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Col Durnford Supporting Member of TMP21 Sep 2020 8:00 a.m. PST

Next question – what have you done?

The models are collected and painting has begun. My plan is not to base the ships, however, some of the gunboats in 1/2400 are very small (under 20mm long and about 3 mm wide).

It appears I may well need to base them on something.

What I've been looking at is large blue transparent bingo chips.

Any other ideas?

hindsTMP26 Sep 2020 9:29 a.m. PST

No need to base them. We don't base our 1/6000 destroyers, and they're about that size. No recent photos, but, here's an old one.

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