By Jack Szuchy
January 30, 2005
(Originally written in February 2004)
(Introduction)
Last year we lost a long-time Leader and Great Friend of our club, Jack Szuchy, to an illness. Jack, for quite a
number of years had been a very active and intergral part of our club, both with the numerous, often unnoticed things
that he did for Del Val, along with his wisdom and guiding presence that he shared with us.
Jack had also been a very active member of the Miniature Figure Collectors of America.
(Due to his activities he was often referred to as our Ambassador of Modeling).
When recently going through old modeling notes I stumbled upon the following outline that Jack used
when conducting his clinic in February of last year on How to Better Display your Models. When I first approached Jack about
posting his outline on the website, he asked me to hold off doing this. Jack, ever the perfectionist and always wanting to
do things the right way didn't feel his outline was adequate enough to be used, and he wanted to go back and add some meat to it
along with making it more refined. I, myself felt that it was perfect the way it was since regardless of how it looked, it nevertheless
contained quite a bit of insightful and useful information on how one can display their model.
I hope you find some useful information contained here.
- Tony Wootson
Why:
Control
Space
Attention
Explain the subject
Set the mood or feeling
When and Where:
Contest
General Display
Home
How:
Poster board
Cloth: (Velvet, Felt, Leather, Foil)
Wood or other attractive bases
Graphics
Other Subject related material
Tools and Material:
Cutting Blade
Steel Straight Edge
Square or Triangle
Mat Cutter
Sanding Board
Markers
Sanding Board
Paint (Spray) Stone Finish, Velvet, or other Art Sprays
Adhesives: Spray (Permanent, or Temporary), Double Face Tape
