Well, gang, I amrenovating my office and my dear beloved and i have come up with a great idea for keeping all my crap, er, uh, models, engineering texts, and so on. Behold!
Now what Beloved doesn't know is, I plan to display my 1:100 (static) Saturn V in that large center area that used to be for TV's and such. But of course, I need to cut a "U" shaped slot out of that shelf above the large opening, and with the low clearance and a mirror back there, I've set myself up for a challenge.
And I'm up for ideas. I thought about a good-sized hole saw and coming up from the bottom; a jig saw, but it's have to be guided or it'd look like a dog chewed it out; and beyond that I'm out of ideas. I have a 3/8" Milwaukee drill, but don't know how big a hole saw one could safely use with it - as well as how much the drill could handle. Here's another view of the shelf:
The ol' Saturn V (Famemaster 4D vision) will be coming up through right where that anniversary clock is sitting. Maybe if I used a jig saw with a trammel point on a bar similar to a rip fence? And I do have veneer banding for the raw edge I'll create - I think the shelf is veneered particle board.
Then I want to cantilever a few more shelves down the side. I also want to get some lights to shine up on it as well as the downlight; add some 1:100 hand rail and people around the opening in the top shelf (and elsewhere); and of course I will also display Boyce's 1:100 Mercury-Redstone (built), and also a little 1:100 Wright Flyer and Spirit of St. Louis (Glencoe models), as soon as I can get them built.
Thanks, all, I WILL post pics!
Now what Beloved doesn't know is, I plan to display my 1:100 (static) Saturn V in that large center area that used to be for TV's and such. But of course, I need to cut a "U" shaped slot out of that shelf above the large opening, and with the low clearance and a mirror back there, I've set myself up for a challenge.
And I'm up for ideas. I thought about a good-sized hole saw and coming up from the bottom; a jig saw, but it's have to be guided or it'd look like a dog chewed it out; and beyond that I'm out of ideas. I have a 3/8" Milwaukee drill, but don't know how big a hole saw one could safely use with it - as well as how much the drill could handle. Here's another view of the shelf:
The ol' Saturn V (Famemaster 4D vision) will be coming up through right where that anniversary clock is sitting. Maybe if I used a jig saw with a trammel point on a bar similar to a rip fence? And I do have veneer banding for the raw edge I'll create - I think the shelf is veneered particle board.
Then I want to cantilever a few more shelves down the side. I also want to get some lights to shine up on it as well as the downlight; add some 1:100 hand rail and people around the opening in the top shelf (and elsewhere); and of course I will also display Boyce's 1:100 Mercury-Redstone (built), and also a little 1:100 Wright Flyer and Spirit of St. Louis (Glencoe models), as soon as I can get them built.
Thanks, all, I WILL post pics!
But wait, it gets worse! I had a custom poster printed of the Apollo 11 liftoff such that the rocket is exactly the size of my model; and as well the "J" sized NASA overall drawing of the Saturn-Apollo with the rocket sized to my 1:100 model. Then I have a 1:100 Wright Flyer and Spirit of St. Louis to build, and last week ran across, of all things, a 1:100 DC-3 to throw into the display. I also want to get some 1:100 astronauts and people to complete the scale display. And across from that, I have my re-arranged Snoopy (as the WWI flying ace) montage, now including the Atlantis Snoopy and Red Baron models on home-made shelves:
