Gawah Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Do you all have any thoughts on how to display a model in flight? How to build an appropriate stand etc? Thanks so much for your counsel! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I’ve got one in the WIP section (F6F in Flight). There’s several posts in there where members showed their examples as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hi Gawah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Welcome to the Forum. Simple: wooden stand, rod of perspex, prop-blur! Edited December 22, 2020 by mozart Cheetah11, RadBaron, mpk and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Max, that’s an outstanding Harvard! Very nice! Cheers Alan mozart and LSP_Matt 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I upcycled a couple of liquor bottles to use as inflight stands. Inserted a metal rod into the bottle and filled it with melted candle wax to set it in place. I wanted to do something different from the norm’. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Dany Boy, mpk, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I use a piece of square brass rod inserted in a square recess (square Evergreen tube) in the belly of the model. The square brass rod is similarly anchored in a thick base (2-3 cm thick to provide support for the brass rod). Stokey Pete, LSP_K2, MikeMaben and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I am one of the fervent adepts thinking that an airplane is supposed to be shown in flight Jets are easier to display in flight because the prop models need an extra solution about the spinning prop and no real solution exists, at least none suitable for me. I either ends up motoring the prop or leaving it alone. Stand wise, I love round rods because I feel they are more aerodynamic and hence less visible than square section. Whenever I can I use transparent rods but to be honest, your mind quickly omits the rods when you look at the model and IMHO even metallic or black rods are not quite noticeable. What I notice more is a vertical rod than a angled one. Indeed, angled is more dynamic and often can be placed to actually help the dynamism on the scene you want to represent. The method I use is usually boring hole in a MDF base cut to desired shape. In the aircraft model I always try to insert the rod into a hollow round cylinder which allows easy removal of the model from it's rod but at the same time is tight enough to prevent movement, and especially rotation. If rotation is a problem (like it was on my intruder AAR) I usually place a pin somewhere preventing rotation. And if possible, always seek to seat a pilot in there, that's often one of the great challenge of the in flight scenes luckily with a visor down and an o2 mask, you don't have to paint carnations. Have fun easixpedro, cib2265, allthumbs and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 14 hours ago, mozart said: Welcome to the Forum. Simple: wooden stand, rod of perspex, prop-blur! Ooo yes Max, that Harvard was a masterpiece wasn't it Max with beautiful photographs as well! Regards. Andy mpk and mozart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I hope that this isn't controversial, but I image the model on a stand, then use Adobe PS to edit out the background, add prop effects, and paste the output onto free desktop wallpaper. Here are some examples: I should add that I've gotten a lot better at this during the COVID-nonsense! -Moe Dany Boy, mpk, red Dog and 11 others 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Ivanmoe, having tried this before I am awestruck by your realizations, the models are perfectly blended into your wallpapers. The perspective is perfect and these artistic renderings are awesome !! You can't say if they are models, reals, drawings or paintings. It's an art on its own. Beautiful ! Edited December 23, 2020 by red Dog ivanmoe and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Superb Moe! ivanmoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3154 ivanmoe and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawah Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Thanks for all the great responses. And the welcome. In general, do you use wood as the base? I am not sure what MDF is...? Thanks all! MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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