discussion Materials to display flying aircraft

[Neil]

I am finishing a B24 but I also have a couple of others I want to display flying rather than landed. I found a handy page showing a neat technique for doing so using some square or rounded evergreen plastic tubing and then inserting brass square or round tubes in the plastic tube (link is here) but I am having great difficulty finding the evergreen - I guess as it is American company so import costs make it more expensive.

Does anyone do this and if so what do you use, is there an equivalent to evergreen? I don;t want to pay £20 on amazon for some simple plastic tube, the brass rod is easier.

Neil

 

[monica]

thank you for the info,it is a good idea,

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

You can get the Perspex rods and tubing off eBay, I ordered some a while back, I can't remember the seller but it should do for you.

Here's how I used it

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Adrian

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[rickoshea52]

You can get Evergreen products from model railway shops, no need for Amazon. Alton Model Centre has a good range and Plastruct is an alternative supplier. But I would agree with Ade's idea of perspex rod.

 

[stona]

I use Perspex rod and the 'socket' which I fit in the model is also plastic tubing. I've always managed to get sizes that give an interference fit so I can plop the model on the rod and pose it to suit.

Typically I fit the tube to take the rod into the fuselage, behind the cockpit tub like these two.

In flight:



Coming in to land:



Sometimes there may be a more convenient place to put the rod, like a rocket exhaust!



Sometimes the rod can be adapted to fit, in his case with a small steel pin (the rocket exhaust was not available because of the steering mechanism in the exhaust flow attached to the elevators on this aircraft):



Hope that gives you some ideas or inspiration.

Cheers

Steve