Hi guys,

This is my first post here and would like to show you a base I am working on currently. I just finished up the painting and have a bit of weathering to do yet. The base is from Masterpiece Models, a trademark of J&S Hobbies. I am wanting to put a Mig 15 or 21 on this base eventually. Static grass applied with a home build 120 volt applicator.

Let me know what you all think

Nice! I've never tried building a base but that looks great.

Chris,
That does look good.
What is this homemade 120v static grass applicator tool of which you speak?

Thanks,

Keith

Very nice.

Actually, how big are those hexagonal plates in 1/48 scale?

Thanks guys!

Keith,

I will try to get some pics of the applicator. Basically its a 120 volt ion generator with a couple modifications. A word of caution though, 120 volts can kill you if you do it wrong so if you are not confident in full household voltage wiring than do not attempt to make it. Go with the 12 volt generator and use batteries.

Drabslab,

The overall base is 12 X 12 inches. The hex tiles were drawn in CAD software at full scale, then reduced to 48th scale. From point to point the individual tiles are 49 mm or 1 15/16 inches.

Chris,
If you don't feel comfortable sharing the deadly device with the world, I can IM/email/whatever-it's-called you.

I 'apprenticed' under my electrical contractor father for years (and got zapped more times than I can remember) and worked avionics for 25+ years with all kinds of voltages and amperages, so I should be good.

Keith

Not enough cracks, chips and divets.

I'm a long way from my library to give reference for pics but they are in maybe a book titled "Early Soviet Jets" or some such.

Keith,

I think you qualify as knowing your way around a spark! I will try and dig up the wiring diagram for the applicator.

Carl,

Thanks for the feedback. If you get a chance and find the reference images that would be great. All the images I have found online show them pretty well taken care of besides the tilting here and there of the tiles and the grass/ weeds growing in the joint lines. I have not seen any with cracks all over.