Topic: FialaFernbrugg's tips n tricks ("make your own figure packaging" tutorial)

[Commander_Kurgan]

That launcher is so simple that it is elegant!
Very, very nice, indeed.

[FialaFernbrugg]

thanks a lot gentlemen

[FialaFernbrugg]

custom stand for your Eta-2 Actis Jedi Starfighter

Here you have a construction guidance for your own Jedi Starfighter stand.

tools/materials:
*a wood plate about 5mm thick
*wood sticks diameter 12 and 14mm
*saw
*wood glue
*sandpaper
*electric drill with drills diameter 1,5mm, 12mm and 14mm
*set square, pencil and compass
*wire (cut it to a length of 45mm)
*and two cotton bud pieces (both with a length of 15mm)

workflow:
1.) cut two wood sticks (12mm diameter) to a length of 85mm
2.) cut a 5x5mm clearance in both sticks
3.) after that you need a wood stick with a length of 65mm and a diameter of 14mm
4.) cut a 8x10mm clearance in this stick and drill a hole (1,5mm) below the clearance
5.) now put the wire through this hole and bend it a little bit after that put the cotton bud pieces over the wire
6.) cut two discs out of the 5mm wood plate. One with a diameter of 165mm and one with a diameter of 175mm.
7.) stick the discs together
8.) now drill three holes in the discs. One with a diameter of 14mm and two with a diameter of 12mm.
9.) the last parts are two little attachment parts also made of wood
10.) now you can stick all single parts together
11.) the last step is to paint the stand. I made for example a stand for Darth Vader's Sith Starfighter

Some pics are made with Unigraphics NX4. If you have questions fell free to post.

I made also a YouTube vid with more information:

first some pics of the material you need:

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next some engineering drawings for the stand:

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now some pics made with Unigraphics:

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and the finished product

[Clonehead]

fila, your informative tutorials are a great resource and an inspiration to us all. Thanks so much for doing this.
BTW, that Jedi Starfighter looks stunning!

[Commander_Kurgan]

I must say, this enhances the overall look of the craft dramatically.
Actually, it looks like the stands that come with those prohibitively expensive licensed scale replicas.
Very nice!

[FialaFernbrugg]

thanks guys

[FialaFernbrugg]

I hope some of you can use it. It would be very nice to see some other varitions of this stand, maybe for Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter.

[Tamer]

Great resource Fiala. I finally got it up on the front page. We sure do appreciate all the great resources you are giving us.

[FialaFernbrugg]

Great resource Fiala. I finally got it up on the front page. We sure do appreciate all the great resources you are giving us.

Thank you Sir. I'm glad that I can help

[flaccideagle]

One of the reasons I don't buy too many smaller vehicles is that they don't have a nice way to display them outside of a giant hangar diorama.

This fixes this though, it looks great! thanks so much!

[Tamer]

Great resource Fiala. I finally got it up on the front page. We sure do appreciate all the great resources you are giving us.

Thank you Sir. I'm glad that I can help

I know one thing, I am daggone glad you signed up. Anything SW you touch seems to go golden.

[FialaFernbrugg]

Great resource Fiala. I finally got it up on the front page. We sure do appreciate all the great resources you are giving us.

Thank you Sir. I'm glad that I can help

I know one thing, I am daggone glad you signed up. Anything SW you touch seems to go golden.

I learned a lot from my father. He is a  skilled carpenter and knows a lot about wood and my job as  design engineer is also a  help to do that stuff.