How do you display your collection (1 Viewer)
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For now my wife lets me have two shelves in one of her four curios
, which holds six AFV's and about eight figure sets. The rest of my collection is in the closet waiting for MY room in the basement to be finished, lots of shelves with cabinets below to store all those pesky boxes.
Fred
, which holds six AFV's and about eight figure sets. The rest of my collection is in the closet waiting for MY room in the basement to be finished, lots of shelves with cabinets below to store all those pesky boxes. Fred
maddadicus
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I 5 shelf display case, stuffed, 1 shelf per historical period. WW2, Napoleonics, ACW, WW1, Custer Last Stand incomplete diorama....rest scattered about house to dismay of my wife...MADDADICUS
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How do I display my collection; as many different ways as possible.
Seriously, I have a:
• Converted four shelf book case with special lighting
• Fireplace mantle in my home office with special lighting
• Six shelf curio cabinet with custom lighting
• Two larger tables in a “L” shape in the second room, with special room lighting
• Small display case in my home office
It’s hard to find more space…LOL
Carlos
Seriously, I have a:
• Converted four shelf book case with special lighting
• Fireplace mantle in my home office with special lighting
• Six shelf curio cabinet with custom lighting
• Two larger tables in a “L” shape in the second room, with special room lighting
• Small display case in my home office
It’s hard to find more space…LOL
Carlos
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I am fortunate that I have plenty of room. I am an "empty nester." I raised three children and have a four bedroom split entry that has a large family room and two bedrooms down stairs.
I have turned the family room into my collection room. In it I have a large diorama of Napoleonic’s that is 8’x 20’ (pictures are posted on another thread) and four smaller displays (averaging 4' by 3’) that my grandson and I built on Woodland Scenics modular stands. Each of the displays has a theme from K&C: Battle of Berlin, Normandy Beachhead, 8th Army near Roman ruins in the desert, and AK outside a village.
I am using one bedroom downstairs for two large CD racks (5’ by 6’) that display my 1/50 construction die cast. I removed the bed and use the room as my grandchildren’s play room. I built a 5’ x 5’ castle out of the Mega Bloks Dragon series and they have lots of other toy that keep them occupied.
About a month ago I got a Howard Miller Village display case and put it in my living room. Each shelf is either a theme or a manufacturer. . The bottom shelf is a French village with Americans moving through in a column of vehicles and on foot. The second shelf is the Britians Shelf - Panzer IV’s, half-tracks and American artillery. The third shelf is a set of three dioramas – a motor pool/repair facility, an 88mm gun emplacement from Build-a-Rama, and the third is a home made artillery emplacement for my Frontline German 10.5cm gun set.
The fourth self is an early war scene using the pontoon bridge and the German Army capturing a French tank. The fifth self is a vehicle and figure display for a little bit of everything. I now find that I would use another display case so I will be getting another Howard Miller Village case in a couple of months.
If I keep up my present rate of collecting, in about five years it will be me, a bed, a TV and the remainder of the house filled with toy soldiers. I love this stuff.
Michael
I have turned the family room into my collection room. In it I have a large diorama of Napoleonic’s that is 8’x 20’ (pictures are posted on another thread) and four smaller displays (averaging 4' by 3’) that my grandson and I built on Woodland Scenics modular stands. Each of the displays has a theme from K&C: Battle of Berlin, Normandy Beachhead, 8th Army near Roman ruins in the desert, and AK outside a village.
I am using one bedroom downstairs for two large CD racks (5’ by 6’) that display my 1/50 construction die cast. I removed the bed and use the room as my grandchildren’s play room. I built a 5’ x 5’ castle out of the Mega Bloks Dragon series and they have lots of other toy that keep them occupied.
About a month ago I got a Howard Miller Village display case and put it in my living room. Each shelf is either a theme or a manufacturer. . The bottom shelf is a French village with Americans moving through in a column of vehicles and on foot. The second shelf is the Britians Shelf - Panzer IV’s, half-tracks and American artillery. The third shelf is a set of three dioramas – a motor pool/repair facility, an 88mm gun emplacement from Build-a-Rama, and the third is a home made artillery emplacement for my Frontline German 10.5cm gun set.
The fourth self is an early war scene using the pontoon bridge and the German Army capturing a French tank. The fifth self is a vehicle and figure display for a little bit of everything. I now find that I would use another display case so I will be getting another Howard Miller Village case in a couple of months.
If I keep up my present rate of collecting, in about five years it will be me, a bed, a TV and the remainder of the house filled with toy soldiers. I love this stuff.
Michael
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Most of my figures are in cases sorted by historical era. Civil War, Knights, Britains, K&C wwll, etc. Some dioramas and my plastic figures and armor models with dioramas in basement cases. Maybe I will have to use the bathtub for landing craft-- that will impress her. Leadmen