Sounds like the way to go, although trying to cast them was kinda fun. I like the glue the pad down and drill all the way through the deck. Less chance of accidently bumping and knocking off that little nub. As for a taper, there really should not be any taper, just a slight flare at to top, an I've seen a bunch of real ones that didn't have the flare, just a straight barrel shape.
Now, as for the chocks . . .
Okay, so here’s the deal; I have this old Tamiya USS New Jersey, modern version, in 1/350. I had started to rebuild it as a hybrid battleship / helo/ vtol carrier. Recently I stole the chocks out of the kit for my Lindberg minesweeper, and now wished I hadn’t so I could steal them for the Arizona project.
So, if anyone has some chocks, in 1/350, that they can part with, and need anything out of a New Jersey kit, I am more than willing to do a trade.
I was going to use the 5”/38’s and build a “if Arizona had survived Pearl Harbor” version, but the modern NJ only has six and I would need eight. So that idea got deep-six’ed.
So, chocks for other parts . . .any takers?
"Why do I do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, okay?"