painting stands

Hiya Joe,

Are you referring to a display stand?

Regards,
Frank

Frank, I think he's refering to stands for when you are painting the model.....I'm in the same boat you are Joe, I haven't been impressed with any of those ways either....unfortunately I don't have the answer to your question, but I'm glad you posted it so I can get it answered too!!! For cars though, I use a cheap butter dish that seems to fit perfectly inside of the body.....Of course now I'm short a butter dish in the fridge!!!

for cars the bent hanger seems to work the best. wait did i say i do autos?

For 1/48 prop aircraft that have a hole in the fuselage for a shaft, I insert an old round needle file, slowly twisting until its secure. I move both the plane & the airbrush while painting. I then insert the file's handle into the base of an old swing arm lamp. It works pretty well.

For jets you can find a wood dowel or something similar and wrap tape around it until it's big enough to fit tightly in an engine exhaust and then hold that while you paint it.
You have to be creative sometimes as there are no easy answers.

Mike