Its my 7x7 foot 20 inch deep display case with storage underneath.
I am also selling 2 smaller displays as well
I bought this monster on Ebay maybe 3 years ago. It was in Albuquerque with a local pickup only on the shipping instructions. Well I won it and that was after a year of searching, so I wasn't letting this one go. Only problem was....how to get it to Dallas? Well I hired a bunch of yokels (I call em that because of how inept they were at keeping it safe)
and they drove out there to pick it up and bring it back for $400
It was the best display I had seen so far when it cam to housing my FoV collection. It was deep enough (and then some) to handle the length of the plastic bases that the tanks sit on and later after I decided to remove the base this beast held TONS of tanks. The shelves are only 12 inches deep, but that is more than enough as the longest FoV base is 13". You could add deeper shelves up to around 18 inches.
It has 2 front positioned large fluorescent lights with a reflector that keeps the lights directed inward. If it appears dark on the lower portions, that is because the base plates blocked out the light as it went down. Later when I took all the tanks off the bases it really looked wonderful.
The bottom is a nice large area for display too and serves as the top of the lower area separated into 2 compartments that shut with sliding wood doors.
The good and the bad
it does come apart and can be moved in my Honda Element or whatever you have (it will need to come apart to get out my house)
it has a lock for the sliding glass front doors, but no key (seller said he was sending it...I am still waiting!) Would not be much to have a key made, you could even take the door to a locksmith and avoid them coming to you
the top glass (yes the top is glass) is cracked in half ( i never notice) it has a tint on it that keeps the 2 parts together. This flaw it NOT an issue as the glass has never and appears to have no way of moving or falling . It is just something I set up there and forget about. Its stays in place under its own weight
Remember that I called the guys I hired to move it yokels? Here's why: They went and got it, brought it all the way here and started unloading it FAST. I told them to hold on let me get some cardboard to lay on the porch to avoid the glass getting scratched or chipped and ass I came out front door one of the "Slower minded" of the family sat one of the heavy massive sliding glass door down on the patio .."crunch" as the corner powderized in glass dust. I was more than pissed. They started loading out even FASTER and forgot they agreed to help me move it upstairs, they just bolted. Well the damage was thankfully cosmetic. I coated it in clear packing tape to prevent anyone getting cut or a crack advancing out from it, but it has been something I would have to point out to people for them to notice, seriously it bothered me more the day it happened than it does now....stupid dumb azz yokels
seriously the close up pic I have provided shows more tape than actual damage
It rewired it to use a 3 prong plugs instead of some other type of plugless wiring it had (industrial??)
so now it goes in wall
I will include my wireless on/off clicker, turn it on with push of you thumb on this key chain remote clicker
Obviously this is my pride and joy..how much so? Let's put it this way, I sold the FoV collection that was IN it to get through rough $ times before I now come to this point of having to sell the very thing I bought to hold them.
If you live in Dallas or near N. Texas this is your for $1500 obo
or if you live somewhere and can get it shipped I will happily dismantle and load it with whomever you send
it is a damn nice case and I absolutely HATE selling it. But there is NO other way
ok there are 2 small ones I can sell for $80 each. Don't like selling them either but I need the $$$
Width: 16 3/4 "
Depth: 14 3/8 "
Height: 64 1/8 "
ok here are the pics:
(click thumbnails for larger images)
