Hanging options for SW Ships

[Idiot Savant]

Hey fellas...

I have Unicron coming on Friday and only place I can put him is the table where the Legacy Falcon is sitting, who has to move underneath said table and that means those vehicles sitting underneath that table have to be hung. I’m looking for some suggestions on best ways to hang 3.75” Star Wars ships from a smooth drywall ceiling.

I want to stay away from holes (hooks and the like) as much as possible in the ceiling and need some ideas to support those ships. I don’t have faith in the 3M sticky tabs for these ships...

Let me know when you can and thanks I’m advance

[Tango X]

Holy crap. You got the Haslabs Unicron???

[Idiot Savant]

[AcidDragon]

Did you figure out a solution, dude? Definitely don't trust the 3M stuff. You could always dedicate one of those clothes racks to the ships. Not sure how that'd look, though. lol.

[Idiot Savant]

Clothes racks?

[AcidDragon]

Yeah, they're like shower curtain rods or regular curtain rods? You can extend one from wall to wall and twist or spring load and it holds in place from wall to wall friction fit and you can hang some ships off of those. lol. But it might not be practical if you have a large room. You can also rest a steel rod/pipe across two shelves.

[AcidDragon]

I made a diagram of what I mean.

You could take one of those curtain rod things you use for shop curtains or shower curtains. Just google shower curtain rods. Those get pretty wide with rubber feet and you could put it end to end against each wall and you could slide the ships over and make room when ever if you need to add ships.

The second one is if you have shelves. It shows if you get a 3/4" to 1" diameter pipe, you can rest them on top of two shelves that are up against two opposing walls. You have more options with length with the pipe but the height would be limited to what you can rest it on. If you one that color matches your ceiling, you'd probably barely even notice it there. You could theoretically use 2 or 3 pipes and have the ships staggered. The pipes are extremely rigid and will not likely bend as I use them for clamps and they hold up to extreme forces.

Neither option involve drilling into walls or ceilings or damage.

[Idiot Savant]

Wow...outstanding work man...thank you for the excellent suggestions

[OneNineSix]

I did something similar but I drilled picture hanger hooks into the wall instead of the ceiling and used picture wire but yeah if you don't want to do any drilling that idea looks pretty solid.