How do you display your models?

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How do you display your models?

Post by Sabrefan » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:23 pm

How do you display your 1/18th scale airplanes? Do you hang them up, or put have them on shelves? I keep mine on shelves I have in the corner of a room. I like the way the planes look on their landing gear. My new F-86 is on my desk, and I am about out of room. Oh well, more shelves. :D
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Post by kimtheredxd » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:03 pm

Shelves in living room
Could not think of anything to put here.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:34 pm

I hang them on the ceiling, display some others on a table, and the rest are stored and rotated through.

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Post by Teamski » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:42 am

I have 11 hanging and 4 around the room....


http://community.webshots.com/photo/127 ... 8193JRrLgj

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Post by immeww2 » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:32 am

Teamski - How did you manage to get that jet displayed on top of your monitor?

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Post by Teamski » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:56 pm

immeww2 wrote:Teamski - How did you manage to get that jet displayed on top of your monitor?
Believe it or not, the 19" monitor I have has just about enough flat area that the footprint of the landing gear fits on it!! The plane is perfectly level sitting on the monitor itself. There is no other way I could display it! I don't have the guts to hang it as I have a plaster ceiling in this old house of mine. The F-16 always has me looking over my shoulder with worry, hehehehe.....

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Post by RED » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:19 pm

Me myself I build dioramas with all my planes,tanks,and figures.I then take a few pictures of each - print them out - and put them in a photo album.I do this because I don't have alot of room to display everything, it gives me a chance to be creative, and I can take the photo album anywhere and look at all my stuff I have storeage. I do have 2 planes hanging from fishing line from the ceiling like they are in a dog fight. Hope that helps

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Post by steelbonnet » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:03 am

Some GREAT displays here guys :D Thank`s for sharing & Teamski That looks so dodgy on the monitor.........HAHAHAHA

I myself need to sort out some display shelves,spend too much time doing customs that thinking about displaying........HAHAHAHA
Though I do have a few out on book shelves of my armour & Helo`s :D

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Post by immeww2 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:18 am

Teamski wrote:Believe it or not, the 19" monitor I have has just about enough flat area that the footprint of the landing gear fits on it!! The plane is perfectly level sitting on the monitor itself. There is no other way I could display it! I don't have the guts to hang it as I have a plaster ceiling in this old house of mine. The F-16 always has me looking over my shoulder with worry, hehehehe.....

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Well, that's putting the standard size monitors to good use. I've got a flat screen monitor which is great but can't display anything on it's top.

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Post by Teamski » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:22 pm

The F-18 is pretty solid on the monitor. I took an updated shot of the room a couple minutes ago:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/127 ... 8193JRrLgj

Several things of note:

1. WWII RAF Fighter pilot's helmet to the right with a Navy officer's hat above

2. WWII USAAF navigator's case on the floor to the left

3. The framed eagle embroidery on the wall to the back was sold by the Japanese to US sailors during the world tour of the Great White Fleet in 1907

4. The WWI helmet lamp with a artillery shell base on my desk

5. The HMS Hood paper model on top of the display case that I made when deployed to the desert this last year, now warped, hehehehe...

6. It's not as cluttered as it looks, no really.

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Post by CW4USARMY » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:23 pm

Had to reorganize my "War" room to try and accomodate as many 1:18 as possible. (wife wont let me bring them to the living room :wink:
Here's the new look!
http://community.webshots.com/myphotos? ... ity=UBwmbz

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Post by Teamski » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:32 pm

Wow!! Now that is a display, hehehehe.....

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Room displays

Post by eddie372 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:39 pm

Ski, I wish you could of seen the worried look in my wife's face when I showed her pictures of your room.
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Re: Room displays

Post by Teamski » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:31 pm

eddie372 wrote:Ski, I wish you could of seen the worried look in my wife's face when I showed her pictures of your room.
You can reassure her that I only have half of the room. My wife has the other half for her Quilting/knitting/sewing hobbies.....

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Post by Ta-152 » Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:04 pm

Red 3 190D and S1 Stuka are hangong from the ceiling, Blue 12 190D is boxed and tossed in the closet.

Huey Hog sits on the shelf with Joe choppers.
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Post by ww2collecter » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:27 pm

Shelves w/ lights :)
I moved mine around recently when I repainted the basement. WWII on the right and modern on the left
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Post by Teamski » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:59 pm

That still blows my mind! Just too damn cool. The Garand doesn't hurt, either....

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Post by MightyMustang » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:39 pm

ww2collecter wrote:Shelves w/ lights :)
I moved mine around recently when I repainted the basement. WWII on the right and modern on the left
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This is without a doubt a beautiful way to display your collection. I just wish I had the room to do it, but I dont.


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