Storage/display

[cdwheatley]

What do you guys do in the way of storage and/or display of the planes you've built?! I only have less than half a dozen at the moment, but I'm already having to think about how I'm gonna find room for these, and of course all the others to come!

[moostang51]

Right now, they are being hung from my 7 year old son's ceiling. So far, the P-51 and Zero are up. His room is pretty big (17 x14) so only two corners are occupied. The B-24 will not occupy a corner but will definitely take up "some" space. He's really into planes and often helps when building even if it is only stabilizing the frame while positioning a piece or trial fitting, etc. also picking up the notches for stringer cuts....hee-hee....

Now if I would have considered 8'6" ceilings in my basement when I had my house built, not only would daddy have a great workshop but also a lot of "big blue yonder" to hang projects from. Oh well, live and learn. Sort of like building these kits, you know, "I coulda, shoulda, woulda" .....

[John G. Jedinak]

Can't hang from my ceiling since we have plaster. Fortunately, the walls are plasterboard....I use picture hooks and hang on the wall ( from the tail) just below the ceiling..............JGJ

[prototypesplus]

Yea, this is going to pose a problem for me also. I would love to hear some solutions. I have read in the past of smaller plastic kit builders sometimes mount their planes on the wall like a picture, in the vertical plane. Probably had to make some kind of fixture though. I also have ceiling fans in most rooms, so that also creates an issue. Unless I would hang them in the dining room which I don't think would go over to well....

ptp

[JOhn M Oshust]

One of the reasons that I started building my camel is that I have a log home/hunting cabin with a "Great room". I thought it would be nice to fill the space with suspended planes. Though I like bi-planes I think I must build a B24 next because my Uncle John Died in one during WWII.

[kittyfritters]

At one of the Black Sheep Squadron meetings someone came up with a very nice and inexpensive method of storing models if you don't want to display them. He took sheets of rigid insulation foam and made custom storage boxes for his models.

They are easy to cut out, with a sharp utility knife, and are assembled with duct tape. After they are assembled the inside of all the joints are coated with a foam compatable glue. He also glued foam supports for the models inside the boxes. Lids are made to slip on and off like shoe box lids.

These boxes can be custom sized for anything from a peanut to about a three foot wing span. They keep the models dust free and protect them quite well. These boxes are strong enough to transport models to and from the flying field in a car, but if you had to ship them somewhere, like airfreight them to a contest, you would probably want to make something out of plywood.

Howard

[jkap5]

I hang mine from the ceiling or I put them up high so my younger siblings can't reach them.