Posing models in flight

[Lou_Nigro]

All,

What are some of the ways to pose models in flight? Stands, acrylic rod support, hung from the ceiling?
I’m looking for some ideas for my 1:48 builds.

Thanks,
Lou

[Tank_1812]

On top of those there is many different angles coming out of a picture frame.

[165thspc]

A wing tip barely touching a tree as the aircraft banks around in a tight turn.
Hide a stiff support wire in the wingtip and in the tree.

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Lighted Lucite rods with flames coming out of the rear jet exhausts as the jet makes a steep climb.

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Instead of the typical clear support coming out the bottom of the aircraft and going down to the base, have the clear rod come out the side and go into a sky background. (So from certain viewing angles you cannot see that it is supported at all.)

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Multiple GIs repelling out of a hovering helicopter and the ropes are actually support wires.

[Lou_Nigro]

Thanks for the replies, some good ideas.

Lou

[RDT1953]

Or you can go this route and not try to hide support - just make it pleasing .

[Dioramartin]

There’s obviously no way of completely concealing support(s), but I still prefer the least obvious. The following were only intended for photographic purposes & not for display (the fishing lines being airbrushed away) but if I ever did want to display the Stukas I’d probably try to find thick Perspex or glass rods to rest across the top of an open-fronted Perspex/glass box, suspending the planes within…

(That’s a Hasegawa 1:32 & a Dragon (?) 1:72) –Mike Koenig (165thspc) did the airbrushing on the last photo)

[165thspc]

Saw this one just today on the “Art of Modeling” website as done by Phillip Donnelly:

[mrintense56]

Here’s one I completed back around February. There’s a build article here on the Forum if you’re interested. Basic idea was to mount the aircraft on an acrylic sheet though the wing.