Are your models collecting dust?

[Art Anderson]

As I have very little space for displaying, the models that I don't display here in my apartment get stored in those foldup boxes from a nearby Sports Collectible shop. The 550-card box works perfectly for just about any 50's and later cars. I bought some cotton tricot scraps (T-shirt cotton knit) that are sold for dustrags in a lot of the "big box" stores, and use that rolled up as padding around the sides and across the ends, and simply lay a piece of it loosely across the top of the model.

Those boxes are very dust-tight, never a problem with dust, and in the bargain, those make excellent carriers for taking models to shows. For taller cars, there are "mailer" boxes that are higher and wider, with the same dust-resistant design.

Art

[Miatatom]

I just completed this last week. It's not beautiful, but it works. Now to get it filled up.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Yeah.... My builds are never really done, so they sit on the shelf of doom for a while, go to the bench for repairs, back on the shelf, bench for mods.... and on, and on....

[charlie8575]

I have display cases on open shelves. Even though the house is quite dusty due to our surroundings, the cases and models stay quite clean.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

I have many of my models in those AMT Individual cases and they stay dust free. I have 21 cars in Acrylic cases on the wall and a little dust gets in but nothing to worry about. I have a small curio and a little dust gets in but most models except the ones pilling trailers are in AMT Individual cases. Is any wall cases or curios 100 percent dust proof I don't know...

[cruz]

Dust ruins paint jobs so to me it's important to protect them specially after spending lots of time polishing and waxing. If a display case can't handle the job of holding off dust I might as well not even spend my money buying one.

[Roadrunner]

I don't finish enough kits to worry much about dust. Those that do get finished (especially if I've spent a lot of time on them), usually go under acrylic covers.

[Snake45]

When mine get dusty enough, I like to blow 'em apart, clean 'em up real good with soapy water and a soft brush, and put them back together, maybe making some little fixes and improvements on the reassemble.

[angelo7]

Hey Tom (Miatatom), I know of a guy with a case similar to yours. He did a hole in the wall and put the case in the hole so the case frame was flush with the wall.

[Jim N]

I store mine in gallon size zip lock bags and put them on a shelf.

[Miatatom]

Hey Tom (Miatatom), I know of a guy with a case similar to yours. He did a hole in the wall and put the case in the hole so the case frame was flush with the wall.

I bet that looks cool!

[The70judgeman]

Mind you, I just picked it up recently from a LHS that's closing its doors and I just threw a few things in it for a picture. I may have to seal the door better than it is. I was also warned not to use the lights for long periods of time if I plan to put plastic models in it....halogen spot lights that generate heat = melted/warped plastic.

[jbwelda]

nice case andy, I bet you could find some LED bulbs to replace those halogen ones, that would be the end of the heat problem.

jb

[lordairgtar]

Oh sure Andy. You're the one who got that before I could get my hands on it. Darn! But seriously, nice score.

[Tom Geiger]

nice case andy, I bet you could find some LED bulbs to replace those halogen ones, that would be the end of the heat problem.

jb

The only time I use the lights in my cases is when I'm showing them to a visitor.

[angelo7]

The only time I use the lights in my cases is when I'm showing them to a visitor.

Same here. I imagine they could also fade the paint.