Ship base display advice

[mastic]

Hi all. I am still new and nearly finished my 2nd ship and would love to display them on a nice base rather than the small wooden stands that are supplied. I have built the Artesania Latina Santa Maria and nearly have finished the Occre Buccaneer. I found some nice wood that I have made into a base and decided to buy some of the brass ferrules. I did'nt realise that they needed to inserted when the hull was made and not fully built. Lesson learned, is they any way thay they can be mounted onto my base and ships that are fully built

Any pictures or links wouldbe really helpfull

[tmj]

If they are like 'this', you could just drill all the way through the pedestal and run a long screw through the bottom of your base, through the pedestals and into/through the bottom of your keel. Depending on the type of screw you use, you might need to drill/tap threads into your keel for a good 'grab' (machine screw) or just drill a proper sized pilot hole through the keel to keep the screw from bulging or splitting the keel (wood screw).

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20 by tmj

[wmherbert]

I drill a hole up thru the keel where I want the supports to be and insert and glue in a stiff wire. I use brass tube to mount it on. Those I drill a hole and glue into a wood base. Then I fill the tubes with Jen weld epoxy and before it sets I lower the hull and wires into the tubes. 

Oh and I usually file the tube end to fit the keel.

Of course you need to sure to get tubes the right lengths so that waterline is level and to secure model with something while epoxy dries. 

 I put some extra blocking when framing to strengthen the places where the wires will be But I think you could drill the holes for the wire after boat was complete if you had help and were careful. And keels are usually wide enough for the wire hole drilling.

  I hope this all makes sense.

Bill

 

[paul ron]

google "model ship cradles"... then look at "images."

 

im sure you'll be inspired once you see so many variations.

 

 

[hornet]

Brass pedestals are available on EBay. I mount models on a base after the hull is complete. You can cut down the ‘slots’ on the pedestals to suit the width of the keel. I also use a router mounted in a home made stand to create the base. 

[wmherbert]

One question i have for people using pedestals is how do you adjust them so that the waterline is horizontal if the keel is not parallel to the waterline  , for example I think most keels have some dead rise so if you used same size pedestals the ship would be tilted up or down when mounted. 

   Using brass tubes like I do I can cut tubes to different lengths to get waterline level.

    I have always been curious about how modelers do that with pedestals.

Bill