All beautiful minds,

I am looking for a way to get my OH-6A in the air. It has to fly over the diorama. But how in God's name do you do that. Nylon cords? maybe there is a better way? Once I've seen a kit with somekind of magnetic field form Heller it was I think. Does anybody if you can by that seperately, furthermore will it work in each kit.
Maybe somebody knows the answer out there?

Do you have any structure in the vicinity of the model?? Use it somehow to "hold" the helo. The idea of magnets sound interesting, but stronger the magnets you get, larger the problems that creep in the equation... unless you have an idea for an antigravity field? :-) :-)

What i'd counsel is a clear plastic rod under the helicopter.
The magnetic thing is sold by revell with some plane models. You cannot buy it separately.
Still, you should be able to do it yourself : buy an electro-magnet that you place in the base, a strong magnet that you place in the model, nylon strings to keep the model in place...
Good luck, because I think that this solution needs a lot of testing !

The electro-mac thing needs some sort of "Restraint" The company I work for uses on occasion Electo-magnetic Bearings. They produce an Axial movement. You need something to limit this, or the magnets are useless. I'd use a clear platic rod.

Matt

If you all wait, I will use the laser phone to call my pal Zeshanetan on the planet BOB and ask him to send us the anti-gravity, pulsar quark drive he uses on his 24th Century time/space travel roamer vessel.
They shouldn't cost more than £1,000,000,000 GBP, more in the US (shipping costs).
Anyone interested should call him on +8003334 555 2453, if of course you too have a lasr phone..............
At last found a use for the alien emoticon... #:-)
LOL

Best way to represent flight in a dio is to limit the viewer's angle of sight, either in a shadow bow or by having a large backdrop. You can then angle your Loach the way you want it to be seen and have the bulk of the fuselage hide the support rod.

I agree with the clear plastic rod method. Here is a good example of how it turns out. Rangers in Somalia dio by Pete Becerra.

JB, if this is a "Nam" dio, I did one years ago with palm trees in the dio. I used a smaller clear rod out of the top of one of the trees to hold my Huey. This let the tree hold the bulk of the weight and allowed for a smaller, less visable rod.

This is a subject close to my heart LOL, try these suggestions:

If you've got a rocket armed version of your loach, you could conceal the support in the smoke plume of one of the rockets impacting the ground.
Another way is to have someone jumping out, in contact with the ground, with a supporting armature inside the figure.
Supporting it with a sling load is another way, although this is unlikely with a loach.
You could also have it taking fire over a rice paddy and support it with a water plume from the rounds impacting if you want to conceal a clear plastic rod. Elephant grass could also conceal a supporting rod.
If you want to get really adventurous you could try encasing it in clear resin, but I should think that would be damn near impossible to pull off!

Seems that the clear rod is the best solution. Does any one has any other pictures available.... . How do you attach the rod on the model: drill a hole in it?

Thanks for all the tips

Drilling a hole was how I mounted my Huey. That let it rest far enough into the model, that I didn't have to worry about it falling off the rod. Good luck and would love to see pics when you get her finished. Mav

I will have some pictures ones I 've finished. I don't know when that is going to be..... maybe next year. I am kind of non active in summer months. Thanks for all the info.