| Robert Kennedy | 28 May 2015 3:50 p.m. PST |
OK. I just received 1/4800 Allied Aircraft Pack from Tiny Thingamajigs earlier today. Man they are tinier in person!! LOL. I don't how some people can paint them. My question is how do you mount them to represent aircraft formations? On a clear plastic square on a base? How high? Robert |
| Robert Kennedy | 28 May 2015 4:53 p.m. PST |
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Mark 1  | 28 May 2015 6:15 p.m. PST |
I have seen a very nice mounting of 1/2400 aircraft on the tips of short stalks of heavy test fishing line. They were mounted on stalks of fishing line about half an inch high, set on clear plastic bases. They were mounted with a flight (1 to 4 aircraft) per base. The aircraft come out looking really nice. Also, because the line is flexible, it turns out to be a pretty robust way to mount 'em.
Not sure it would work equally well on 1/4800, but I expect it would. The method is described in some detail on the GHQ forums by poster cbovill (Chris Bovill). Look for the Micronaughts thread. It's a great discussion of painting, basing, gaming and ship history that has been running for about 10 years now. So it's kind of long. link The aircraft mounting technique is first described on page 22 of the thread. Hope that helps. -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
| Robert Kennedy | 28 May 2015 7:07 p.m. PST |
Thanks my friend!!! That does Robert |
| Robert Kennedy | 29 May 2015 4:21 p.m. PST |
Do you know of a good source for the clear plastic? Robert |
| EnclavedMicrostate | 30 May 2015 4:56 a.m. PST |
I'm surprised moulding machines can even get that small! |
| Robert Kennedy | 30 May 2015 12:30 p.m. PST |
I was too. But they seem to be very detailed for that size. Robert |
| Robert Kennedy | 30 May 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
This is the 1/4800 Deckpark IJN Alternative (FUD) 3d printed from the SNAFU Store on Shapeways.
Robert |
| Robert Kennedy | 31 May 2015 12:44 p.m. PST |
Here are some PBYs from the same company.
Robert |
| Robert Kennedy | 10 Jun 2015 3:09 p.m. PST |
Well with my initial order of the Allied Aircraft Pack from Tiny Thingamjigs I have just ordered the 1/4800 Axis Aircraft Pack, Per row of 12 aircraft in 1/4800
- Ro43 (x3 rows)
- 1 row w/ 6x Fi67 and 6x Ju87
- Bf109 (1 row)
- Re.2000 (2 rows)
- Ju87
- Arado Ar-196
- Heinkel He 60 And from the SNAFU Store the 1/4800 Deckpark IJN Alternative (FUD), 34x A6M
34x D3A
34x B6N I'll see how they look like and compare. Robert |
| Robert Kennedy | 20 Jun 2015 12:31 p.m. PST |
Just got them today. They do compare well together in size and detail. But wow!! So tiny!! Robert |
| Blutarski | 21 Jun 2015 5:59 a.m. PST |
1:6000 scale a/c next???? Free magnifying glass with each order? B |
| Robert Kennedy | 21 Jun 2015 4:59 p.m. PST |
No kidding and I am so amazed that people actually paint them as shown in the photos above LOL.
Robert |
's first experience with 1:4800 scale naval models.
