Abstract: A military hardware item, such as an aircraft fighter, is simulated in the field by the fabric sheets and light weight plastic panels stored in a cylindrical canister. The canister opens to provide two semi-cylindrical half sections that are laid end-to-end or side-by-side on a black shadow sheet. Imprinted sheets simulate the aircraft's details and are laid over these canister sections. Other aircraft regions are simulated by contoured panels and struts secured to these panels support still other sheets to simulate the aircraft's non-horizontal flight surfaces.