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eduard PSP display base
Posted by TheWildChild on Thursday, July 7, 2011 11:35 PM

does the Eduard PSP display base actually have holes in the PSP plates or is it a solid sheet with the holes filled in?

 

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Posted by TomZ2 on Friday, July 8, 2011 1:15 AM

TheWildChild

does the Eduard PSP display base actually have holes in the PSP plates or is it a solid sheet with the holes filled in?

It just happens that I have a 1/72 in my stack. It is 8¾"×6¼" and HOLLOW about ¼" inside. The casting surface is SOLID (the simulated holes are approximately 2½"D in scale, call it 1/32" — if you are even thinking of drilling out all those simulated holes FUGGEDABOUTIT no body is that OCD — the hole pattern for PSP sheet is 3 holes wide by 29 holes long, resulting in 87 holes per mat). The first thing I did with mine was to cast a negative image so I could make as many Marston Mats segments as I wanted.

Eduard PSP 1/72

PERFORATED STEEL PLATES

MODEL DISPLAY BASE

This model display can be used for most 1/72 scale models of U.S. and Allied WW II aircraft. Perforated Steel Plate was developed in the U.S.A. to provide a hard, quick and easily assembled runway for use near to the front lines. It was employed in all including North Africa, Italy, France and in the campaigns in the Pacific. It was also used in Russia where it was supplied under the Lend-Lease program. It was produced in large numbers during the war that many countries used it after the war. in many different conflicts and ever in peacetime. It has been seen in Korea, Algeria and Indochina as well as many other war zones. It was made from steel, so the soon rusted, even with continual use. It should be painted to presented either of these finishes.

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, July 8, 2011 12:51 PM

Here's the plastic Eduard PSP base in 1/48..

This is the foil I used to lay down pver the top of it, and burnished it, then painted it...

 

After weathering

 

Here's a link to th' thread with the "How I did it" stuff... One picture's gone forever though.. Dunno what happened to it...

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, July 8, 2011 12:55 PM

Better angle on it here:

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Posted by TheWildChild on Friday, July 8, 2011 1:40 PM

i might have to try that. lokks like it worked pretty slick eh?

 

1/35 XM77  "Sledgehammer", 1964 Chevy Impala Derby Car

Whats next? Aircraft for Ground Attack Group Build

"I dont just tackle to make a play, I tackle to break your will." -Ray Lewis

"In the end, we're all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn only to be washed away"- 5 Finger Death Punch

"Ahh, my old enemy.......STAIRS"- Po, Kung Fu Panda

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, July 8, 2011 9:37 PM

Yeah, I was pretty happy with it, so I use the section I have to just keep turning more out as I need them... I also can use it to make individual plank sections... I burnish the foil onto the base, then cut the planks apart... Those I can drill out...

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