TRIPOD BUILDING STAND
TRIPOD BUILDING STAND
Hi,
I have been asking about a three leg building stand that I saw on this web site but no one could tell me where I could get one.
So I put a couple of my little grey cells to work [Just a couple, I needed the other two; walking talking etc.]. The answer was a small camera tripod with flexible legs. A quick look on E-Bay came up with a perfect unit for £1:49 with free P&P [I got two, money no object] they arrived a couple of days later. At the end of each leg was a hard plastic ball. I turned the tripod upside down and attached it to a base using the threaded screw that would attach it to the camera. Now I had a building stand that supported my model in the wheel wells, great for painting / spraying. I noted that the hard plastic ball feet could mark the paint finish so I replaced them with pencil top rubbers [ erasers to our friends across the pond ] That gives a soft wedge shape that fits better in the wheel wells or a soft three point stand on which to place the model. Try it, a great little unit for less than the price of a tube of filler. Paul C
I have been asking about a three leg building stand that I saw on this web site but no one could tell me where I could get one.
So I put a couple of my little grey cells to work [Just a couple, I needed the other two; walking talking etc.]. The answer was a small camera tripod with flexible legs. A quick look on E-Bay came up with a perfect unit for £1:49 with free P&P [I got two, money no object] they arrived a couple of days later. At the end of each leg was a hard plastic ball. I turned the tripod upside down and attached it to a base using the threaded screw that would attach it to the camera. Now I had a building stand that supported my model in the wheel wells, great for painting / spraying. I noted that the hard plastic ball feet could mark the paint finish so I replaced them with pencil top rubbers [ erasers to our friends across the pond ] That gives a soft wedge shape that fits better in the wheel wells or a soft three point stand on which to place the model. Try it, a great little unit for less than the price of a tube of filler. Paul C
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Very ingenious! Can we have a photo of the Infernal Machine please?
Cheers
Andrew
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I will try to post some pics but this is only my third post.
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Here's our forum "How-to" guide for picture posting.Paulc wrote:I will try to post some pics but this is only my third post.
I now use Photobucket to store my images, and it works well:
uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=237
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Andrew
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Hi, I spoke to FLACKMONKEY [via PM] regarding this, I do not have access to any "Off site" photo storage, but just put mini tripod into e bay search and any number come up all about £1:50 give or take a couple of pence
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The off site storage is usually free. I'll take a look on eBay though!Paulc wrote:Hi, I spoke to FLACKMONKEY [via PM] regarding this, I do not have access to any "Off site" photo storage, but just put mini tripod into e bay search and any number come up all about £1:50 give or take a couple of pence
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Sorry to resurrect a 9 month old thread, but I've just noticed this.....
I've been doing something similar since shortly after I started using an airbrush this Christmas just gone - and I see that a couple of people have been asking for pics of Paul's setup.
Well this is my solution - and going by Paul's original post, I think it's very similar to what he's been using.
Mine is one of these:
I used the base from a small DVD spindle pack - poked a hole in the top, and screwed the tripod into it, upside down - remove the ball feet, and I've shoved half a cocktail stick into each leg, nipped with pliers to hold it in place, and wrapped black electrical tape round the join.
The cocktail sticks will either go into the wheel wells, and tailwheel locating hole - or if the plane is upside down, I use a little blob of white-tac on top of each point, to avoid scratching paintwork.
I've been doing something similar since shortly after I started using an airbrush this Christmas just gone - and I see that a couple of people have been asking for pics of Paul's setup.
Well this is my solution - and going by Paul's original post, I think it's very similar to what he's been using.
Mine is one of these:
I used the base from a small DVD spindle pack - poked a hole in the top, and screwed the tripod into it, upside down - remove the ball feet, and I've shoved half a cocktail stick into each leg, nipped with pliers to hold it in place, and wrapped black electrical tape round the join.
The cocktail sticks will either go into the wheel wells, and tailwheel locating hole - or if the plane is upside down, I use a little blob of white-tac on top of each point, to avoid scratching paintwork.
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guess what i found for 99p, this is a great idea, cheers, bought 1.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Pro ... 257bcddc68;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Pro ... 257bcddc68;
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Great idea - must keep an eye out for some of these in the import shops...be quite handy for soldering with spring clips in place of the balls (and once the skin grows back after my last attempt!)...and also for holding and painting small parts
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Great idea, Carlos !! Off to make one myself ....
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I have one of those. I must buy an airbrush to go with it!
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