How do you display your K&C figures? Do you have a man cave/war room? :) (1 Viewer)

[6th Wisconsin]

Sadly 99% of my collection resides in boxes in the spare room. With very young children in the house I'm fearful of displaying things yet. We also don't have a proper curio. I've only got about a half dozen individual figures on display on a high shelf that I periodically rotate.

It makes a big difference. I had a fairly small collection of CW stuff on my bookshelves. Then I moved to a bigger house, bought a curio, and my collection exploded.

 

[Njja]

I had a room filled with beautiful Lionel Trains floor to ceiling when my daughter was 2. She was free to enter and touch anything she liked, I would take the items down and let her handle them. Once she learned she could see anything she wanted it was of little interest.
Through high school and 3 different homes she was always great in the den. If she showed a friend the room she would leave any items that had been handled on my desk to be wiped off and replaced on the shelves.

Now over 30 years later I just had my grandaughter in the den (she is 2)! It was quite a treat she looked at everything, handled whatever she wanted, and was quite a doll! We spent quite a bit of time at the work table with her sitting on a large "Lionel" stool playing with antique "Anchor Blocks" and Bill Ding Figures......both of which she took home!

She was fascinated with a couple of Collector Club figures with long lances and an AN04 set I had on display together.......she loved to watch the lances spin around!

My point is let your children enjoy your collections, after all with a little luck someday the collection will belong to them.

 

[Jagdpanther]

I have a room dedicated to all my collecting. A few curio and glass cases, but they are filling up! Maybe I will take some pics one day.

 

[Njja]

I have a room dedicated to all my collecting. A few curio and glass cases, but they are filling up! Maybe I will take some pics one day.

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Yes please do, its always fun to see how others display their collections!

 

[arnhem44mad]

I have commandeerd my mum's Box Room for the past 3 years!

Now I am in the middle of getting the loft done up for my 'Man-Lair'!

 

[Arnhemjim]

When my wife and I designed our retirement home in 2000, she got her dream kitchen, and I got my dream library. I did have the collection displayed in a series of lawyer’s bookcases, curio cabinets, and small glass cases. At a local Scandinavian furniture store I was able to find a combination of modular teak (remember not oak) display cabinets and bookcases. The display cabinets have glass shelves and doors, and are top lighted. Each cabinet module has a double-door bottom storage area where I can keep the empty boxes. It wasn’t cheap, however it was a lot cheaper than installing built in custom cabinetry, and although not likely to happen anytime soon, the units can (in theory) be emptied and moved. I'm including a couple of jpgs to show the overall effect.

 

[thebritfarmer]

What a great mancave !!! Love the cabinets and the collection. Most impressive. I see you have a varied collection with some nice Imperials in the mix

 

[Njja]

When my wife and I designed our retirement home in 2000, she got her dream kitchen, and I got my dream library. I did have the collection displayed in a series of lawyer’s bookcases, curio cabinets, and small glass cases. At a local Scandinavian furniture store I was able to find a combination of modular teak (remember not oak) display cabinets and bookcases. The display cabinets have glass shelves and doors, and are top lighted. Each cabinet module has a double-door bottom storage area where I can keep the empty boxes. It wasn’t cheap, however it was a lot cheaper than installing built in custom cabinetry, and although not likely to happen anytime soon, the units can (in theory) be emptied and moved. I'm including a couple of jpgs to show the overall effect.

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Very nice! Say who is the fellow in the back on guard duty!

 

[craig1985taylor]

Welcome to the forum Jim great looking soldier room, Im in the process of doing something similar with my bedroom just waiting on the extension to be finished which is going to take a few more months then a quick repaint of my room & ill be putting up some new cabinets to show off more of my collection then im able to do now!!!

Craig.

 

[Louis Badolato]

When my wife and I designed our retirement home in 2000, she got her dream kitchen, and I got my dream library. I did have the collection displayed in a series of lawyer’s bookcases, curio cabinets, and small glass cases. At a local Scandinavian furniture store I was able to find a combination of modular teak (remember not oak) display cabinets and bookcases. The display cabinets have glass shelves and doors, and are top lighted. Each cabinet module has a double-door bottom storage area where I can keep the empty boxes. It wasn’t cheap, however it was a lot cheaper than installing built in custom cabinetry, and although not likely to happen anytime soon, the units can (in theory) be emptied and moved. I'm including a couple of jpgs to show the overall effect.

Wow!!!! Now that is a museum!!!

 

[6th Wisconsin]

When my wife and I designed our retirement home in 2000, she got her dream kitchen, and I got my dream library. I did have the collection displayed in a series of lawyer’s bookcases, curio cabinets, and small glass cases. At a local Scandinavian furniture store I was able to find a combination of modular teak (remember not oak) display cabinets and bookcases. The display cabinets have glass shelves and doors, and are top lighted. Each cabinet module has a double-door bottom storage area where I can keep the empty boxes. It wasn’t cheap, however it was a lot cheaper than installing built in custom cabinetry, and although not likely to happen anytime soon, the units can (in theory) be emptied and moved. I'm including a couple of jpgs to show the overall effect.

That is a magnificent display you have there. One we should all envy. It is kind of like I am doing with my home office but far far superior!

 

[debrito]

I don't know how close Aurora New York is the Roslyn Harbor, but drop on by sometime and I will give you a little tour of the museum . . . my man cave is a three room third floor with 800 square feet of display space and another 300 feet of storage space, in which I display in 10 cabinets and on 17 K&C custom dioramas 300+ armored vehicles, 100+ aircraft, 2500+ soldiers and a small collection of military memorabelia.

2 500 soldiers, WOW this is pretty impressive collection Louis....