Went to HobbyLobby and bought some base making material today and also went to Michael's and bought a couple of oval bases. Airbrushed them flat black, then went to work. The results are below. Hope you enjoy looking. Lockheed P-38J Lightning, England 1944. Republic P-47N Thunderbolt, somewhere in the Pacific 1945.











P.S. Now I need to find a way to keep dust off the models!! A constant problem. Russell

Hi Russell,

Those bases really set your models off!

Bases look great! What is the grass material, it looks very convincing?

I hear that a display case will keep the dust off models

Doug

Thanks Doug for your kind words. The grass is from Woodland Scenics, it is called fine turf burnt grass. The sand is from Scene Rama. I found both at HobbyLobby, a National chain I believe. Very easy and more convincing to me than the grass which comes mated already to some paper like material. Russell

Here is the Consolidated B-24L Liberator. Since I was going to make a new base, I risked pulling off the nose section which was lightly glued on with Zap Gap glue. I stuffed the area behind the cockpit full of lead weight almost till it met the top turret!! The aircraft model actually sits on its landing gear, including nose wheel for the first time since it was build a couple of years ago. I was lucky nothing broke. Take a look. Russell






P.S. Glad I didn't decide to fill what is a noticeable line between the two parts, the fuselage aft of the cockpit and the nose section! It doesn't look as good as if I had filled it I guess, but I was curious when I built the model as to how well the two sections would mate together.

Here is the Hasegawa KI-44 "Tojo" on its new base. Enjoy looking. Russell

Here are some more bases with models you have seen before.

Here is the Hasegawa Mitsubishi J2M "Jack", in 72 scale of course, with a new base, I hope you like looking at it. Russell

Very nice work!

Bases always make the models look better and more interesting.


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Thanks to everyone who has looked. Making bases is almost as fun as making the model aircraft! Here is the Junker 88C "solid nose" on it's new base. Enjoy. Russell

Here is the latest, the Tamiya Focke-Wulf 190D on the new home I made for it! Russell

Here is Piedmont airlines, Boeing 737-200 at rest. On a new base of course. Russell

Well, put out to pasture, or so is the idea, a USAir McDonnell-Douglas MD-80. Ejoy. Russell







P.S. This kit had the worst decals of any I have ever built! It took me three, count them, three decals sheets with decal preservative on them to cobble together what I got, I'm still not happy with it.

A Northwest airlines Boeing 757-200 on a ho hum tarmac base. Just sort of plain. Russell

An Academy Bell P-39 Airacobra. I just recently got rid of some peripheral silvering on the decals by applying some Solvaset softening/setting agent to them. After a couple of times the decals, even after a considerable period of time, seemed to respond to the treatment. Russell

An FW-190A followed by a Nakajima KI-84 "Frank" in new environs. Russell

A Curtiss P-40N Warhawk and a Blohm&Voss P.194 attack aircraft that never made it off the drawing board. Russell

North American F-82G Twin Mustang. This kit, built a couple of years ago wasn't that bad, however, once more I had to cobble together from three decal sheets, enough decals to make one airplane. Yikes! Russell

You've been busy! They look good mate.

Nick.

A couple more for your viewing. A North American P-51B Mustang and a Macchi 202 Folgore or Lightning in Italian service. Enjoy. Russell

Messerschmitt 109G on new base. Russell

All your bases look great, where do you store them all?

Gary

Hi there Gary, thank you for the kind words about my bases. I live in an apartment here in Tennessee, so I have to be imaginative about where I keep my models. I have about ten on a chest of drawers. I have some on top of my refrigerator and I have some on another chest of drawers in the bedroom. Room is always a premium I think, no matter where you live; unless you have a house where you can devote a room to displaying your work. Russell

A couple more shots of my newest display area. Russell

I have only built 8 models and i am already struggling for space, maybe i could ask the wife to move out that should free up some space

Gary