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longstreet2763
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These are my fist attempts after 40 years away. The display cabinet I picked up from Fantastic furniture and it will allow me another 9 1/20 F1 cars. Then who knows maybe a simiar cabinet with 1/72 WWII aircraft. :)
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Cool F1 cars.

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jssel wrote:Like Barry I have a couple show cases from stores that went out if business. But 48 scale stuff eats up space quickly.
Which is always surprising, considering the kits are only 1/3 bigger than 72nd.

I like 1/48 scale, but each time I build one and put it on the shelf I go "yikes! Where has all my space gone?"
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Softscience wrote:
jssel wrote:Like Barry I have a couple show cases from stores that went out if business. But 48 scale stuff eats up space quickly.
Which is always surprising, considering the kits are only 1/3 bigger than 72nd.

I like 1/48 scale, but each time I build one and put it on the shelf I go "yikes! Where has all my space gone?"

Perhaps the square law applies here to account for the increase of total area taken up by 48th over 72nd ?
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Ratch wrote:I really have too many :oops: Many are packed away in boxes, but lots are collecting dust (or rather developing topsoil :oops: ).
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Come on people lets see some photos of how you display your models. I'm sure we all like to sticky beak and gain some inspiration.
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Mine are mostly in the attic room but I do have some in a cabinet in the lounge. I'll pop some pictures up soon.
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Hmmmm, I had to look a long way back to find an existing topic ....

The cabinet on the top left was my only display, until I found one on the right and the one below.
All came out of "Antique stores" AKA 2nd hand stuff AKA "The only one interested in what your grandma had was your grandpa" ....

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The "pair" sit in the middle floor entryway to our home and the other in the dining room on the upper floor (reverse floorplan house typical where I live). None of them match each other in wood, style, or color although I made some effort with stains, etc, to bring them a bit closer. None match the woodwork in the house, either but they don't fit too bad. SWMBO has allowed them.

I haven't had much time to distribute models about, but at least I have some space now.
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