Displaying Models

I know exactly how you feel. It's almost a disappointment after I'm finished because it's like "now what?" Other than my family and few friends who will see it? I am glad we have this forum to discuss and share our builds with others that share the same passion.

I like some WIP posts if they are reasonable.  But I do not want to see hundreds of pictures.  I see some like, "here is what I did on the left landing gear today".  Next day's post may be,"what I did on right landing gear today."  Then, "here is propeller for number two engine."  I think WIP posts should hit the highlights of the build, problem areas, and such.

With collections, there is a difference between one shot of the whole colllection and  individual shots of hundreds of models.  I think it is an art to depict collections in an interesting manner- maybe some sort of middle ground.  Maybe organized into groups in some manner by some common thread.

 

 

 

Hey Don, It's fun, at least for me, to post one model at a time and try to show all the angles and views so that others wanting to build this model will have a good idea or feel of the model. I try to hold it to 5-6 pictures except maybe extra details. I'm down to about six more models and will eventually be back to WIP stuff myself.

I hope I haven't bored anyone with my past collection with both good and bad features, but it's been a good outlet for me both in presentation and photography. At least they can all be seen by someone particularly those having like interests. 

 Everybody's work on this site is quite interesting to me. Having no contact with other modelers for many years, I can now see how others do things. New learning to be had, fun people, neat stuff, All good.   

Max

The display is almost as much fun as building.

I have a bit...okay, a lot...of OCD when it comes to the display. Things need to be grouped...scale, type, era, branch of service, country, etc. These things dictate, to some degree, what it is I build. Lately though, I've had to fight this OCD. I have many in the stash, that I really want to build, but they don't "fit" with anything else I have. I have done a couple...The shelf directly below the one that holds 12 1/48 perfectly placed and aligned P-51's holds (1/72) 5 A-7's (one being Portugese), an Air Force F-111, F-107(in SEA camo), a Uruguayan Pucara, and Swiss F-5F....IT'S CHAOS, MAN......CHAAAAOOOOOOSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

fermis

The display is almost as much fun as building.

I have a bit...okay, a lot...of OCD when it comes to the display. Things need to be grouped...scale, type, era, branch of service, country, etc. These things dictate, to some degree, what it is I build. Lately though, I've had to fight this OCD. I have many in the stash, that I really want to build, but they don't "fit" with anything else I have. I have done a couple...The shelf directly below the one that holds 12 1/48 perfectly placed and aligned P-51's holds (1/72) 5 A-7's (one being Portugese), an Air Force F-111, F-107(in SEA camo), a Uruguayan Pucara, and Swiss F-5F....IT'S CHAOS, MAN......CHAAAAOOOOOOSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

 

Definitely have to have the same type grouped together. All my post war are together with multiples of the same together. Same with WWII. 48th on one shelf 72nd on another. 

I just finished an interstate move and bought a new home up here in Washington. I'm to the point where I'm considering taking photographs of all my older builds and tossing them. I just don't have the room to display 40-50 models anymore. 'Course, I say that and think forward 10 years to the time my kids will be moving out and I'll have a couple more rooms to populate . There's always hope, right? 

--Chris

I like building models to exercise my skills[these skills got me a couple of jobs]and i look at it as 3D history.

For me it's mostly about type and scale (maybe a little era/war too). Like, I'm fine with a P-51, Spitfire, and Fw-190 being together, if they are the same scale, because they are all the same basic type of plane from the same war. My OCD is just bad enough that I couldn't let a modern fighter sit beside those WWII era fighters though. The only time I really do more than stick em on a shelf is if it's a special build. For instance, when I built a 1/48 B-17 for my grandpa who was a radio operator on a B-17 crew. That was a slightly bigger deal than my usual build for obvious reasons though. 

A few years ago I was remodeling my office/museum and needed to store some models. I checked at our local library for display space and was warmly welcomed for a one month display in secure glass cases. It became a fun project in that they needed information info and arranged as an air museum would be in a 4'x8' case. Later members of our local airport saw the display and asked if they could use it during our local annual air show and fly-in. They even built a special glass case so others and I could display models at special events.

The point here is your models can be seen and appreciated by others rather than, as in my case, hidden away in some dark corner. Later the tags became useful at model shows as information about the original aircraft.

Just another idea on display ideas and it does promote modeling and shows historical references. All good.  

Max

I've only entered one major modeling show and didn't know what to expect. I took my tags and a few cheap HL mirrors for viewing the undersides of some of the more detailed models. I seemed to be the only one in aircraft with these two items. I noticed during judging that the ones with the mirrors at least kept the judge and his flashlight there longer as he inspected the underside of each mirrored model. Something to think about in your presentations.  

Max

Hodakamax

....the ones with the mirrors at least kept the judge and his flashlight there longer as he inspected the underside of each mirrored model. Something to think about in your presentations.  

 

That could be a good thing...or a BAD thing!!!

Just having those mirrors around makes me do a better job underneath! LOL!

Max

Don Stauffer

I like some WIP posts if they are reasonable. But I do not want to see hundreds of pictures. I see some like, "here is what I did on the left landing gear today". Next day's post may be,"what I did on right landing gear today." Then, "here is propeller for number two engine." I think WIP posts should hit the highlights of the build, problem areas, and such.

I know I'm one of the guilty one's of this. All I can say is that I target the newcomers when I post as many pics as I do and I can't begin to tell you how many times I've either recieved comments that are appreciative of the fact that I posted how I did something and that it was easily explained/ layed out or PM's that express gratitude (especially from folks that are new or haven't built the subject/ genre that I'm on). I'm here on these forums not only to learn but to pass the techniques along without having to be in the "Tools and Techniques " part of the forum. To me a build is a story and I tend to like reading stories..............especially when it comes to modeling.

 Now about displaying models: I usually stick to the same types of aircraft in displaying. Fighters with fighters and bombers with bombers. Automobiles are displayed ,however, according to my ability. The best are always higher up to the top of the display area. lol

Great idea.I just did that to lots of old completed models .Also gave manny of my old stash to a local good will store in a donation process.Thats how I got started  in my very younger days By going to a similar type of store.I was poor when I was young but after the Air Force Academy and many flight hours on F-100's and F-4's it changed for the better.