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Remember the Poles!

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So as I said in a previous post, I wasn’t totally happy with how the telegraph poles turned out. With just one loose point of contact it didn’t seem very secure, also after the PVA dried, the base was just very slightly warped. Finally, I just didn’t really like how they looked.

Remember the Poles!

Now I might have just been watching too main Terrain Tutor videos of late, but I had it in my head it could be just a little better. I thought if it had a second base just slightly larger than the original, it would remove the warping and stability issues and also just look better.

So I took a couple of the spare MDF sprues and, using the straight corners where possible I cut out two squares just slightly larger than the base. I just used a Stanley knife for this, then slightly beveled the edges and rounded the corners just a little. I didn’t want exact straight corners but also didn’t want them to be as rounded as the original base.

Remember the Poles!

Finally I glued these to the original base, clamped them down with clothes pegs and when it was dry gave it a spray of AP Uniform Grey. It’s definitely solved the warping and stability issues and I think it just looks better! Let me know what you think about this!!

Remember the Poles!

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Great idea on the double basing, @marcuslamb – It spreads the footprint a little more and adds weight to the base – either way, more stability. 😀

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