"Stands and planes for Battle of Britain" Topic

Here is a link to some photos of our Battle of Britain planes and shows our home made stands.
William

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Here are some details on the stands.

This is the base information

This is the place I got the antennas they have a large amount of them. The ones I got was TEL-14
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This where I got the magnets
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This is the place I got the ball bearings, I had them drill our the 6mm balls with a 2mm hole that is 4mm deep.
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This is the place I got the bases with the little dials, just scroll down and you will see the bases.
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92-801 is the metal base that I use as the base for the stands.
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Very nice. Thank you for the information. I had thought of using the ball bearing as a pivot point for my 1/300 planes. I had already used K7J magnets before, but the ball bearings were the sticking point. Originally I was going to mount the bearing on the stand and "float" the magnet on top. I like your way much better.

Thanks again.
Scott

I like!

Very Nice!!

You should build those and sell them. You seem to have a nice plan there. I was looking for flight stands with magnets but seriously it's a pain in the but to do all the resaerch on them. If I were you I'd make a bunch to sell on eBay.

Tabletopwarrior nah to much work for not much return. The final cost is around 7-10 USD for materials, so selling them and making anything on labor would require me getting small children on a small island in the pacific to put them together for a handful of Rice. Probalby not a workable solution!

So the information I have above will get you all the parts you just have to put them together!

William

Wkeyser

I want to have your babies!!!

Thank you SO VERY MUCH. This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for to make flight stands.

Now, I'll be working with 1/144th scale. Should I look at different items or would the ones you use work for this scale?

Again, you ROCK!!

Not really seeing the TEL-14 antennas anywhere on that site….

Actually, do you ming sharing which magnets you bought and which ball bearings you bought?

Thanks!

Zasguard trying emailing customer service they are very helpfull. An as far as 1/144th not sure if these will work. If it is the metal planes they might be too heavy but if you are using the plastic wings of war stuff that should work.
William

I bought the cylander magnet R424, the Ball bearings are steel 6mm with a hole 2mm by 4mm deep drilled not sure which particular metal, I just told them it has to be as magnetic as possible! The cost of the bearings is steep as I had to buy a minimum of 1 lbs of balls which came out to around 400. There was also a 75 USD set up charge for the drilling. This worked out ok as I have almost 300 1/300 WWII and close to 100 WWI 1/300. But if I remember correctly it came out to 25 to 35 cents per ball.

Everything was bought at once to reduce the cost the antennas where cheaper as I bought 40 pcs.
William

Have recived lots of questions so here is a more detailed look at the base supplies.
William

This is the base information. All of these I purchased 40 of it reduced the cost of the antennas.

This is the place I got the antennas they have a large amount of them. The ones I got was TEL-14. 3.85USD

From Russel. I make a TEL-14 antenna. It is a straight antenna which means there is no swivel. It has a loop on the bottom with a hole going sideways for mounting to a base.
The collapsed length is 3-11/16 inch plus a 0.25 inch long extension for the loop.Extended the antenna measures 16-1/2 inches.
The diameter of its largest section is 0.235 inches. The loop on the bottom is 0.261 inches long, 0.236 inches wide, 0.078 inches thick. With a hole going thru this base that has a
0.0122 diameter.

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This is where I got the magnets I used R424
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This is the place I got the ball bearings, I had them drill out the 6mm balls with a 2mm hole that is 4mm deep. I just asked for the most magnetic metal I could get. Customer service very good. From Abbot

¼" Carbon Steel Bearing ball with 2mm hole – drilled 4mm deep
Minimum order: 400 pieces @ $0.25 USD Each – Plus $75.00 USD SET UP CHARGE
Delivery: 1 to 2 weeks after receipt of order

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This is the place I got the bases with the little dials, just scroll down and you will see the bases.
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92-801 is the metal base that I use as the base for the stands. This is crucial to add weight to the stand. Great Customer service from these guys and gals!
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Thank you sir!!

Really like these flight stands, in the process of gathering materials for something similar.

One question, how magnetic are those little balls? I'm using 1/144 plastic models, and have some bigger models as well (B-17s), was wondering just how much "stick" these little guys have?

Thanks.

A question on the AERONAUTICA IMPERIALIS FLYING BASES,
what is the max number the speed & altitude go to?

tks