Scaffolding

[Hobbes]

When putting a model together, there are times when you need more than two hands, or when you need to clamp things down. E.g. when attaching wings on a model that doesn't have locating pins.

I've used various materials to build scaffolding around a model, from Lego to business cards. I've always managed to do what I set out to, but I've been looking for a better solution.

I just found this:
http://www.openbeamusa.com/Extrusions/



it's a low-cost version of the material used by professionals to build temporary structures. I'm having a severe attack of 'wannahave' right now...

[NARSES2]

Interesting stuff there

[Thorvic]

Interesting

Whats the betting Harro turns up with an impressive scaffolding structure and no model at one of the shows 

[rickshaw]

Approximately a decade ago I used to work as IT support for a small engineering firm which is where I first encountered this stuff.  It's basically like a giant mechanno set and they used it for building all sorts of stuff from food manufacturing machinery through to automotive seating production machinery.   I used to sit and scan through the catalogue, amazed at some of the stuff you could get for it, electrical, pneumatic motors, hinges, you name it.   We built an IT rack for some servers out of it once.  It was better than a bought one!  Never thought of using it for modelling though.  Smart thinking there Hobbes!