What's holding up your painting ?

[Greg Myers]

A block of 2X4 a couple of strategically placed holes of the right size depending on what size coat hanger / welding rod you chose. Notice the clothespins are sanded to a usable shape, I don't remember how I attached them though.

[Foxer]

Usually my makeshift coat hangers for bodies and for small parts alligator clips on hooked sprue along with flat wood sticks for double sided tape

[SkinnyDan]

I was wondering this same question since I don't think I have the best solution right now.

I use a bent wire hangar to hold the body, this works very well in my opinion. For everything else I use poster tac, it's a putty used for hanging posters on the walls, on cardboard. I try to use as little as possible and place it on a spot that shouldn't be seen when everything is put together.

[Dr. Cranky]

I just use double sided tape and a whole bunch of chopstix . . . and then I also have the wonderful Tamiya Paint Stand kit. It works beautifully.

[crazyjim]

I use - Tamiya paint stand, coat hangers, popsicle sticks, alligator clips, pipe, pill bottles, or whatever else I have handy that will hold the parts.

[novadose71]

The square with 4 wires sticking out is my body holder and was made with foam and 2 coathangers. Each one is bent in a squared off U shape with the ends pushed through from the bottom. I then clipped them off at an acceptable length and bent the ends at a 45 degree angle facing outwards so the tips contact the inside of the body. The sharp ends dig into the body a little holding it on place, but after having two bodies come loose while painting I started using a little masking tape to hold the ends to the body. The foam is wrapped with 3 inch masking tape and re-wrapped when it starts to get too much overspray buildup on it. I have been using this one for about 10 years now and plan to build a better one sometime in the near future. The long rectangles are the same foam wrapped in tape so I can stick toothpicks or pieces of sprue with alligator clips moounted to them.

Body holder doing it's job

A smaller one that I use for howheels, 1/43, and smaller bodies like this.

I also use a lot of doubled over masking tape, and superglue pieces of sprue to parts then clamp them with the alligator clips

[Greg Myers]

One thing I'm considering is adding some weight to the bottom of the 2X4 so it wont fall over so easy.

[Modlbldr]

What's holding up my painting? The 40 degree rainy weather! My model room is an unsealed old metal and 4X4 shed that doesn't keep out the damp very well. May as well paint outside!!! Last year I put in a heater, a window and started insulating and sheeting the walls. I should have started on the roof to fix the ventilation problem. I plan to do some more work on it this year to remedy the problem.

Back on topic: I use doubled over tape on old paint can lids or bottles, toothpicks stuck in cardboard, etc.

Later-

[Mike Kucaba]

I still use the bent coathanger stand,but I will at times superglue a length of sprue inside the body from side to side and clamp on this with real long hemostat.

[george 53]

I got a Tamiya paint stand from Squadron models for about 21 bucks. GREAT investment!

[Eric Stone]

I use an empty beer bottle with some water added to weigh it down. I stick the body over it, with the mouth of the bottle sticking up through the windshield, sunroof, or stick a roadster body over it. I also use an unopened soda can if it fits. I use lots of folded over blue tape for spraying small parts.