display cases... need ideas

Try Exoticar. Their website has a lot, but I would recommend putting yourself on their mailing list for their brochure. They have some great stuff.

 

But their customer service is the WORST.

AUTOart makes some nice display cases, maybe try them?

 

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Stay as far away from Exoticar as you can.

The absolute worst model company ever. There's and endless list of people here who have been snubbed by them.

 

You might want to check out IKEA's stuff. I got my display cases from there (Detolf) its glass and lighted, so it works out well for me. My only gripe with the ones that I have, wish that they came with more shelves.

 

I'd agree with IKEA, while I have a huge bookcase my brother-in -law built for me, the IKEA cases are very nice, especially for 1/18 scale.

 

I know this may not be your answer but I thought I would post this anyway...it's an interesting solution. These are 1/43 [Heco Bugattis] and the owner decided to build them into his table!
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Well… how many are we talking about???? If you're like me and have about 230+ of them, then the only thing that comes to mind is a custom built book case with class shelves and sliding doors. I too have this same problem and I’ve been thinking about building a custom case (see image below) to fit all my cars in a 12' x 72" x 13" wood case made into two sections and then add a mirror backing with 9 glass shelves with 4 glass doors that's attached to one of my den's walls. I have a buddy who’s a cabinet maker who I’m going to ask if he could build me the wood case for about $800ish then I would have to spend another $600 to 800ish for the mirror and glass. It's still cheaper that a standard 6' x 72" x 15" case from a furniture store for about $1200 each. My drawing doesn’t include lighting, and crown molding to spruce it up a bit. All my cars are in red so painting or staining the case in black which should bring out the color in the cars. Good luck in what ever you chose to display your cars.
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May this an answer for what you looking for........
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.... Almost. The space between the cars, seem tight. How many do you have?

 

I wish I have more money to buy a bigger space to keep them......

for 1/18, over 700... for 1/12 over 60+

Each level maximum has 24 cars......

And there are 13 display looks like these.... and 2 small ones for 1/12 models

 

That is pretty nice. I'd have to check it out in person. My bedroom is very very small. But it may fit in a corner perfectly. I'm gonna have to check this out closer.

 

IT is pretty tight in space with my huge collection, as my collection is growing at a rate of 10-15 cars per month.

Only in Sep and Oct, I bought 60 cars from local shops and ebay auctions.

 

The DETOLF display looks nice but it cannot add extra shelf in its design, I have seen this in IKEA shop at Hong Kong. Each level fits 2 cars only...... the other way to display more, you can make some arylic support to hold 2 more cars... you can see in my display, some level have a double deck at the back.... that's the arylic support I have added into it... each holds 8 cars.....

It is not expensive to make those arylic support in Hong Kong, but it is not too common to find such shops in USA/Canada.

 

For years I used display cases by ACI.

I used them at my store, at vendor events like the Barrett-Jackson Auction and at my home. They are incredible displays

http://www.acidisplay.com/

 

Nice design... IT would be ok for 230 cars around....

but my shelves (the one shows the Mclaren and F355 is half of the whole shelve), the dimension is about 40"(L) X 24" (D) X 76"(H)

The one (up-level) show the Mclaren and F355 can show up to 104 cars. The down-level also about to hold another 80 cars max(but usually hold 64-72 cars)

So, for the whole shelve, 40"(L) X 24" (D) X 76"(H), it stores a maximum of 184 cars with tight spacing......

 

nice display....

I like its DISPLAY & CABINET LIGHTING.... I cannot see this type in Hong Kong......

 

I am looking for display cabinet too.

Need a big one to display my 1/12 collection..

I found this one on IKEA. http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/40116876

 

This one is good for 1 car, for 2, the space is very tight.... I have one of this before...

 

Now that is a shame!

Ive made up at least 20 of those 45,000 display cases....and sold all but 4 of them...guess I have some real collectibles there! collectible cases!