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Hanging models
Here we go, G-8's battle SPAD over my desk at work. Jeez, our ceiling is a mess. Soon to be joined by a black Fokker.
I had to hang dozens of models in my other "career" as an aerospace museum historian/exhibitry designer, and I learned a few things:
# Never hang anything valuable or that can't be fixed or that can't be cleaned.
# Don't hang anything too small.
# Fishing-tackle shops are your best resource for clips and hooks and swivels and 20-pound-test line.
# Find the balancing point on your model, drill a small hole in the fuselage at that point and affix a piece of aluminum tub in the hole, extending about a quarter-inch into the model and flush with the surface. When the model is done, the only thing that shows should be the tiny hole on the surface. Insert those bent-wire loops that glass Xmas tree balls use, and clip the line to that. If you want the wire loop gone in the future, just nip it off and let the wire ends fall inside the model.
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