I have ordered two types of magnets to use on Aeronautica Imperialis, but I am struggling to locate beads that the magnets will work on that size with a hole in them. The magnets I am talking about is these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000041118700.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000065817067.html For the beads, I am looking for something like this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32847181498.html I tried ordering those, though due to being stainless the combination with the magnets the strength is not enough to hold the model in place. I am looking for any type of bead that is 4 to 6 mm in size and have a hole in the middle and is either of some type of iron that will allow it a strong connection with the magnet, or actual magnet beads. If anyone has an idea where I can locate this, I would be grateful
4.5mm BBs for BB guns ought to stick. But they lack a hole. (What is the purpose of the hole in the bead? Maybe “Iron” beads is the thing to order?
Yea, the problem is the hole. I need the hole as the plan is to remove the "top" of the flying stand and then fix the bead to it with the help of a pin.
In the worst case, this would work. The reason I am looking for a bead is due to the magnet I have purchased has a countersunk hole in it. Together with a bead on the top of the flying stand, that will make it possible to set the model into any type of position "on the fly", instead of making a fixed one when creating the model.
What if you embedded the BB in the aircraft/spaceship model and put the magnet (that does have a hole) on the top of the flight stand post? You could even double up on magnets (and maybe get a bigger range of positions) by having the BB between two magnets. You could glue the BB to one of them permanently.
That is actually a good idea! I will go this route if I am not able to locate any beads with a hole in them.