Today I was in the garage and I was looking for some oak flooring to mount my model on and found instead some cedar planks from when I lined the storage closet some years ago. since it was fairly thin, 3/16" and bent and cupped, I laminated some of the straightest pieces to make a mounting board. Once sanded I will stain it black to make the model stand out after I make mounting holes and glue the mounting materials inside the model, nuts and bolts. I will also be framing the back board with some more cedar, which I will leave natural. So, for now its back to making sawdust. Aloha, MikeJ