Cloudman1961 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Hi I’m building a Tamiya F14 Tomcat for a friend, but wants it built in flight. Can anyone recommend somewhere that I can source a decent stand to put it on? Most of the builds you see are on the ground and having done some online research I don’t see too many options for in flight builds. You can get Airfix stands etc on eBay, but I’m looking for something of better quality. Thanks in advance… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Its easy peasy to make one yourself. Especially as you are tackling an F-14! some rod, brass, acrylic (clear or coloured) a bit of nice wood for the base, Paint or colour stain the piece of wood. Dill a hole in it. Insert rod. On t'other end of rod put the F-14. A hole drilled in it would help too. Rod you can get in the metals section of B&Q. you might be able to an off-cut of MDF there as well. Last time I was in I got a big load of off-cuts for 50p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 To add to @Black Knight's answer. As an alternative to MDF, if you have access to a good saw and drill you can source an offcut of hard wood, for instance oak or mahogany, from Ebay for a reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudman1961 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 Thanks Guys (Didn’t realise Linda Lusardi was into our kind of modelling 😉) I was hoping to avoid going down that route but thanks - it’s a great approach. I have an off cut of oak in the garage, I’ll have to source a piece of aluminium and maybe a ball and socket joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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