Diorama Containers? (1 Viewer)

[bradleyl30]

Has anyone used fishtanks or terrariums to build dioramas?

Moving into a new house soon, and I will have room for one curio in the main part of the house. Most of my stuff will be in a subterranean garage that we are having drylocked and turned into a storage room. Garage door is insulated, fortunately and the temperature seems pretty stable so far.

I was trying to think about ways to create dioramas in the garage and thought rather than getting old, hard to move curios should I use more mobile cases like a fish tank or terrarium. I would put these on heavy duty shelving with casters. Used fish tanks could be cloudy, but it seems they are plentiful in my area. Also, some decent curios. Just wondering the best way to house this stuff and have some flexibility.

I also plan on getting a rolling workbench to create them.

Let me know if you have thoughts, or better yet, experience!

Thanks,

Larry

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Hi Larry,

I have no experience personally with using fish tanks or terrariums but I've seen some of the forum members post pics using them. I would say that if some of us here have used them, then they are a good option.

For me I've used small display cases that I bought at local craft stores. Since you live on the east coast I'd imagine you might have store like AC Moore or Michael's. Both of those stores carry football cases or other cases for sports stuff. Below is a football case I got to put on my bookshelf.

Hope that helps.

Mark

 

[bradleyl30]

Hi Larry,

I have no experience personally with using fish tanks or terrariums but I've seen some of the forum members post pics using them. I would say that if some of us here have used them, then they are a good option.

For me I've used small display cases that I bought at local craft stores. Since you live on the east coast I'd imagine you might have store like AC Moore or Michael's. Both of those stores carry football cases or other cases for sports stuff. Below is a football case I got to put on my bookshelf.

Hope that helps.

Mark

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Thanks for reply. That does look nice. I will check them out.