How do you display your collection?

[flyboy_fx]

Well, once life settles down again, it will be time to get back to finishing my room. So any pictures of how you guys display your collection would be great! I have a lot to display, so any ideas will be great! Needing ideas that looks nice and hold a lot. For now it will be plain metal shelving. I would like to replace it. I will be painting my room an interesting way too! It will have cherry wood colored flooring, bluegrey walls with large geometric shapes in navy blue outlined in white. So come at me with some ideas! I could use a distraction right now.

[granch]

Just hangged most at the ceiling of my old cellar. My helicopters don't fly high over the ground, but as I'm not tall, I have anough place to move between old boxes and tables (where I have a lot of project on their way), without crawling to avoid air collision...
From time to time, they flies for a while upside down to keep the prop blades straight and my youngest daughter loves to win 5$ for dusting the models with a pastry cook brush. By the way, it seems that spiders like to seat on helicopters and to tighten a lot of optical fibers for a better communication between my air assault units (4 MH-6, 3 Kiowas, Apache, Blackhawk and Cobra- 1 of each; soon (?) a PH custom Pavehawk and a 2nd custom Blackhawk).
Would love to have a skyblue ceiling and a very big landscape on the floor (or a 5x6 meters satellite picture).

[tankduel]

I bought some of these to improve my displays
http://www.containerstore.com/shop/kitc ... d=10000696
Nev

[USCGMK2]

I got this from Home Depot $60, I just had wood cut to fit over the holes on the shelves, so the landing gear wouldn't fall through . I have 2 of these, they'll hold about 10 planes each. As you can see doubling up 2 Corsairs is a little tight but they fit. Cheapest, lightest, and easy to disassemble thing I could find. One of these days when i get a house i'll build something better and i'll just use these shelves in the garage. Multi-purpose.

[Warbird Kid]

In a box in the basement! But besides that, my father and I will usually hang up two or three underneath the canopy that covers our back deck.




This display is only temporary for the Summer Season since were up here in sunny Connecticut. We also display some at the Connecticut Air & Space Center since were members and advisors there.

[Threetoughtrucks]

All in my office/den/extra room, on all 4 walls of adjustable height shelving. Adjustable shelves easily changed. Big stuff either on the floor, on shelves or on 2 kitchen carts with adjustable shelves and industrial style wheels for easy moving. Great currently for 3 1/6 tanks and a extra White Scout Car.

Shelving from Lowe's with wooden shelves with various widths. Carts were from Amazon.

Every once in a while I throw everything in a big pile and start rearranging after I take my meds and the "pile on" feeling wears off.

TTT

[tmanthegreat]

I've moved into a new house and am in the process of setting up my "mancave" and getting everything else in there.

The way the "mancave" room is designed, it has a high slopped ceiling that goes from about 8 feet at the lowest point to 11 at the highest. There is a little 1 foot wide ledge at the back wall about 9 feet up. On that ledge, I've placed most of my 1:6 items, save for some boxed pieces and the large tanks. On a wall space below the ledge and above the doors, I have 1:18 planes hanging on the wall. (I've never done that before and am pleased with the results).



I added some Ikea "Billy" shelves at one side of the room to hold books and models. I keep my 1:18 armor in the deeper cabinets with the glazed doors. Books, 1:32 planes, 1:32 tanks and other assorted items fill the smaller shelves. A few 1:18 planes have been placed on top.



There are more 1:18 planes on the ceiling and some on a display table under the window.







I've got various other 1:18 and smaller scale items scattered in other rooms, but the biggest concentration is in the mancave.

This is still very much a work-in-progress. Eventually, I'll have pictures and posters on the walls and likely a different assortment of aircraft than what is seen. Still, I'm really enjoying the chance to make my own display room, but one doesn't realize how much they have accumulated over time until they have to move it!

[big_mike]

That's a very cool work in progress tman. My sister and brother-in-law have a place with high roofs and recesses like that. When I first visited I was envisioning what my stuff would look like with a pad like that. Turns out my vision and your reality aren't all that different.

