Display propeller arrives, I like it

Bob... do you have the height in the room for an aircraft-mural done on the ceiling? Make a prop-mount for a slim-line electric-motor.. and control its speed remotely via a wall switch. What would the aircraft be?  

You guys are making me go broke on the CEF plan.

Murals, electric motors, remote controls, additional propellers and now I have to install a fireplace. That and Mark B. has me all hopped up on Johnson motors and glow plugs...........

If I did a mural, it would be a biplane as roddie suggested, maybe some day in the loft. Remember the ceiling fan Corsair?

But my dilemma is that I always planned to put my Civil War era musket above those pictures as soon as I could find the racks that I used to display it on. It's an interesting old relic that I first discovered in my fathers den some 75 years ago.



Made at the Springfield Armory in 1864 and converted to a breech loader in 1866 known as the Allin conversion. At that time it had the breech end of the barrel milled off and a "trapdoor" installed, it was also sleeved down from 58 caliber to 50 caliber. It fires a 50/70 round. It has Erskine Allin's initials stamped on it. Thousands of these were converted after the Civil war in an attempt to keep them relevant with the breech loaders of the day. Many were packed up and sent to Portugal only to be returned unused years later. This is one of those rifles.

My "comfy" chair Kari.



Did not realize but the propeller has a clip on the back to hang it with. Won't work though as I want to display it horizontally.



Sorry for the history lesson but some may find it interesting.

Bob

For better or worse:



Temporary on nails.  I want to turn a blunt nosed conical spinner the diameter of the prop's shaft hole, use a double threaded screw for a more secure mount and slide it on.  Probably paint it matte aluminum.  Gotta align those pictures better too.

Lower it a bit rather than midway?

Bob

Edit add..Thinking about roddie's mural suggestion, a landscape poster of a P-38 or Corsair would look great instead of those Leo Stans prints.