Just curious as to how some of you display your models?
I build for the pure pleasure of building (haven’t entered any shows or submitted pictures) and living in an apartment kind of puts a hamper on “real estate”.
Any thoughts or ideas?
Carl
I have a display cabimet that takes about 20 odd models at a time. It’s in my living-room so I can admire them when I want. The rest is kept away from dust and sunlight in the loft, but I change the display every 3 months or so.
i find that you can up the real estate by suspending inflight models with fishing line. i have a display case that is like a tropical forest cos its so dense with cars on the bottom, and planes in the “air” i too live in an apartment so i know your constraints.
I build a case for each individual model I build. I don’t build in volume. Each case is a diorama in itself. If you want to keep your models in good condition you need to find some way to protect them. I have models that are over 15 years old that looks as clean as the day I finished them. It’s worth the investment.
Dave
hey, ive been wanting to learn how to build cases . how do you do it ? is it difficult ?
I have some on shelves, but most of my aircraft are suspended from the ceiling. I made a rig that I think is pretty neat. It allows me to suspend 10 planes and I can adjust the attitude of any plane easily at any time.
Fishing line is attached near the base of the tail fin. Then it is threaded through two holes on opposite sides of a small wooden disk. The other end of the line is attached to the plane just behind the propeller. The wooden disk has a third, central hole that attaches it to a 1 x 2 that is fastened to my ceiling.
The A/C can be rotated in any of it’s 3 axes. It gives me the ability to change the display easily whenever I get tired of a certain view.
Right now all my stuff is “in the boys room”. WWII aircraft are not authorized for use as decoration anywhere else in the house.
When we lived in San Angelo, our space was limited also, so I used three walls in our basement to suspend over 100 of my projects. Below is a picture of one wall.
I used a small finishing nail, and fishing line looped around the tail section.
Frank [8D]
I have a shelf that runs around my room and another one under that on one wall, plus my desk and bookshelves. This works well for small models. I also build display stands once in a while and display them about the house. I have an old bip on my TV cabinet and a UH-1C I built for my dad on another bookshelf. I’ve hung a couple of my model rockets from my cieling.
Some are on shelves in my work shop gathering dust, a few hanging, others are in the center display case with glass doors of the wall unit. Years ago I built a wedge shaped display case that was 5 ft tall, 3 ft wide, 2 ft deep at the base, 1 ft deep a the top with two opening glass door across the front. I had 7 glass shelves in it and after a while my wife took it over for all sorts of antique “stuff”. I had gotten the plans over 20 years ago in a Scale Modeler Magazine and modified them slightly. I want to make some stackable “old library” type with the front glass door that would hinge down instead of lift up and slip into the top. I would put a glass top and have them 3ft wide and 16 in x 16 in deep and tall. Probably modify one for the bottom to be deeper to “hanger” a B-29 and B-1 in 1/48.
I have shelves that run all the way across the back wall of my workshop.I’ve got them on metal brackets show they can be moved higher or lower depending on how I want to display my models
I have shelves on my wall in the basement with them on there. I have mine in order from the time period of the planes ie WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc.
I built a very large display cabnet (much needed) for displaying my 1/72nd scale models. I build it very big so I wouldn’t have to worry about it filling it up any time soon. When I took measurements for the cabnet I tried to anticipate the largest 1/72nd scale model I would want to display, the big B-52 was the perfect candidate. I measured so that I could get 2 BUFFs side-by-side on one shelf with a tottal of 5 shelves; over demensions (interior): 5 1/2ft wide x 6ft.tall. The cabnet fits nicely in my office.
Great wallpaper Oldhooker. I collect old trophys, disassemble and save the parts I may need for displaying. The parts make a good base for any type of model.
Most are hanging from the ceiling, others on the fireplace mantle,(yes my wife gave me the den to decorate hehe) and several smaller ones occupy the top of the television. I will be putting up some shelving or maybe just using book cases for extra storage though im not sure which yet…
oldhooker,
Pretty cool wall, neat idea!
Thanks for all the great input! Gets the mind to think “outside the box” like Oldhooker.
Carl