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Shitty picture, but I built a new display base for my Indianapolis, I remember a lot of people said the previous one wasn't very good, and I agree. It was too thick and just didn't look right. This time I just used a router on a piece of oak and then sawed off the excess wood on the edges, then sanded everything down to 220 grit. I'm going to stain it later.
Learned the hard way that using a router without a proper router table is a pain in the ass though, and I'm too cheap to pay for one right now. there's a couple spots that I fucked up as my jig is simply a metal ruler clamped down with some shitty clamps. It slid a few times when routing and slightly fucked it up, though it's only on the rear of the base so it's not that bad I guess.
I'm actually going to go back and do some more weathering on the Indy later, mostly on the lower hull. I want to add some chipping and sludge on the lower part of the hull so that it doesn't look so pristine. I might bring it to a local IPMS model convention next month which is why I want to improve it as much as I can.
