Since I'm out of channels on my receiver and don't want a complicated hinging mechanism, I decided not to make my trapeze operational... just static. But, I have to be able to remove it so I can get the wing on and off. The following documents my solution to this process.

I began by epoxying a wooden dowel deep into the fuse just behind the radiator scoop. This permanent rod would act as a strong base to slide the finished trapeze on and off of when complete.

Next I went to work fabricating the base hinge mechanism for the trapeze. This was made from styrene tubing, sheeting and slabs, as well as a few small pieces of aircraft ply. It was all built up off of a 1/8" piece of strong plywood base that would fit flush against the fuse and get screwed to it. Most of this was assembled using the Plastistruct Bondene to fuse the styrene together and CA was added in areas to double the joint strength.

To build the swing arm components, I used styrene tubing. These 2 tubes were bent to the proper angle by softening them with a heat gun while clamped to the work bench, and bending them slightly to shape.

After cutting them to length I added the scale doubler tubes to the front section of each tube. This was done by sleeving them with the next size up of styrene tubing, using the Bondene to weld them together. The doublers had notches cut at one end as per the full scale arms.

To attach the swing arms to the hinge base in a fixed position, I made two short "elbows" by cutting them out of hard 1/4" plywood and sanding them to proper size and shape. Each elbow was then epoxied into one end of a tube.

Next I epoxied the other end of the elbows into the cross tube on the hinge base. While the epoxy set, I propped the swing arms up into the proper and level angle, checking them for alignment and spread. After the epoxy was set, I was able to blend the tube joints together with putty to make a seamless elbow bend to the swing arms.

With the main trapeze assembly complete, I then went to work on the extenders and standoffs. The "extenders" as I'll call them were square tubes that came out of the end of the swing arm, with catches at the ends for them side pins on the bombs to rest in. I believe these were adjustable in length to accomodate various size bombs, but not sure.

I fabricated these out of styrene as well. The "standoffs" were at the end of each swing arm and protruded upward to keep the trapeze from striking the bottom of the plane. They had some sort of padded end on them as well.

I knew I'd have to keep the ends of the swing arms secured to the wing to avoid having them vibrated to pieces, so I decided to use these standoffs as a means to this end. I made them slightly longer than scale accurate (styrene) and drilled them out for a 256 rod. This rod was bent and glued into each standoff.

Here's the easy part... mounting and removal. Simply slide the finished trapeze onto the wooden dowel rod and secure with a socket screw into the fuse. Next, insert the bend 256 rod on each of the swing arm standoffs into small holes/slots in the wing belly pan.

Now you've got a great looking scale bomb trapeze securely fastened to the plane at both ends, so it won't vibrate to pieces. The bombs won't actually attach to this, it's just for looks. They will simply ride in between the swing arms attached to a functional release mechanism in the wing. When I'm done flying, I just pull the bent rods out of their slots, remove one screw and the trapeze comes off.

This is the best compromise I could come up with for a convincing scale trapeze, easy assembly, and hopefully pretty durable.