Speed being of the essence with this project, I decided to spray paint the MDF. A quick coat of Halfords grey primer was followed by a trip out to buy a couple of cans of the same companies satin black. After a cup of tea, I shot this all over the stand and dried it with a hair drier.
A little bit of rubbing down, followed by more paint and the jobs a good'un.
To ensure I left with the same number of models as I arrived, each is wired down with soft iron wire pushed through a couple of holes, over each axle and then twisted together using a pin vice. Now I can turn the stand upside down and everything stays put.
The finishing touch was to print some labels explaining what each scale was and a title card jauntily stuck to the top of the "tree".
On the stand it all looked great an attracted a lot of interest from both those who didn't know much about the various scales and people who thought they did but realised they didn't know all of them.
It looked good on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThe Wagon Wheel (in front of the camera in your shot) is a nice touch, too.
Some people call those things "health foods" - they make people feel good!
Still, I don't expect you're too worried, as long as nobody stands a couple of metres from the BRM stand, munching their way through a box of mince pies, or a load of iced custard slices ….
(Now there's an idea - not a very good idea - but an idea, nonetheless …. Don't worry - I wouldn't dream of being that cruel.)