A few shops make 500 scale at Shapeways. I’ve gotten Hawker Hurricanes, Spitfires, and Bf-109’s in 500 scale from SNAFU store. HBG’s planes match up great with A&A pieces, too, and some are even better, like their Stuka G’s.
Magnetic carriers and air units
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Does anyone else here think that magnets on carriers and air units are difficut to play with, and a waste of time to make?
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@Young:
Does anyone else here think that magnets on carriers and air units are difficut to play with, and a waste of time to make?
Are you implying that that is what you think?
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@Young:
Does anyone else here think that magnets on carriers and air units are difficut to play with, and a waste of time to make?
Are you implying that that is what you think?
Yes, I’ve seen them, played with them, and believe they are the most unnecessary customization ever.
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Haven’t played with them. The idea sounds pretty good, but the application could (in my experience with magnetics) become a bit tricky to manage.
How strong are the magnets? If the strength of the magnets is very weak (force only strong enough to keep a plane on the carrier but without resistance when picking it off) it could be good.
I voted middle ground as I have not seen or used them, the idea is promising.
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I was planning on magnetizing my carriers and planes but I play on a magnetically receptive game board (huge piece of sheet metal) and I have a feeling the neodymium magnets on the carriers and planes may end up keeping the union locked onto the game board. lol
I’ll have to test a prototype someday….
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Interesting idea. I know it does bother me at times when the fighters keep falling off the carriers. I guess if the project isn’t too time consuming or expensive, I might consider looking into it.
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Imperious Leader '17 '16 '15 Organizer '14 Customizer '13 '12 '11 '10last edited by Feb 21, 2013, 4:09 AM
I am planning on doing this for my set.
I want to know where to buy the metal rods and how to cut them so the magnet lays flat. Then i want to know where to buy the metal stands and how to drill a hole in the metal so the rod stands up.
Anybody have links for these items?
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Somewhere in the customizations section a guy made a whole tutorial, with downloadable PDF’s.
Other Links
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http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=21083.0
Is a link where YOU personally link the instructional!
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http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=21207.0 -
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=21083.0
Is a link where YOU personally link the instructional!
:wink:…it seems, I’m not the only one wondering…
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Imperious Leader '17 '16 '15 Organizer '14 Customizer '13 '12 '11 '10last edited by Feb 21, 2013, 6:44 PM Feb 21, 2013, 6:40 PM
I am combining the resources for making these bases.
This site has the proper magnets. Still looking for metal rods that are pre-cut about 2 inches.
A friend of mine has the most perfect examples. Here is what he did ( reprinted from email).
I bought the magnets from K&J Magnetics… They were almost the smallest available size with a hole in the center to fit a 1/16" rod.
I drilled holes in pennies, glued 1/16 inch brass rod into them, placed the magnet on top and glued it down.
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp?cat=10
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=RC22 ( this link has the base with 1/8 OD hole) -
I used flat 1mm sheet magnet for my carriers, my stands are just furniture buttons with nails. The planes, i drilled small holes underneath and glued 2mm x1mm magnets in. Time consuming if you wanted to do the whole airforce but ok if you only want to do a few for each country.
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Imperious Leader '17 '16 '15 Organizer '14 Customizer '13 '12 '11 '10last edited by Feb 26, 2013, 4:19 AM
I found it.
http://corseceng.com/omni-stand/
This link has everything you need. I will be using the black 30 mm stand with peg and micro magnets from the above link.
I think for global 40 sets will suffice, possibly 50. Need micro magnets for all the planes ( about 80-90) and 40 for the stands.
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General 6 Stars '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 Customizerlast edited by Jan 23, 2017, 6:34 PM Jan 23, 2017, 6:33 PM
You guys might want to check these sites out. Or just scroll up above this post.
@Imperious:
I found it.
http://corseceng.com/omni-stand/
This link has everything you need. I will be using the black 30 mm stand with peg and micro magnets from the above link.
I think for global 40 sets will suffice, possibly 50. Need micro magnets for all the planes ( about 80-90) and 40 for the stands.
@Imperious:
I am combining the resources for making these bases.
This site has the proper magnets. Still looking for metal rods that are pre-cut about 2 inches.
A friend of mine has the most perfect examples. Here is what he did ( reprinted from email).
I bought the magnets from K&J Magnetics… They were almost the smallest available size with a hole in the center to fit a 1/16" rod.
I drilled holes in pennies, glued 1/16 inch brass rod into them, placed the magnet on top and glued it down.
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp?cat=10
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=RC22 ( this link has the base with 1/8 OD hole)http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=21083.0
Is a link where YOU personally link the instructional!
Also
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=21207.0Somewhere in the customizations section a guy made a whole tutorial, with downloadable PDF’s.
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