Display them by country, by type of aircraft… I’m in the process of putting up new display shelves. I’m going to have a lot more space to display. Maybe I’m being a little OCD but just wondering how everyone does it. 99% of what I build us aircraft. Once I’m finished installing I will have pics up. Thanks. John
I group mine by country, era, and in some cases by campaign area also where needed. My US armor is broken down between wars and service: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Cold War, Gulf War, Army & Marines. In the WWII stuff, it is grouped ETO, MTO, and PTO. British Armor similarly done. Soviet in WWII and Cold War. German seperated between Wehrmacht & Bundeswehr- WWII subdivided between Eastern & Western Fronts, North Africa/Italy.
Wow I thought I was OCD[:D[
At the moment my are just placed randomly where ever there is space. But I am hoping this year I will get my own model space with room to display, and I already have its planned. My models will be split into different sections. My German armour will be in unit order, SS in one group and army in another. My German aircraft will be split into type, fighters, bombers group attack etc, with each type being in unit order. Then my Norfolk Airfields collection which will be in alphabetical order by airfield. Another section for modern US aircraft, in alphabetical order and then MiG’s in number order.
Then there will be separate sections for Star War’s, Star Trek, ships and any thing else.
Well, that’s the plan.
i group mine by whatever will fit in the space available followed by type then country of use
I have limited display space, so I rotate what I have out on display. Pretty random really; whatever strikes my fancy. Could be a car, ship or airplane. Occasionally my wife will make a suggestion and I usually follow her advice (for political reasons if nothing else).
Mark
I usually just place them where they fit,although I have two cases for my aircraft and one is jets and one is prop planes,but otherwise it’s where they fit.
I have mine placed in alphabetical order by tail code, with non tail code aircraft being placed where they fit in between.
When the one of each tailcode set is finished, they will be in numerical order by Aircraft Carrier number.
After that is all done, they will be in numerical order by squadron number.
I don’t expect to get the “one of each squadron” set done in my lifetime,but, if I do, then the additional builds after that will have to just mix in amongst the Squadron Order set of builds. (that will also be a wopping 12 display cases, lol)
Rex
Since my display shelves and cases are almost jam full, I put new finished models wherever I can cram them in. In fact, I am starting to display them more by age, older models coming out of case and being trashed to make room for newer builds 
[dto:] on putting them wherever they will fit.
Jim [cptn]
Hello , Cmdr !
As you know we Marines try to be orderly .So I do this . Italian ships in one group and so on .Each group has ships from both wars . This way the viewer can appreciate the logical progression of the designs . The Tankers I build are all 1/160 and 1/87 in scale so I only have a few and they have their own display area . I used to do it by scale , But that got to confusing . Tanker - Builder
Ideally I think would be by country, period etc. but at least for me it’s where ever it will fit in one of the display cases. If a plane had folded wing features then I try if possible folding them just to get some extra room.
Great question!
I also group by genre, and then usually nation, and then chassis-style; i.e., variants of Pz IV, or Tiger variants, Sherman, etc. Or if I have more in one category, like say, Flak Tanks, I’ll group those together until I get more Pz IV-based Flak Tanks----Wirbelwind, Ostwind, Modelwagen, Kugelblitz, etc.
That is something I do nowadays as well. Space is at a premium on my aircraft display shelves.
Stauffer, why would you “trash” them? Is there not a way that they could be stored some how in boxes so as space comes avalible you could set them out again?
I have trouble right now just starting out where to display them, since the wife does not want them in the house, so I have the garage, but I wanted to hang them in the bed room. My concern is if i hang them “wrong” is there a possibly of bending and cracking in the wrong places.
My oldest won’t leave the “nest” for another 5 years, so that room won’t be mine until then. So I am still trying to figure out space, but trashing is not an option for me.
Why is your wife so opposed to displaying your art in the house? The models make a beautiful display.
Gary
Gary,
She says that it will look junky and not go with stuff we have. But I am with you, it would make the house that much more beautiful and when people come over, it would be a nice topic of conversation.
Right now, I have several in the living room on a bookcase. More building up in the hobby room.
I found a couple of pretty cool display shelves at IKEA. There’s about 8 shelves on each set. My plan is to paint one set a color close to RLM66 and put the German birds on it. The other, OD, for Allied planes. Probably put them all in my hobby room at that point.
panzerpilot, you have a hobby room? A whole room for yourself? What is that like? All I have is what little room that i can muster in the garage, and I have only started building a month ago and know that I will need more room already.
That’s too bad! Yeah, the models usually do impress visitors, and most have many questions about them. Please show her these pics, explaining that display cabinets can look nice, and be an asset as far as decor goes. Good luck!
Gary
