I’m sure this will make someone laugh, but do you glue the models on the base or just sit them there. tks in advance. Mike
The short answer is, ‘It depends’.
An airplane sitting on the tarmac. It can be set on the base, or it can be cemented to keep it from moving & having some nosy person looking at the underside (where the flaws usually are).
A tank can be set on a street scene base, but in open country they tend to sink into their surroundings to some extent. Cement them down & add stuff (mud, grass, etc).
A ship can be set on a base but it often looks like a ship sitting on top of something blue. A ship normally operates in water so the model needs to be attached to the water base & something wet brought up the sides. (Drydock dioramas excepted)
Other genre’s have other considerations.
Mine are screwed down… For tanks and other vehicles, I run a screw down though the base and affix the nut underneath to pull the tracks or tires tight against the surface. It also provides a “sprung” suspension on tracks…
Aircraft, I pin down one main, and have a trapped screw in the other for tail draggers, for tricycle gear, I trap the screw in the nosewheel and pin both mains…
Helicopters on skids get a wire loop around the skids that’s tied underneath…
For all bases, I either build on plastic box frames, to access the underside, or counter-sink the nuts on wooden bases, or build up the bases by adding basswood strips to it to provide an area underneath for nuts…
It does depend on the dio. Usually, I use glue but if I need it on there, Screwa and bolts are the way to go. Also, If it is water which I have done a few dios in, the resin will cement your model to the base.
I’ve bolted tanks to the base but when it comes to planes, I’ve had most of my wheels break off because they were bolted down…I’m now just placing them on the dio bases…this way, I can also interchange aircraft with different scenery when desired.
Mark