hello everyone
I was curious to know how everyone diplays their aircraft do you just have it standing on a shelf hanging from the roof or on some ground work
Since i have a curse on me (i can never get the wheels aligned) i hang mine from the roof of my bedroom.
Andrew
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How do you display your aircraft
andy007
Joined: May 01, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 03:29 PM UTC
TOMCAT14
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Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 09:25 PM UTC
Hi Andy,
I prefer when they are standing , some of them in Dispaly Cases , I try to hang them but more problems with dust and clean up dicide for Me to find for My A/C stand space.
Best Regards
I prefer when they are standing , some of them in Dispaly Cases , I try to hang them but more problems with dust and clean up dicide for Me to find for My A/C stand space.
Best Regards
slodder
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 12:41 AM UTC
I plan how I'm going to build and display my AC on two things - how 'cool' the landing gear are or how much 'real estate' on shelves for the particular kit there is.
If I like the way a kit looks with gear down I build it that way and place them on a base or a shelf.
If I like the way a kit looks with gear up or I don't have space I hang my AC from the ceiling with fishing line.
If I like the way a kit looks with gear down I build it that way and place them on a base or a shelf.
If I like the way a kit looks with gear up or I don't have space I hang my AC from the ceiling with fishing line.
ladymodelbuilder
Joined: February 26, 2002
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 05:47 AM UTC
All of my kits are currently sitting on shelves until I can get a case built to put them in. We are in the prossess of building a new house and my case will be built then. Oh well, better late than never.... 
Holdfast
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 07:31 AM UTC
Mine are currently sitting on shelves in my model room. I am in the process of building display cabinates, mirror backed, glass shelves and of course glass doors, in my dining room. I will also be hanging lots of prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Trouble is its taking me about as long to finish my display cabinates as it does for me to finish a model :-)
Tin_Can
Joined: January 26, 2002
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 01:52 PM UTC
Mine are currently sitting on the shelf but the F-14D I just started will be a new project in display technique as well. It will be built gear up and doors closed using supporting rods through the engine nozzles to a plaque to hold it up. I have had the desire to try this for a while but am just not getting around to trying it. Although it's an F-18 (single engine) and it's a different mounting method, this is the basic idea I'm talking about:
http://209.133.73.66/Oct-temp-files/Fea507_CF-18_Katchur/fea507.htm
http://209.133.73.66/Oct-temp-files/Fea507_CF-18_Katchur/fea507.htm
Sabot
Joined: December 18, 2001
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 01:57 PM UTC
I built an F-117A OOB and had a great time with it. Wheels down is how I built it. Sitting on the bookshelf is how I display it.
YodaMan
Joined: February 21, 2002
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 01:58 PM UTC
Tin, did you ever take pics of your popsicle stick carrier deck? 
I need to go and get some 'craft sticks' and try and make a base for my Corsair...
YodaMan
I need to go and get some 'craft sticks' and try and make a base for my Corsair... YodaMan
Tin_Can
Joined: January 26, 2002
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 02:20 PM UTC
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Tin, did you ever take pics of your popsicle stick carrier deck?
YodaMan
Yoda, I haven't taken pics yet....trouble getting a digital camera to do it. As soon as I do I'll post them.
DaveMan
Joined: October 08, 2002
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2002 - 04:23 PM UTC
When I just built cars, it was easy. Plastic display cases on my bookshelves, and a few in the China Cabinet. (Hey, I'm single...Okay?) Now that I am getting back into Aircraft, I have to be a bit more creative. I was using a couple of old stereo racks. The ones with the glass doors, that everybody had in the mid to late eighties. They are easy pickings at garage sales, because the stereos are all fried out by now. Look for one with clear glass, and do whatever surgery you need to to fit you models, and make it look like a display case. If they had a clear lid for the phonograph, you can put a big model on the top, and look down on it, or you can put a light there, and illuminate the whole case. They still look kind of tacky though.
In my last place, I had some built in shelves, that were painted white. I simply added a piece of plexiglass to the front, on a slider, with magnetic catches, and used that. Now I am eyeballing the conversion of a pair of old bookcases. I will put a hinged acrylic door on the front, and I may decide to replace the shelves with acrylic sheet too. I will stick a couple of small under the counter style flourescent fixtures in them to light them up, or else, I will paint them white, and use room light. I may make a cutout in the top of the case, and put a light from a fishtank hood in, to light up the case. I used to raise fish, so I have a lot of these laying around. I have also used a large aquarium as a display case, but that is not cost effective unless you have a spare 180 gallon tank laying around.
In my last place, I had some built in shelves, that were painted white. I simply added a piece of plexiglass to the front, on a slider, with magnetic catches, and used that. Now I am eyeballing the conversion of a pair of old bookcases. I will put a hinged acrylic door on the front, and I may decide to replace the shelves with acrylic sheet too. I will stick a couple of small under the counter style flourescent fixtures in them to light them up, or else, I will paint them white, and use room light. I may make a cutout in the top of the case, and put a light from a fishtank hood in, to light up the case. I used to raise fish, so I have a lot of these laying around. I have also used a large aquarium as a display case, but that is not cost effective unless you have a spare 180 gallon tank laying around.
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