1/35 AFV antenna question.
I've just got Revell Germany's 1/35 TPz 1 Fuchs started and I'd like to replicate the antennas on the finished model.
I'm thinking I'd use guitar string so I can strip off some of the outer cover but still leave some on to represent the spring at the base of each antenna.
This leads me to my two questions:
1. what can I put inside the vehicle to stick the ancoring wire of the antenna into so it will sit fairly securely while being displayed, but still be easily removable when I want to pack the model away for transport? I was thinking perhaps balsa blocks, styrofoam, expanding foam. I just want something that will grip it enough to keep it secure, but not create any sort of permanent bond.
2. I've dug up some photos of this sort of vehicle on the net, but I still can't get any clear idea of what antennas are usually like on modern AFVs. I see some pictures of very long antennas tied down in arches over the vehicle when not in use. I also see photos of short antennas on these vehicles, which would lead me to believe they may be retractable antennas. What's typical of antennas on modern AFVs? Would I be right in making them shorter as if they were retracted? I'd like to avoid depicting those very long ones that are tied down or waving all over the place when deployed.
What are my options here?