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Dogfight display
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:04 am
by nstrong
Well, my order came in over the weekend from Small Joes, so I put together a little display idea. I'm putting it in my office at work and since hanging from the ceiling is out, I had to come up with something different.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:05 am
by hotrodrock
Either you have a miniture house or those are 1/18 and not 1/32!
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:38 am
by Light.Inf.Scout
Looks nice...good idea.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:33 am
by VMF115
hotrodrock wrote:Either you have a miniture house or those are 1/18 and not 1/32!
No crap,, they look huge!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:37 am
by Panzer_M
he's a hobbit
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:44 am
by nstrong
Must be the camera angle/lense...but those are the 32nd dogfight set. And yes, I have hairy feet, but no- I'm not a hobbit
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:43 pm
by MG40K
I think their on a table, away from the fire place.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:14 pm
by VMF115
I think your right MG40K.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:40 pm
by hotrodrock
Yep, I can see the table in front of the chair now that I look real close. I remember back in the day (50 years ago unfortunately) when I was around 10 or so and did lots of models, a lot of the planes came with a stand to display them on. May still for all I know.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:51 pm
by mountian-man
Nice Display! How did you attach the metal wire to the undersides of the airplanes?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:04 pm
by olifant
Great idea nstrong! I think I have just found a way to eliminate some of my space dilemma. Depending on how this was done you could stagger aircraft up seven or eight high with only a few square feet of footprint!
Perhaps much like kids we collectors get dumber as we get older!
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:47 am
by der Vogelfänger
VERY NICE.....good thinking!!
dV
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:48 am
by nstrong
Thanks all.
I'll take more pics when I can, but all I did was bend the wire in a loop at the top, put some clear tubing around it and then angle the loop to suit the plane - the Zero is on a slight slant as if peeling away from the Corsair. The planes then basically rest on the loop - but for extra support the loop wraps around the the bottom tank on the Zero, and the for the Corsair - it's around the 2 bombs.
The wire is 9 gauge - bends pretty easily, but strong enough to hold the planes. Tubing found in the plumbing section. Bases are just 4X4's cut to size and stained.
