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[JayRaider]

Speaking of flying bases, we switched our supplier of CTA plastic flying bases and, in doing so, took the opportunity to fiddle with the design. First, we expanded the size of the 'small' flying base, to give better stability to frigate-sized models. However, the big change is that we are adding a ball and socket joint to ever flying bases as standard. This means far less breakages for you, as any knock while the ship is on the table will simply tilt the ship rather than snap the base and, for transportation, you will be able to simply 'unplug' the ship from its base and lie it flat in your transport container. The best of all worlds!

Sounds GREAT!
Any tentative release date for these new stands!?

 

[emperorpenguin]

I hope they arrive soon, they were first mooted last year and I'm sick of my stands snapping!

 

[H]

will the holes be big enough for the "ball"?

 

[JayRaider]

I hope they arrive soon, they were first mooted last year and I'm sick of my stands snapping!

Me too. Its only the big ships that are a headache (for me)
My 2 Victories are a mess cause of broken stands.
1 is in 4 pieces from the last time the stand snapped.
The second is assembled and painted. But has a plastic base snapped and stuck in the hole.
Hence my need for a dremel.

 

[H]

dremel? fancy schmancy, I removed my broken stem with an electric screwdriver

 

[Burger]

Electric screwdriver? Luxury! When I were a lad we used a pointy bit of metal.

 

[Tank]

Dremel? Electric Screwdriver? luxury, sheer luxury, I have to use a pin vice :lol: In my day a bit of hard work and elbow grease were all that thee needed! :lol:

 

[Tank]

Damn Burger and his speedy posts!!!

 

[H]

:lol:

 

[katadder]

I still use a pin vice
well guess we will need bigger holes in the bases of the ships then to get one part in.
only problem i forsee with these are the loose joints, so that your fleet moves aruond the table all facing downwards, a bit like out of control ships do in Sci-fi films.
personally i think i will stick to metal stands, works for my Adira fine.

 

[tneva82]

Hurah. Guess I won't be in a hurry to glue my models into bases then I just wait for these ones to appear instead(assuming they arrive in shortish order. If not I'll put them temporarily on reqular sticks on july/august and later remove them).

 

[Burger]

I'll stick to brass rods

 

[H]

I'll stick to brass rods

you can keep your kinky perversions to yourself!

 

[Tank]

Thats not what you said when you came down for Conflicts of Interest!!! :lol:

 

[Court Jester]

Hopefully these ball joints will be optional... as any ship bigger than a Tinashi will be too heavy for a dry-fit ball joint...

Anyone remember when Space Marine Landspeeders that used the ball joint... badness indeed...

BUt for the smaller ships I am sure it will all be good... :?

 

[katadder]

Hopefully these ball joints will be optional... as any ship bigger than a Tinashi will be too heavy for a dry-fit ball joint...

Anyone remember when Space Marine Landspeeders that used the ball joint... badness indeed...

BUt for the smaller ships I am sure it will all be good... :?

yep all the landspeeders were nose diving into the ground, and these were pretty light weight plastic.

another thing with these bases, its so your ships dont get knocked over, unless its a light touch the ones with ball joints will probably be knocked over too, and it is a light touch your normal ships wouldnt get knocked over if they on the bigger bases, obviously would if on smallest ones.

 

[Locutus9956]

I ended up gluing the ball joint in place as I just got fed up with them... worst... flightstand.... ever...

 

[Darzoni]

Ball Joints, hmm?

Probably not a good idea. I took one look at the balljoint thing that comes with the SM Landspeeder and said "That clear plastic POS is going to crack and break inside of a year." And didn't put it on. After seeing the landspeeders of other players, I feel that I've made the right choice, as their ball joints have become ugly masses of melted plastic from the glue they kept piling on.

Honestly, I think it'd be best if the metal stems became standard.

 

[cordas]

What about metal ball joints? Just because GW tried something that failed miserably (I have seen similar models) doesn't mean that the problem can't be fixed....

 

[Darzoni]

What about metal ball joints? Just because GW tried something that failed miserably (I have seen similar models) doesn't mean that the problem can't be fixed....

Metal balljoints would work, yes. Because you can compensate for any looseness of the joint by bending the metal holding the ball inward.

A plastic/metal hybrid however, would be pretty useless, as the metal part would wear down the plastic part. In this instance I am not talking about a metal or plastic stand, I am talking about the ball joint itself.