Stuka f Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) I am rearranging my first militaria showcase, with my Belgian stuff this time.Like I already stated; I like the way things were dispayed in our national museum.But I had difficulties in displaying caps on stands, so I made slightly conical ovals out of a very thick MDF, fixed them on a pole with a foot and that is it.To me it works well!Have to camouflate the base, but some extra military stuff will take care of that problem very soon.;-)|<ris Edited April 22, 2015 by Stuka f
leigh kitchen Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 The cap you've put on the stand - looks good, but how is the cap actually supported? How are you avoiding placing strain on stitching & fabric, is it kept in place by a light pressure around the inside?
Stuka f Posted June 5, 2015 Author Posted June 5, 2015 It just hold like it would hold on a head.The mdf plate is slightly conical and oval just like the form a head would be, so it holds by it self, without pressure or tension.cheers|<ris
leigh kitchen Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 So it fits around the inside of the sweatband,. the top of the cap doesn't rest on it?
Stuka f Posted June 7, 2015 Author Posted June 7, 2015 Yes it fits the sweat band and doesn't rest on the top.The inside of the MDF has a silky touch, but still retains a soft cap in place .You realy should try it!cheers|<ris
leigh kitchen Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Takes a bit of effort & organisation.Helmets I'm happy to stick on top of individual household tissue rollstands, I quite fancy the systems that you & Chris have made for caps. A variation on those would be useful I think . Along the lines of a square wooden base with an upright pole in the centre along one edge. with two or three horizontals coming off the upright so you can have caps "layered" above each other. Instead of wood, I'm thinking of copper or white plastic piping & jointing......
Stuka f Posted June 12, 2015 Author Posted June 12, 2015 Takes a bit of effort & organisation..............Instead of wood, I'm thinking of copper or white plastic piping & jointing......Suum cuique! ;-)To each his own. No effort to me, at the contrary; it's a distraction to me!And organisation? Need to show that to my wife!!! (lol!!) I am sure there are more and better ideas to be elaborated.I once made a dummie with pastic piping and joints, once, and it worked fine indeed.cheers |<ris
leigh kitchen Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 There was a very short article in Militaria magazine years ago. using lengths of wood bolted togethert so that it was articulated - it could fold in to a square shape or drop open to form a flat "skeleton" & hang like a coat hanger with "arms" & "legs", dressed in tunic & trousers. I never got around to that either........
Stuka f Posted June 12, 2015 Author Posted June 12, 2015 I am curious to see that article, if ever possible.
leigh kitchen Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I'll try to find it ( the magazine's somewhere in the garage).
leigh kitchen Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Here we go, found it at last, article from this magazine (August 1988 edition) that I picked up second hand in Bruges about 1989. .
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