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So we had two big earthquakes here in So Cal. (Very close to NTC) amazingly my collection managed to stay on their shelves...
Anyone else in earthquake country come up with a good way to secure models! Tried museum wax, but you’ll never get them off without breaking...
Did manage to forget I was painting and leave airbrush full of paint all night...
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Jamie;
Maybe you can "Peg" your builds to the shelf? I wanted to display my armor builds in a tall glass-front cabinet... And I wanted to be able to better see the builds on higher shelves, so I wanted to have the shelves slope down to the front of the cab... So I needed to anchor the builds so that they didn't simply slide down and off the sloped shelves... But I wanted to be able to easily remove models for whatever - which ruled out gluing or otherwise sticking them onto the shelves. The shelves are glass. I cut 1.5 x 0.75 inch pieces of masonite peg-board, glued in 1.5 inch tall dowel rod "pegs" at either end, and stuck these peg-boards onto the glass using Liquid Nails. Each build gets 2 holes drilled into its bottom using a template, and it simply slips down onto the pegs.
It's a bit of fiddle, but peg-boards are easy to make and attach to the shelves. The holes in the tank-bottoms will of course determine what way the build faces on the shelf - so a decision must be made as to how you want that build to sit. Drilling holes for pegs uses a template, so all kits get drilled with correct hole-spacing, and can be moved to other peg-boards to re-arrange the display. Pegs can be dowel, wire, glass or plastic rod, as desired.
I don't live in 'quake-country, so am not concerned with stuff "jumping off pegs" - but fitting a little "blue tac or other art-sticky-gum around the pegs will prevent that possible jump-off, but still allow it to be easily plucked off when so desired.
IF YOU are using horizontal wood shelves, your task could be a bit easier - just drill holes in the shelves for the pegs, or glue pegs onto the shelves directly. This will work well for things which have hidden bottoms which can be pegged... Tanks, cars, trucks, etc. Probably not so well for airplanes!
Other "peg" options abound when using wood shelving... Thin, stiff wire or glass or clear plastic rods passed thru holes in the shelving provide skinnier, less-visible pegs, for instance.
Just some suggestions!
Bob
