So, my builds have really been starting to collect, and I don’t have a lot of display space around the appartment. Its got me thinking about how I can display my best kits funcitonally, and I’ve come up with an idea to make bookstands out of two opposing WWII tanks. The plan is to build a diorama base in the shape of a standing “L,” with the vertical wall designed to look like a brick wall, and either cobble stone or dirt on a heavy base. That way I can put them up on my book shelf with some functionality, or give them away as non-obligatory gifts.
Anyone have any similar ideas for displaying their models? It would help appease the GF. Shes complaining that our appartment is starting to look like a battlefield! [:#]
I’ve done bookends. Works well. Have thought about some lamps using models. I have made half-hull ship models for displaying on walls. I have seen other models done as wall mounted shadow boxes or lower relief sort of hanging.
Humm, I never thought of that one, good idea! One thing you can do as well is make your base out of a picture frame and display it on the wall like a 3D picture. I’ve done that on occasion. Eventually you may want to consider donating some of your older builds to a vet’s home or maybe sell them as you improve and acquire
Getting rid of the girlfriend will free up a fair amount of space, and there’ll be zero nagging about what you fill your newfound space with!!![:P][proplr]
The bookends think is a pretty good idea. I can dig it!
If you have 1/35th armor models and you have any capacity for woodworking you can build a shelf with 1 X 6 pine that could hold roughly 25-30 models in one compact space.
I have at least a couple of hundred built models. This shelf method helps.
You make a square with the pine, then back it with 1/4" luaun plywood, in my case 4’ x 4’ and it only protrudes out of the wall by 5-1/2 inches. You then install pine shelves every 6 inches or so.
This has worked well for my armor models. This is Ok for battleship type ships as well.
It would be worth the effort. Two of these could hold 50-60 armor models. And very neatly.