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Once a model is finished, normally its put on a shelf, put under a display case, hung from the ceiling or shown in many other ways.
I'm running out of shelf space, let's hear of various ways a modeler can both display their models & at the same time wisely save space for more models.
Hang them on the wall like a picture using a string or loop of wire around a nail and looped over the landing gear (if strong enough) or place the tail section in the other end of the loop. Been doing that for a long time and never had one fall yet.
Jim
Main WIP:
On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II
I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.
Take them into work. I know of an office where the owner built models and decorated the office with them. Over the years it became a thing where people loved to look at them during visits.
If you have a glass top coffie table you can put in a shelf under it and display them that way.
Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"
One thing you can do with airplanes, that dates back well before sixty years ago (when I started modeling) is to hang them from ceiling with thread. I have the big Lindberg zeppelin kit hanging from a light fixture in my den.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
I've taken to screwing small hooks to the bottom on shelves for aircraft, the armour goes on the shelf the aircraft hang from it so I amost double up on the space
Phil
"If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me: it's all balls." R J Mitchell
I keep all my completed models on glass shelves in glass display cabinets. My problem with open-air display is dust. Ewwwwww, that waascaly dust!!!! I hate for my planes to get dusty. The price I pay is that my cabinets always run out of space. I had another one built a couple years ago, but I can see that it will be cramped and crowded before too long. I'm planning a build of the Monogram 1/48 B-25J and that will take up a large space. And, I have no room in the house for another cabinet. I need room for another gun safe as well, and there is simply not an open wall anywhere big enough for one or the other, never mind both! Guess I'll have to move, lol!
Gary
"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"
Gary - Have you thought about adding an addition to your house? Cheaper than buying a new one.
I scaled down my models. So, if it is a modern jet I'll try to stay in 1/72 scale. World War II aircraft can generally stay in 1/48 for now unless I want to build something like a B-25 or larger...then 1/72 or smaller it has to be. As for armor, I'll build either 1/72 or 1/35 because either scale fits nicely on my shelves. Its the friggin' jets that take up too much room...
Jon
My Blog: The Combat Workshop
I too prefer 1/72 for most of my larger subjects. But to save space you can also double up shelf space by mounting some of your models on stands. This lets you bring them all closer together. Below is one way. Another is to buy those thin, narrow clear plastic plant stands and rest some of your models higher that way. Same effect.
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Another thing I do is to mount some models onto a clear acrylic rod, bend it and mount it to a wooden plaque which I then hang on the wall.
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fox Gary - Have you thought about adding an addition to your house? Cheaper than buying a new one. Jim
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HI :
I have seen ,right here in the FINE SCALE MAGAZINE a novel way to display aircraft .You build them gear down and hang them on the wall ! As to ARMOR you can get stackable cases and let them frame a certain area ,say your ARMOR book collection .
There are many ways . BE CREATIVE .I display my trains from a hanging board that fits into trim pieces in the ceiling . Most folks accept the offset trim piece in the room. Then there's the linear display idea on a half wall with the models under lexan and anyone can lean on it too . Tanker-builder
Annex your wife's walk in closet. Then tell us how well that works out.
"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin
Well, half of all the models I ever built were made for a local toy store as their display pieces. (That was my 1st "job" as a 12 yr old.) The other half were built with Black Cat firecrackers in them for later "battle reenactments". Douse them with a bit of cox glow fuel, light & stand back. Very realistic battle damage.
Reid
Grumman Iron Works Fan.
"Don't sweat the small stuff. And.... it's ALL small stuff, until you hear INCOMING!!!!!!"
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