1/48 C-130 Hercules build-Completed

Thank you everyone!  The Herc's are and always will be my favorite plane.  I have a 1/72 Fat Albert, and Combat Talon stashed away at the moment.  So there will more C-130's in the house than anything else.  In fact it's Tuesday, maybe I'll get to see the real ones fly today.  Always makes my day when I have them fly right over my head.

You're gonna need a bigger house!!

Hi, Keyda -

A beautiful job, very complex and well done. It looks right at home overhead.

I would second the the wire recommendation by Wilbur, I used fishing line for quite some time, the mortality rate of model falls became rather high in my house. Especially the large, heavy :48th amd :32 bomber types. Some repairable, most not. (Sound of taps.) Haven't lost another due to a "hard landing,"

I'd hate to think of your fine work going in the bin due to a fall.

Patrick

Why Fermis ;

 I thought you knew better . Even back then .Oh wait , that wasn't that long ago was it ?   T.B.

I already need a bigger house, lol.  Hubby, my daughter, and myself all like ALL of our things, and don't like to get rid of stuff.  They are both worse than me though.  If I haven't used it in a year or more, it gets tossed.  Obviously that won't happen with my models, or other decorative items. 

It would be my worst nightmare if she fell.  Next trip to Home Depot I will be sure to pick up some wire.  Better safe than sorry!

Here is another option for displaying...

This does involve drilling a hole though.

You can see the nail between the wall an fuselage (just forward of the prop). These are very old (and not very good) builds, so I didn't mind drilling em.

There's also this...

The Tunnan is just there for example...that this does work for some tricycle gear models. They are hung with just a loop of fishing line around the tail, on a small finish nail.

Seen here, above my main display cabinet...

  Now that is impressive!  I never even thought about hanging them from the tail like that, great idea, and a space saver to boot. 

I have already resorted to putting up corner shelfs.  Not very pretty ones, but they work.  Some pics of my measly collection, lol.

#1 1/72 Italeri C-130

#2.) Harrier 4.) Apache 7.) Hughes 500 and 9.) Kiowa

#3.) Thunderbird 6.) 1/48 Herc 8.) Blue Angel 5.) C-17 and 10.) B-52

5 and 10 again.

You need more shelves!!!!

Since we're on the subject. You've seen the main display cabinet in my previous post (1/72 stash is hidden away in the bottom of the cabinet) which was built in, when I finished of the "War Room" a dozen years ago. I was running out of space, so I built 3 more shelf units this past Spring.

This one is right at the bottom of the stairs...(still gotta add that pice of trim above the door!)

This on is on the stairway wall...

My "#2" display...

The other part (bigger) of the war room, hada lot of stuff in it...most of which got moved back into the smaller area to make room for the bands rehearsal space. Aside from the C-130's and two corner shelves in that side of the room, I have a few ceiling hangers, and one built in shelf that I keep my choppers in...

(That shelf sticks back into the storage/utility side of the basement)

Wow!  You have a museum going there!  Yes I do need more shelves.  I can't rely on hubby to make anything though, and I am not a carpenter by any means.  If I even pick up a hammer I'm going to smash my thumb with it.