Support, lifting a model, giving more space, holder..or what to call it ?

I know there is a subject about this somewhare, but I just can't find it   

Well, perhaps they can be linked...
The challenge for me is that sealife and birds with wings spread out take up a lot of spac. And on the shelves they just look a mess.

So when my son wished some plastic stuff that can be modelled by hand, I bought some extra for myself, in order to make some supportss...or what to call them  

It is called Polymorph and I got it here. There is a little video showing how it is used.   

This is probably 50 years since I have tried modelling, so it is not very nice, - but it works   
Anyway, if I get better, the plastic can just be melted again and re-used



My first attemt failed, because the stick in the middle could not hold the top.
So I made some sticks and waited till they were cold , - this was the second attempt :


I realized that it was ok to make the bottom and the "stick" in one piece :


Here I attempted to make a click-on hoilder for the Schleich seagul.
Well, again it works   


You can buy a colouring powder for the plastic, - could be great with blue for the sealife, couldn't it ?

This stuff looks really cool! I might try to find this somewhere Your stands look great!

Have you tried starting with some strong wire, to provide a stiff 'skeleton', and them moulding the plastic around it?

I just did a little research and it seems in the US we have Friendly Plastic and ShapeLock. I need to get my hands on this!

DaveScriv wrote:

Have you tried starting with some strong wire, to provide a stiff 'skeleton', and them moulding the plastic around it?

Great idea !!!
Especially if I get some of the colour powder put in, so the wire becomes invisible   

Animal_Figures_4U wrote:

This stuff looks really cool! I might try to find this somewhere :study:Your stands look great!

Thankyou 4U ! He, he, great for a 5 years old    
But it is lots of fun   

What a great idea! Looks very good!   Can I try to do something like that?  

jonesee wrote:

What a great idea! Looks very good!   Can I try to do something like that?  

Well, if I can, I am sure you can make it MUCH better    

SUSANNE wrote:

jonesee wrote:

What a great idea! Looks very good!   Can I try to do something like that?  

Well, if I can, I am sure you can make it MUCH better    

Nah, Yours are perfect    

A good idea      

Those are handy! Can you paint them?

Great stands and idea, thanks for sharing. This could possibly be used to make flat bases for four legged animals too.

Fantastic idea, I always wanted to do this, I get frustrated with my birds and ocean shelves because they just look cluttered. Thank you for posting this!

Good work and ideas Susanne! Figures look much nicer in stands and instead of inventing something to fit, you make them correctly adjusted. That's brilliant.
I think blue is a good idea to marine life as long as it is not deep sea fish!

Thanks, friends ! I am happy that you like the idea
I hope to see what can be made by somebody with 2 thumbs instead of the 10 thumbs like me   

NightLioness wrote:

Those are handy! Can you paint them?

I have no idea . Perhaps somebody else can try  

Those look great, great idea!  I think your dolphins can really jump high now, higher than a seagull flies even!

   

I use Thermomorph for saddle "trees", just a lozenge of plastic moulded to a particular horse and covered in leather. then used elastic surcingle .... no way is it LSQ, but looks fine at a distance of 2metres, it can be moulded like plasticine, if you are quick, keep a bowl of hot water handy, trying to make stirrups to malke cast pewter oner is a fail, so far.

Hello, MrsD123 , and thankyou for the tip
A warm welcome to The Forum ! Great to see some more grown up people here

It would be nice to learn a little about yourself and your collection. There is a place for introducing yourself here https://sts-forum.forumieren.de/f27-welcome-on-sts-forum