This cake feeds about 40 so its fairly large...a real tripod with a base attached to it...a bit of styrofoam to round out the bottom of the scope. Its not as perfectly straight as I like...it seems to dip slightly on each end, maybe I had trouble smoothing the icing or something, not sure what happened. I think I could have done the eyepiece neater too. Hopefully the customer likes it! Delivery scares me just a tad but it should go okay!