Transporting Romans - posted by Russell Briant, 22 May 2022

This week I also solved a problem I was having transporting my heavy infantry. These are all metal figures are top heavy on 20mm deep bases I tended to find many had fallen over each trip.

So last weekend I sketched a design and asked Rob West from Rob’s High Tech carving to laser cut me a movement tray from MDF to hold 20 bases. He came back within an hour with a drawing and I asked him to do the job.

It arrived this week and after gluing it I gave it a test. It works (pretty heavy though with 80 metal figures).

As a bonus I have 20 more 20mm x 60mm MDF bases that were cut out of the frame. 

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• Nick Buckby

  Magnetic strips on bases are a more common fix 

  

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  • Russell Briant

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    Nick Buckby agree. Much bigger job to add to bases though.

    However would welcome guidance on sources of magnetic material to do that.

    Where do you get yours?

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    • Nick Buckby

      Russell Briant haven’t bought any for years as some local lad was selling them, but now this place looks the go:

      https://www.magnets.co.nz/.../self-adhesive-magnetic.../

      Bound to be some other suggestions.

      

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    • Russell Briant

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      Nick Buckby Awesome. Thanks.

      It’s the way I used to do it

      

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  Vincent Cholewa

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  A formidable phalanx!

  

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• Steven Hill

  I'm not looking forward to figuring how to transport my army when it is finished especially since I need to fly to get anywhere

  

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    Vincent Cholewa

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    Steven Hill gotta be carry on?

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  • Steven Hill

    I have some ideas about a custom carry on but I'll wait till I finish.

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• Dirk Heinsius

  Try transporting Persians

  

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  • Steven Hill

    Yep, remember I'm the Sassanid variety

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    • Dirk Heinsius

      Steven Hill That makes you Millennial Persians

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• Bryan Fowler

  Search for Magnetic sheets on Trademe and you will find Southern Magnets in Dunedin. A4 sheets that they post up in a standard large envelope

  

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  • Ben Vartok

    Bryan Fowler I use those on the bases then into a metal tool box. Or another A4 sheet on the base of a cardboard file box.

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