Now, I know this is going to seem like I'm stealing Tim's idea, but I actually did this last summer.

I was trying to figure out a way to have a flying vehicle actually 'fly' (display) without using fishing line from the ceiling, etc.,

Well, the only other way is to use some type of pedestal display.

Here was my solution:

I found a BBI/CORPS/UNKNOWN flag base, and used a rigid 'monkey hook' (also called by other names, used to hang things on the wall,) some ball bearings (actually slingshot ammo,) and hot glue:






//this base was used for my entry into the 'Ridiculously Awesome Vehicle Group Project,' which, un-coincidentally, is due TOMORROW NIGHT !!

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Bearings are for weight?

correct.

the base is so lightweight that anything not perfectly balanced tended to tip it over. I struggled with how to fix this for a while, and just decided to make the base as heavy as I could. I thought about things like plaster of paris or sculpy or playdoh or pebbles or something, but in the end I decided I needed metal in there.

I drilled a hole for the monkey hook, and then used JB Weld 2-part epoxy to hold it in place. I then dumped in a bunch of the bearings, and to keep them in, used hot glue.

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I've done stuff like this in the past with fishing sinkers. They're cheap, and are decently heavy.