Hmmm dunno.
The steel I use is 1mm thick as opposed to 2mm mdf which I guess a lot of people use.
I never pick models up by the base though.
I have just tried with my 2mm mdf, 1.5mm plastic and 2mm mdf.
2.00mm MDF I can pick up touching just the base.
1.5mm plastic, too heavy as I have big vehicles on those bases and can’t get enough purchase to lift with only touching the base, if I concentrate I can but it is a pain.
1.0mm steel, the bases are not much bigger than the vehicles on them so even if I could grasp them, my fingers being squishy overhang the top of the base and touch the model.
I guess it depends why you base your vehicles, which is a whole other conversation. (Which I will go and start now!)
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