..and she said "Whatcha gonna do with that?

[tractorboy]

…… and he said, "Just you wait and see."

I was down our local market last Sunday and saw this on a stall. My first thought was "I can do something with that."
Being a terrible hoarder (miser) I decided to only use what I had in my garage.

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So removed the Battery Zone header and cleaned it up.

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Then made a new header.

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Tidied up the supports and cut some plastic shelving to size.

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Fitted the rest of the shelving.

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Then decided to remove the side advertising to give a clean look.

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To accommodate the boxes I thought it would be a good idea to use clear plastic tubing - big mistake (more later) but you may be able to guess what happened!

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Started loading the boxes and models - this is where it got interesting. Flat box on round shape - doesn't work very well but I persevered (stubborn male syndrome).

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Frustrating hour with boxes falling off circular tubing - but I persevered (this was the mistake). Also not able to load all the boxes onto display - worked that out about half way along but thought somehow it would magically all come right .

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Time for a cup of tea ………… and a trip to the garage to see what I had in there.

Found some more plastic shelving pieces that I was able to cut to put on the circular tubing - much better result. Also refigured the bottom shelves to create more shelves.

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Final display - D1 & D2 Series of boxes - (4 missing but hopefully will get there).

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[SuperFast]

Just saw the first picture and thought the shelf would be perfect for blistercards.
But what a nice D-Box collection, the D-Boxes are my favorite box types in the RW range. I really miss a lot of D-Boxes in my own collection.
Great transformation Rodger

Sven

[kay]

Wow, that's a really really cool way of displaying models and boxes!!!
Well, certainly makes me think about dust cleaning though...

Kay

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Great find Roger and a very good recycling idea, looks brilliant.

Ghosthunter.

[johnboy]

I like it Rodger, you've done a good job there. It has a great retro look to it.

[motorman]

Brilliant Rodger, great work, great display, well worth all the work!!!

[Tinman]

I like that, it looks great with all the models. Nice job on the header too.

[tractorboy]

Thanks for the kind comments.
I've got file cabinet drawers full of models that never come out to play so the aim was to get them out and appreciate them.

I was going to recreate a Matchbox display header and I thought there was someone on the forum who had an archive of different headers. After searching 45 forum pages and trying on-line I decided it would be easier just to create my own. With the template I can then create A box, B box, King Size, etc headers and keep the display renewed with different models.

Just about to have a look on eBay to see if I can fill the missing gaps: 55A DUKW, 58A BEA Coach, 66A Citroen DS., 47A Trojan Tea Van, 53A Aston Martin, 33A Ford Zodiac Sedan, 71A Army Water Truck , 62A Military Lorry, 56A London Trolley Bus & 18C Caterpillar Bulldozer (may have to do this in reverse order )