Removing integral bases

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hello and welcome

[Tawa]

Never tried so I'm afraid I can't be much help there.

This however, is beyond true. MDF dust is f*****g awful, even with a mask on so be extra careful with that.

Now that's an idea! Careful with the MDF "fumes" though, you don't want to be breathing that in...

[Norm]

I think you may have misjudged your audience!

[Techno]

What are you trying to say, Norm ? 
Cheers - Phil

[NTM]

I have a couple of Sandvik sand plates. They are metal with self adhesive backing designed to attach to a specific holder but can just go on the work bench (or a small sheet of ply) and then a fairly simple task to file the bases down a bit.

[Leon]

Hi Leigen_Zero, welcome to the Forum!

[Heedless Horseman]

OK, different period/subject, but I find cutting a trench into MDF bases makes the old PD Napoleonic Peninsula figs, (about 11mm), look great with newer figures. (|Love those old Brit sculpts!).

[DanJ]

Hi,  I have a thing about thick bases, especially for 10mm models, 2mm mdf seems out of scale for the figures.

I use thin steel bases, I think they're only about 0.5mm thick and have the added advantages of adding a bit more weight to a unit and sticking to the magnetic sheeting I use to line storage boxes.

Here are some Pendraken Templars facing some Pendraken Saracens based on stell bases.



If you want to file down figure bases then the best thing is a belt sander, everything else takes toooo long, but mind your finger tips