Painting holders

[carrucha]

On 12/8/2021 at 10:30 AM, 4mula1fan said:

I made a simple, easily holdable piece of wood with 4 pieces of bendable coat hanger with rubber stoppers on the ends to hold the body, big enough to be stable while drying. For smaller parts I use hemostats with curved ends. 

I built the same type of holder and it works just fine for me.

[Startmodag]

I recently purchased this stand and the body springs don't look like those in the pictures, they don't have nearly the bend. They won't go vertical like in the pictures and if I put tension on them they pop out of the holes. Thoughts?

[NOBLNG]

14 minutes ago, Startmodag said:

I recently purchased this stand and the body springs don't look like those in the pictures, they don't have nearly the bend. They won't go vertical like in the pictures and if I put tension on them they pop out of the holes. Thoughts?

Can you post a picture of it if it’s different from the ones shown?  I don’t have one, but maybe you need to bend the ends of the springs slightly so they get a better grip in the holes? It looks like there are multiple holes for adjusting the tension on the Tamiya stand.

[deuces wild]

I got mine on clearance for 10 bucks from a hobby shop that went belly up.... That was about 15 years ago..