[Jnewboy]

Tman your collection is brilliant! Very Nice! I have to come up the valley someday and visit you!

[Yoxford]

Tman has a great set up...mine is more limited to space...just trade out planes and armor from month to month.

[tmanthegreat]

Thanks for all the compliments

It’s really nice finally have a place where I can display the bulk of my collection in one place as opposed to just a handful of items. Conspicuously missing are the modern planes and helicopters, which are actually in another room. All the displayed/hanging planes are the loose ones in my collection and I’ve not even gotten to moving the boxed ones. Never realized I had so much until I had to move it

[granch]

tmanthegreat, may we have a look into your modern aircraft room?
Finally, I love the planes hanging at the ceilling. It brings me more dreams.

[Warbird Kid]

Tman has a great set up...mine is more limited to space...just trade out planes and armor from month to month.

Which other one's have you done like that?! Thats great! Very clean looking!

[Rowsdower]

I display wherever it will fit and usually under lots of dust.

[tmanthegreat]

tmanthegreat, may we have a look into your modern aircraft room?
Finally, I love the planes hanging at the ceilling. It brings me more dreams.

Well, since you asked

Here's the room where I have the modern aircraft, for the time being.



The other side of the room. Haven't filled in the shelves completely, though that is where the diecast will go.



Pickelhaube's Horten HO-229 flies



I've got a lot of respect for those of you with smaller collections. You've had the discipline to keep things small and tasteful. With only a few exceptions, I've stuck to 1 or 2 each of any particular type of model and I've never been the type to have one of every repaint. Still, even with a house to myself, I'm practically running out of room! There's over 30 aircraft (loose and boxed) that are not out on display. I guess I could display more, you know, forrest the ceiling with them, but then that looks too tacky.

Crap! Never realized I was such a hoarder

[pickelhaube]

Great collections !!

I would like to see more shots of that in flight 229

[snake]

That is a great looking display, Tman.

Tastefully done, and not too cluttered. Shows the models off well.

And a good mix of props and jets.

Didn't realize you had so much armour.

[Axis Nightmare]

I got this corner unit for $10 at a garage sale hoping my 1/18 Halftracks would fit but they were about an inch too long. Does fit 1/32 Tigers and Panthers just fine though. Pretty puny compared with some of the more spectacular displays I've seen here but I'm happy with it.

[snake]

Nothing wrong with that display piece, Axis Nightmare.

Shows off the 1/32 armour just fine.

[Threetoughtrucks]

Still, the best way for me is adjustable shelving available at any Home Depot/Lowes in shelf lengths and width. Adjustable for 1/6, 1/18 or smaller. I recently found two rolling carts with adjustable shelves that are great for really big stuff (not shown in pic)


TTT

[tmanthegreat]

Got to love the Dragon Panzer II! Thanks to TTT, I've now got one of those sitting on my mancave floor

[rawjinks]

I love the pictures of the models hanging on the wall. I am thinking about doing that myself. Question though, how are you hanging them on the wall. I am apprehensive about them falling. Anyone have pics of the way they are hung I would appreciate it.

Thanks

[cnq]

I only have a small collections compare to you guys. Below are some pictures of my humble man cave

[[CAT]CplSlade]

Just finished the first part of a multi-part shelving project for my man cave. I've replaced the crappy old rail-and-bracket shelves with a handmade bookshelf that incorporates a display shelf. This will continue onto my other walls as time (and money) allows, but right now I have almost doubled the space for my armor.



It is completely made from wood except for 4 screws holding the top to the wall, so if I had to I could remove it and disassemble it. The shelves are held in place with dowels.

The next phase will only have a couple of shelves for books. Below the display shelf will be storage for my building supplies and other mess to keep out of sight when not needed, and the display space itself will be larger in order to eventually hold my sub and railway guns.

My airplanes will still have to hang overhead.

For reference, here's a pic showing the old shelves (and the old way I hung my planes):

[Studly]

Wow Guys some really nice looking display's Well Done

Cheers
Studly