Weights for trimming your swimming model ship - free

[PetrOs]

Hello,

I had a problem ballasting my Snowberry. I needed about 1 kg of weight added to bring it to the waterline. So I started a quest for searching a source for cheap lead source. I found an eldorado! At my local tire dealer I was offered to take a few kilograms of used lead and zinc weights used for wheel balancing. Got about 3-4 kilograms there, in pieces of 5 to 70 grams. On each piece a weight label. Most were quite dirty, but nothing a garden pipe cant fix. Some of the weights are exactly same as the weights you get at the modeling store.

Greets,
Petr

[Jason M.]

fishing sinkers, or weights would probably work too...

[Timmy C]

Spare screws, bolts, and nuts from the cabinet? =P

[PetrOs]

Yeah, they all do the job, but you need to PAY for them, I got those old weights for FREE ;o)

[Sean Hert]

I've used gravel from the pond's edge to ballast before....

[kennylibben]

I've got plenty of metal laying around i use, or if i need something spread out more easily i sew together bags of corn, sand, or beans which can all be easily found at my house.

[PetrOs]

That works well too ;o)
But lead is max weight in least space from the easy available stuff. Only Gold and Uranium would be better, but I think too expensive for me ;o)

[Dustermaker]

That works well too ;o)
But lead is max weight in least space from the easy available stuff. Only Gold and Uranium would be better, but I think too expensive for me ;o)

you mean you dont have a ton of Uranium laying around like the rest of us?

[PetrOs]

I have, but I need it for other purpoises