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Starwood Scale Painting Fixture

Painting like all other areas of modeling is a skill that needs practice to become good at it. While I have seen many great paint jobs done with a simple spray can and others done with more sophisticated spray equipment everyone comes to deal with the same problem of holding the fuselage. Ideally the fuselage should be suspended to be able to shoot all sides and the bottom. Well, after too many finger prints in the paint, I have put together another product that has made my life a lot easier when painting.

One of the most common problems during any paint job is the number of times that the fuselage needs to be handled inbetween shooting primer, main color or clear coats for sanding, tape removal and masking. The painting fixture was designed to disconnect by unthreading the post, perform the necessary work and quickly install the post again. This has been a huge time saver and the fuselage can be safely hung up while drying.

  Painting Fixture
SM0127

Easily hold any scale model for painting. Kit includes:

   1 Mounting Base
   1 Support Post

$68.00      
 
Instructions
The base plate is suitable for most modern turbine, gas and glow powered models. My assumption is that you have already completed the helicopter mechanics mounting into the fuselage, this could be wooden rails, a plywood floor or simply hard mounted through the fiberglass. Position the mechanics onto the mounting plate, generally centered with the threaded bolt facing upwards. Mark and drill the four corner landing gear holes (or holes that you will be using to attach the mechanics to the fuselage) and then bolt the mount plate into the fuselage. Simply thread the post onto the mount plate and hang your fuselage from a fixture or support in the ceiling. Smaller fuselages can be hand held during shooting and then hung up to dry.
 
Paint Fixture In Use
 
Here are some examples of how I have mounted my last two fuselages that I have painted.

 
Priming the UH-1C Huey. Shooting the main green Huey fuselage.
 
   
Shooting the main red on the Hirobo Dauphin.