Displaying Aircraft Innards .

Ah !

   Woe is me . I have this awesome Lear Jet model . With the interior , the interior built up and came out awesome . In the plane you can't see all that work ! What do I do to show it off ? 

   This idea came to me as I was feeding our Red Eared Slider turtle ! I have some clear aquarium tubes stacked behind it . Hmmmmmm. Took one of the new ones and tried this . I think it might revolutionize model Aircraft displaying where an interior is concerned .

 I built up the interior for the " Bamboo Bomber " ( Sky King's Plane .) using white glue ( Aleens ) so I could dis-assemble it later . I painted it with school ( well , Pre -school ) acrylics . The kind that wash off .

 I built half sidewalls and the opening area for the door . Then I slid the whole thing in a tube I got just for this experiment ! After it was located I took the tube and put a wavy cut on each end , very close to the interior parts . Then I capped it with that clear thin Saran Wrap ! Bingo ! Venue for displaying the interior next to the closed up aircraft 

 Now here's an alternate way . Take profiles with a profile guage . Build little frames amd longerons and assemble around the finished interior like a stick and tissue model . Make them thin ! Then cap with .010 plastic sheet wrapped around and glued on the bottom centerline . 

 This is just an idea . So give it some thought and when you are suffering from " Modelers Block " try this to get yourself out of the slump . It should work ! T.B. P.S. I have used this last method on Ship Hulls with great success . At least my clients seem to like it !