Boeing EC-135N (The elephant in the room) finally finished!

[hrtpaul]

Looks great Wally. That came up very nicely

[RayS]

Nice one Wally.

The base piece is familiar, what did you use for the 'uppy' bits of the stand?

Hi Raz,
the following is a cut and paste of a post I put in HRT Pauls F-86 thread:


As it happens I am putting a few stands together. In the interests of most efficiently utilising the volume within my display cases I want to put a few of my larger models on stands, I could find bugger all at prices I was prepared to pay so I made my own for my Stratocruiser and pleased with the results I have just put some sanding sealer on them. I am like you, I don't have the tools or expertise to work in "regular" wood so I fabricate mine out that craft board stuff (made in various shapes available at Bunnings) and balsa and Brass rectangular tubing.

In the picture the larger stand is for my EC135, the model is too big to fit in the cabinet but I want it off the shelf collecting dust, this stand is made from a base board bought from bunnings for the base and laminated craft board with the brass tubing embedded between the laminates, the brass tube fulfills two functions:
Provides strength and rigidity to the stand arm and slots into a larger brass tube glued into the interior of the model. This stand enables the C-135 to be displayed (just) in the cabinet in a 30 degree bank.

The smaller stand is craft board base with a balsa top and the stand arm is again craft board laminate with brass tube within. After sanding I paint these black, I don't really enjoy making these, I resent the time it takes but it is actually not that bad when you have decided upon your design and method.

Thanks Wally,

I like you idea of laminating the craftwood/balsa. I might have a crack at that. I assume the brass rod goes into the base and the wood around it is for decoration?

I agree about the time to make them, but when they are finished they look good!

[steviec]

Superbly built model

[Camthalion]

Looks great. Nice work