Mine are in a transitional process. Previously, I had them on those ugly metal rail-and-bracket shelves you use in your garage or laundry room, but I began rebuilding all the furniture in my office and have started on some actual shelves made from actual wood.

This first pic is of my bookshelf, which incorporates a display shelf just above the midline (baby and cat-proof):



The next two show my under-construction cabinet with display space. The cabinets below will be getting doors, eventually. The main shelf is 18 inches deep, and will have a secondary level added to create a terraced effect and essentially double the space I now have. Above that will be another shelf spanning both walls upon which I will be placing my nautical and railroad kits. Eventually I will be building more display cabinets in the adjoining room which will be traditional wood and glass units large enough to hold my 1/32 aircraft and armor that spills out of here. They will be large enough on top to accommodate my 1/32 B-17G, B-25J, and Revell twin engine Luftwaffe subjects.

I recently added this IKEA Detolf cabinet to my hobby room. Very nice, especially as it sells only for about $60 in Canada. Until I have enough kits worth displaying, I'll use it to house old cameras. Maybe I should have a second one for model kits? In any case, I don't want to fill it until I've added a good lighting kit.

I knocked this together in a day earlier this year:


(Excuse the poor photo quality--light is not good today and the phone is being recalcitrant)


This is really meant to be temporary until I can get moved into a house of my own (vice a rental), and then I'll come up with something nicer. As it is, I'm approaching maximum density, and have nowhere else to put another set of shelves--Oh, well; guess that means it's time to move!

James - Wow! Very nice! I love all of the modern vehicles, especially all the Abrams!

Kuba - Nice display of all your HMMWVs!

Russ,
It's actually a re-release of the original kit, this one commemorating John Glenn's return to space. Having worked on the Atlas program when I was on active duty I couldn't stand the idea of a naked Atlas sitting there without any support so I scratchbuilt the service tower based on whatever photos I could find. I just dropped some quick snaps of it in my gallery.

Unfortunately, this is one of my first builds after taking up the hobby as an adult, and it shows pretty clearly how immature my skills were at the time.

Mark,
Thanks for posting those photos. On the contrary, I think you've done a masterful job with an old kit-- I'd like to see more of us older modelers "resurrecting some of these old kits. I'm currently building my 1962 "everything is go" Mercury-Atlas kit, using the LVM miniatures Complex 14 LUT. I got my kit for Xmas 1963-- and have always wanted to build it-- going on 53 years now! Your scratchbuilt LUT looks great, as does the Mercury-Atlas. I know this is off topic for lots of Armor Modelers, but bear with us old missile modelers!
VR, Russ