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Hi guys,

I recently finished a Fire Prism, and realised it's really back-heavy. So much so, that it sags backwards and points nose up.

Does anyone have a good method of getting it to stay level? (Currently, I've wedged a bunch of blu-tac underneath the front for extra weight - looking for a more permenant solution)
Also, how have you gone about magnetising the base to the tank? I've tried simply putting a mag on the base and on the underside of the chassis, but it's too heavy and doesn't sit straight.

I appreciate your help

Z

Could you use some metal weights, small ones but heavier so they don,t take up much space/low profile.

Is washers etc?

What I have done before on the base of the model is to drill a three millimetre hole and add in some weighted discs, depending on the depth you can either fit 2/3 a hole or add the holes and put 1 in.

The most important thing is to find the centre point of the model and put the weight as close to the opposite of the weighted end as possible

Once the weights are in, get some green stuff, fill the holes, sand, base and paint. No one will ever know they are there, they could look as close as they like

^This, this, a thousand times; this.

enlarge the mounting hole is step #1. As soon as it sits further down that post, it becomes a lot more stable. ALL that mass is no longer hanging on 1 cubic mm of brittle acetate, but around 6-8 cubic mm of shaft.