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Post by attilathenun on Feb 18, 2019 11:28:03 GMT
Ditto, these are very practical and cover the majority of measuring situations. My other tools are empty bases with push pins as handles, one for each base size. |
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Post by paddy649 on Feb 18, 2019 13:17:40 GMT
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Post by bob on Feb 18, 2019 20:50:58 GMT
I found a very handy measuring device on Amazon.com. It can be used to make base width lengths from 1 to 6 (or more). These are 20 mm long plastic pieces with a screw end. Put two together and you have a 40mm base width. Put three together and you have a 60 mm base width . I have painted some 40 mm sections red And then interspersed them with white for easier reading. Likewise with the 60s. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N9VQUM5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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Post by Vic on Feb 21, 2019 13:29:50 GMT
I found a very handy measuring device on Amazon.com. It can be used to make base width lengths from 1 to 6 (or more). These are 20 mm long plastic pieces with a screw end. Put two together and you have a 40mm base width. Put three together and you have a 60 mm base width . I have painted some 40 mm sections red And then interspersed them with white for easier reading. Likewise with the 60s. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N9VQUM5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1After someone (perhaps you?) mentioned those spacers here, I did the same - I bought a lot of 20mm (1/2 BW) spacers with screw ends, spray painted half of them, and arranged them in measuring sticks - some of them 5 BW long (for movement and shooting), some of them 8 BW long (for command range). |
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Post by davidjconstable on Mar 2, 2019 9:13:58 GMT
Old carpenters rule - "measure twice, cut once".
My grandfather taught me that, he had started as an apprentice in a carriage making company (horse drawn type), ended up making bodies for Rolls Royce cars.
David Constable
My Father taught me the same! I read somewhere that Rolls Royce used Carriage Makers for their car bodies especially the earlier models. That's really interesting! Originally a lot of the better cars were supplied as a chassis, engine and radiator after the initial small runs, so the better cars such as Rolls Royce had the body made, latter they were often modified. With Rolls Royce and a lot of the better makes it continued in special models and modifications for a long time.
David Constable
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Post by goragrad on Mar 5, 2019 15:48:50 GMT
My Father taught me the same! I read somewhere that Rolls Royce used Carriage Makers for their car bodies especially the earlier models. That's really interesting! Originally a lot of the better cars were supplied as a chassis, engine and radiator after the initial small runs, so the better cars such as Rolls Royce had the body made, latter they were often modified. With Rolls Royce and a lot of the better makes it continued in special models and modifications for a long time.
David Constable
I believe it was in the AFV Weapons profile on the Rolls Royce armored cars that it stated that post-WWI that a number of the armored cars were sent back to Rolls Royce where the armored bodies were removed and they were rebuilt as 'standard' civilian vehicles. A testament to the quality of the frames, suspension, etc. |
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