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Off the wall...


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I've recently been looking for some shelves to finally get the small 'scale model cars' collection I've accumulated over the years up on the wall and out of all the odd spaces I've stuffed 'em over the years.  Dusting 'em sux, so I was looking into some glass-faced/doored shelves, if possible.  Man, the custom shelving and cases designed to display 1/43, 1/32, 1/24 etc scale cars is pretty $$$.  I was thinking I could fab something, but I wasn't that motivated.

 

Then on a recent honeydo visit to a framing/crafts store I was walking the frames section and saw these shadowbox cases for displaying everything from coins on up to sports equipment.  All 50% off.  Checking them over on a whim, I was actually able to find some small-shelved ~3" deep glass-doored shadowboxes that would fit my 1/32 scale slot cars collection, and also my older 1/43 cars, at two for $29.  Not top-tier shelving by any means, but pretty decent looking.  But nothing they had looked deep enough to fit my 1/24 cars - horizontally.  So a crazy idea to try to use the baseball bat trophy cases they had, to mount my 1/24 scale cars vertically materialized in the brain... presented as if they're driving up the wall.

 

Pretty happy with the result - it's different, but it'll work.  Each car is 'hooked' into the vertical cases using 3M picture hanger hooks, so you can easily take the cars out.

 

Hanging up the all the model cars finally in these boxes/cases got me inspired to haul out my old slot cars track as well.  Analog rules.  So now I can drive the wheels off something else when the 02 might be resting...

 

Anyone else here into collecting scale cars, slots, aor have any other ideas to share re: displaying them without a lot of space?

 

Tom

 

 

 

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Thanks, Brandon.  Yeah, those baseball bat display cases are almost 40" long, had to modify them slightly - but they're long/wide enough to easily fit three 1/24 scale models in each. And the full-length hinged-glass doors (magnetized) are great. With the sale, all 4 were less than $100.

 

Looking at 'em now, I can see these models reflect my range of interests in cars over time - race cars (F1, Lemans, DTM) and street cars (Muscle, Exotics, Classics).  There's only 3 'bimmers' tho - so I might be looking to change that.. :D

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I need to unpack my collection and display it again, 12 years is a long time.

Andrew Wilson
Vern- 1973 2002tii, https://www.bmw2002faq.com/blogs/blog/304-andrew-wilsons-vern-restoration/ 
Veronika- 1968 1600 Cabriolet, Athena- 1973 3.0 CSi,  Rodney- 1988 M5, The M3- 1997 M3,

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