Hanging Airfix Planes From Ceiling

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Hanging airfix planes from ceiling.

Here s a pic of my do 17 hanging from the ceiling using the technique i described earlier. Don t hang the hook too close to a wall so the plant rests against the wall and won t hang freely. A few planes particularly tailless deltas are harder to hang as there may be little fuselage to work with. Hanging rc airplanes from a ceiling in garage duration.

Get it as soon as fri sep 25. It s hard to make out the thread but you can see the three thumbtacks. Use a drill with a 5 8 inch drill bit to make a hole in your ceiling. Using more than 1 hook will keep the plane from moving much due to drafts in the room.

Airfix special aircraft on the roof of my bedroom last video before christmas. Hi all i have now run out of storage space to display planes wheels down and am wanting to hang them from the ceiling. You ll need to tie fishing line around 3 points on the plane e g nose tail and or wings and secure them to hook s on the ceiling. I hang my models from the ceiling as they look better in flight and creates more space on my shelves for other models.

I screw a mug hook into the ceiling and then use thin cotton thread usually white tied in a loop and hooked around the fuselage front to rear or use the wings depending on. 5 coupon applied at checkout save 5 with coupon. Valiant with vulcan and the vampire t 11 in the. The plane is hanging in the loops of nylon by the wings and by the tail.

Doug joseph 2 775 views. Large 8 5 hang retro airplane aircraft model home decor ornament toy home office desktop decoration retro world war i german wings model ww1 aircraft model blue 4 5 out of 5 stars 104. Attach hooks to the ceiling where you plan to hang your models. As i child my dad wouldn t let me but now i can lol.

Vulcan a tricky hang this one as the rear fuselage is short and the tail limits banking options. A slipknot should make it easy to adjust the lengths and allow you to take the plane down easily for dusting. If i want to change the position of the plane all i need to do is relocate the thumbtacks. If you change your mind a bit of spackling compound will easily hide holes from small hooks but if the models are lightweight try taping them to the ceiling temporarily while you work out your display suspend both lines of each plane from a single hook.