[Andrew]

I think it was PappyB or somebody who first tried the Tomcat Witty stand on the F-4 and I think its much better than the standard Hobby Master one. It lets you display the aircraft in flight with the centreline fuel tank and also a few variations of bank angles. I always like to see the aircrafts flying with the centreline tank. Especially with the F-4. It just makes it look more bad-ass to me.
I hate having to compromise the centreline tanks for the display stands. I even like the way Century Wings made the option to display inflight with centreline tank by making the stand go through it.

I took some quick photos. Sorry about the lighting. If the weekend is clear, i may find some time to take better ones.

[mil0]

Cool photos, with the stand and camera it llooks very realistic.

[trex0770]

Those photos look great Andrew. The Witty stands are so versatile. Hopefully the other manufacturers follow Witty's lead with their stands too someday!

[kabelace]

I think I might have to pick up a few of these. How good does the model sit with these stands, is it sturdy?

[PappyB]

You may need to fiddle with the setting of the clamp -- how tight to make it... for a bit. But once you get it right it holds it pretty securely -- not as securely perhaps as the Witty model it's meant for, but it does the job. I've had my Ritchie in the Tomcat stand for over a month now with no "crash and burns".

However, proceed with caution.. I did have a few "misshaps" when I was first trying it out. I got a bit aggressive with the bank angle and didn't have the fit tight enough to hold it. Thanfully, the Phantom is a tough bird.

[Ed Klein]

Just a question about this model. According to the review at HMC, this particular Phantom has bombs - are the same Snakeyes from the Steve Ritchie's F-4?

[Raven]

Looks great! I need to pick up a stand or two!

Has anyone tried the following:

HM F-104 in the Witty F-104 stand?

DM F-15 in the Witty F-15 stand?

DM F-16 in the Witty F-16 stand?

CW F-14 in Witty F-14 stand?

I am curious to see how these combos have worked...

[skydriver]

Excellent job Andrew. Thanks for the ideas.

[slammin]

Raven,
I use the witty stands for my HM F-105's and CW F-14, but both required a small abount of sanding to get the model to seat properly.

Chris

[firefighterpilot1]

Originally Posted by Raven

Looks great! I need to pick up a stand or two!

Has anyone tried the following:

HM F-104 in the Witty F-104 stand?

DM F-15 in the Witty F-15 stand?

DM F-16 in the Witty F-16 stand?

CW F-14 in Witty F-14 stand?

I am curious to see how these combos have worked...

I have found that Dragon F-16's work really well on Witty stands. It's particularly sweet since the F-16 has only one engine, you can turn it at a pretty high angle of bank and it'll hold pretty securely.

I'm pretty confident with how it sits here (ignore the missing nose probe and weapons loadout. It's a work in progress)


Also, Dragon F/A-18's work with Witty 18 stands. I'm confident that Witty stands will work with just about all corresponding planes from different companies. I can't say for sure, but it's worked for the several different versions I own.