Chris VanderHeide cv_acr

I got a little tired of digging around in my box of packages of styrene strip to try and find the specific size I need for whatever project I'm working on, so I broke out the foam core board and whipped up a little something.

Fine precision isn't necessarily key to this project but the overall size is 11.5” wide, 18” tall overall and 4” deep. The rear set of pockets has a 2” deep false floor to stagger them higher than the front row so the labels are visible. All of the pieces are glued together with regular PVA white glue. Other that that, what you see is pretty much what you get.

Now my styrene supply is much more organized and easy to access. A must have for any serious hobbyist's workshop. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and should have done a while ago...

Chris van der Heide

My Algoma Central Modelling Blog

Canadian Freight Car Gallery

CPR Sudbury Division (Waterloo Region Model Railway Club)

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Rick Sutton

That looks cool!

Sort of like having the hobby shop right at your fingertips. I've put it on my "to do" list

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AJKleipass

Too small...

Um, if that's for the "serious hobbyist" I wonder what that makes me. I have a large plastic shoe box full of sheet styrene, and a Home Depot 19" tool box ( https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-19-in-Plastic-Tool-Box-with-Metal-Latches-and-Removable-Tool-Tray-17331512/202021300) full of the strip styrene. I'm not sure how much it all weighs, but just in terms of number of packages, it would overwhelm the limits of a rack like that - not to mention take up too much space in my workshop.

I fear that I might have crossed the line between serious hobbyist and seriously insane hobbyist.

 

AJ Kleipass

Proto-freelance modeling the Tri-State System c.1942
The layout is based upon the operations of the Delaware Valley Railway,
the New York, Susquehanna & Western, the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern,
the Middletown & Unionville, and the New York, Ontario & Western.

 

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Chris VanderHeide cv_acr

Too Small?

You can make it to a larger size with more pockets, or just make more than one.

The toolbox should work fine too, the point is to organize the supply a bit better than all tossed into one large un-divided box together.

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Craig Townsend

One of every size

That's a good storage solution. I did something similar with my stock. I hung a pegboard up, and each strip size (.010, .020, etc) has it's own rack. That way I can easily see what size is in stock and when I need to order more. My goal that I'm slowly working on is to have on stock at least 1 package of each strip stock, shape, etc. I hate scratchbuilding and finding out that the one size I need, is missing!

Craig 

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Modeltruckshop

I got lucky

when a local hobby shop closed I bought the Plastruct rotating display, K&S rack and Testors paint rack. My basement looks like a hobby shop. Its nice too because I when I buy a size or shape I can put it where it really belongs to keep it all sorted out.

  I like you home box. Should serve well.

 

 

Steve

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Neal M

I did one with things around the house...

I used a combination of both empty paper towel cardboard and toilet paper cardboard sleeves. Taped 2 toilet paper rolls together with tape and put them in a cardboard box. Just the right height, and I put each size & shape in its own sleeve. 

Does the job!

Neal

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Chris VanderHeide cv_acr

Does the Job

Quote:

Does the job!

Whatever the approach, that's the important thing.

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