How do you display your collection?

[aaron]

Thats cool, not a common thing in New Zealand.Cheers Ian.

[Guest]

Thanks for explaining ian

Aaron we're both mad on reptiles here so there's a few vivariums strewn around the living room, some of them factory built some of them improvised old furniture. Perfect for sticking the odd diorama on

[colin m]

Polux, it's the acronym for She Who Must Be Obeyed. A term of endearment for one's wife/girlfriend (or resignation to the nature of your relationship).The term originates from the H. Rider Haggard novel, "She" (first published 1886). The character Ayesha, known as She-who-must-be-obeyed, the Queen of Death, the White Goddess,of the lost city of Kôr who rules her kingdom with terror, She is the very image of the Femme Fatale. To disobey her or to scorn her is to earn & receive instantaneous death.

Thanks Joe. It was just a term I used when ever. I never thought to seek out its origins.

Colin m..

[Guest]

Ikea do a nice little vertical glass cabinet, optional halogen lighting, somewhere about the £40.00 mark if I remember. I've got one, it works well.

And don't forget Colin ... you've just started displaying your work on the local beach

[Guest]

Question for the glass cabinet guys.

does it make a huge difference to the dust?

I can't really display any of mine in the room due to having a coal fire, during the colder months when I have the fire on every evening it generates an amazing amount of dust, no immediately apparent till you have a wipe around a week later, coats everything and is slightly abrasive.

Currently I display mine on a bookshelf, (i've drastically thinned down from three 6ft shelves to one, just), those being the actual paper books I can't bear to part with or can't get on Kindle.

The Bookshelf is halfway up the stairs and is a surprisingly good place to catch peoples attention as they head for a pee,

I do make and give away quite a few of my models BTW, I like making them for my son who's now old enough to appreciate the display not play delicacy aspect of some.

The MV Agusta F4 I've started (for the GB but sort of got sidetracked) is going to be his once completed.

[takeslousyphotos]

Aaron, its a glass tank for reptiles. A bit like an aquarium, just with out the water... !Ian M

.................. So if you fill a vivarium with water (as well as the reptiles drowning) does it then become an aquarium ????

Peter

[Ian M]

Jep. You might want to take the heated out as well. Not all vivarium heaters are water proof. Same as some Terrarium ones... o.O

[mossiepilot]

Does anyone still hang their aircraft builds from the ceiling. I haven't since I was a kid but I'm thinking it wouldn't be such a bad idea when I become short of display space.

Tony.

[flyjoe180]

Beware the fly turds.

[Guest]

I'm right excited Today I'm picking up THIS display cabinet to display my Scalextric TRUCKs. I've managed to get them down to £20. I will at some point get it lit up with RGL LED Strip

[peterairfix]

Does anyone still hang their aircraft builds from the ceiling. I haven't since I was a kid but I'm thinking it wouldn't be such a bad idea when I become short of display space.Tony.

i used but when i moved last i looked like the ceiling had woodworm so it's all on shelves on in a cuboard.

Peter .t

[Guest]

Check out this baby lol not bad for £20. The trucks are just placed tempory for the picture, Ill place them properly later

[Guest]

Me and my girlfriend have just spent a couple of hour cleaning my collection of trucks and now have them all displayed

[BarryW]

Here is my display of 32 scale WW2 aircraft. I have three 48 scale Spits on the shelf next to me in the office and a 32 scale ZM Skyraider up in my lounge making up the collection so far. Got room for a few more on this shelf then I will rethink.

These are open not closed shelves and as such give me display flexibility for larger scale aircraft. Dust is an issue, I have a cleaning lady who dusts the shelves just moving the models around. So far she has only knocked off a single aerial lead in the last 2 years. I, now and again, go over the models themselves with a soft brush.

The shelves are from Ikea and come in various arrangements to the same style.

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