The Ghost of Kyiv - Questions about a few items.

For something like this I would use clear acrylic rod to mount the plane in flight. Then you can paint the rod out the exhaust nozzles to mimic afterburners. As far as lighting, I have not gone down that road yet.

BK

Great idea! I imagine I could shape it with a heat gun and possibly texturize the "flame" with some silicone caulk or something?

 

Agree with Brandon.  Acrylic rod works great - you can drill it easily and bend it in hot water.  Just plan out the attachment points

I think I'll heat it carefully with my heat gun so I Can bend as needed. I still need to figure out all the LED issues. Looking to use small sized diodes for missile lauch and th burners. I'll need to hide all the bits. Lots to plan.

If you are talking about gluing the wheels to a base, one method is to sand bottom of wheels a bit flat and glue with the silicon caulk that tb mentions.  Glue the nose wheels also, but do not flatten.