How do you display your models?

[Sammo123]

I’ve recently started collecting 1/43 F1 models and would ideally like to display them in the house. I’m not too keen on displaying them in their cases so would ideally like a shelf or cabinet, but looking online there doesn’t seem to be much.

Can I see how people are displaying their 1/43 models?

[moffspeed]

£20 spent on an ex-shop display at a local auction. Tidied it up, added an LED strip light in the “roof” and now displays a few Dinkys...

[rowley birkin]

I find that one on each arm works well.

[moffspeed]

If you go down the display cabinet route there is some stuff available on eBay - including the popular "Atlas Editions" display case which has 15 compartments suitable for 1:43 models - its cheap at about £15 but very uninspiring.

Top tip - head to "Easy Live Auctions" and type "display shelf/cabinet" into the search engine - you'll find anything that is coming up in the near future at any registered UK auction house. You can bid live and most auction houses will arrange p&p at reasonable rates if the auction is not local to you.

This is another ex-auction jewellery cabinet adapted to represent a period Dinky display :

Edited by moffspeed on Sunday 28th February 11:02

[Zad]

Ikea Detolf cabinets seem very popular with various genres of model makers / collectors.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/detolf-glass-door-cab...

[Riley Blue]

For 1:43 scale cars Ikea Bertby cabinets are ideal. Though discontinued, they appear on Ebay from time to time.

[wolfie1978]

I use these

Edited by wolfie1978 on Monday 1st March 08:58

[wolfie1978]

[Sammo123]

wolfie1978 said:

I use these

Edited by wolfie1978 on Monday 1st March 08:58

Are they the ones from Amazon? I've been looking at them but wasn't sure if they were going to be deep enough.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PHLZJ6/ref...

[wolfie1978]

Sammo123 said:

Are they the ones from Amazon? I've been looking at them but wasn't sure if they were going to be deep enough.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PHLZJ6/ref...

Yes they're the ones

[Spottedlaurel]

Diecast displays almost sorted by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

I use a random assortment of old china cabinets for the majority of mine. The taller one on the right came down to me from my grandparents, I remember it from when I was young. I added thicker toughened glass shelves to both of the ones in the bottom shot, and I need to add a shelf or two in the one I use for my 1:24/25 kits.

I don't think either of the two I purchased cost me much more than £10 apiece from the local auctions.

[Sammo123]

wolfie1978 said:

Yes they're the ones

Brilliant. I think you've solved my dilemma there

[anonymous-user]

I had an acrylic display case made to size to hold my little collection of some of the real cars i have worked on from 1971-83 (couple of Brabham's excluded but represent the year of another car)

[Simpo Two]

moffspeed said:

Top tip - head to "Easy Live Auctions" and type "display shelf/cabinet" into the search engine - you'll find anything that is coming up in the near future at any registered UK auction house. You can bid live and most auction houses will arrange p&p at reasonable rates if the auction is not local to you.

Good grief, it's the Rightmove of auctions!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

wolfie1978 said:

What happened to 1981?


...and '78

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

1969 was a bugger for model collectors. High wing & low wing variants.

[anonymous-user]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

1969 was a bugger for model collectors. High wing & low wing variants.

1976 high and low airbox variants.

[threespires]

moffspeed said:

£20 spent on an ex-shop display at a local auction. Tidied it up, added an LED strip light in the “roof” and now displays a few Dinkys...

Every one a memory for me, lovely.

[wolfie1978]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

What happened to 1981?


...and '78

I didn't have the 81 when i took this and i still haven't managed to get a 1978. I try to stick to cars with the correct tobacco livery on so it makes them harder to find or horrendously expensive.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

wolfie1978 said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

What happened to 1981?


...and '78

I didn't have the 81 when i took this and i still haven't managed to get a 1978. I try to stick to cars with the correct tobacco livery on so it makes them harder to find or horrendously expensive.

Excellent collection. Hard to tell from the photo, but 1/43?