors). You can usually get them for less than 2 cents US a magnet... and very often less (100 for a $1.00 USD)
1/16" = Best for 1/300 OR 1/600 contemporary aircraft and starfighters (fleet scale). You can usually get them for less than 10 cents US a magnet... and very often less (5-8 cents each)
1/8" = Best for 1/300 contemporary aircraft and starfighters. You can usually get them for less than 10 to 12 cents US a magnet.
Larger = Best for larger capital space ships, very large comtemporary aircraft (1/300 C-130 transport aircraft for instance) and the like. You can usually get them for about 20 to 80 cents US a magnet.
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Check out the Air Pirates Yahoo E-group for photos and articles about magnets.
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I have been converting my BFG over to magnets for some time now. They store much more easily with the bases and ship miniatures separately.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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