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  • outrunner
    • Apr 2019
    • 2420

    #1

    Display cases.

    Does anyone know of a good source for a display case for a 1/9 scale motorcycle?, I finally persuaded my mate his model really needs to be in a case but now I am having trouble finding one that fits the bill.

    Andy.
  • yak face
    Moderator
    • Jun 2009
    • 13829
    • Tony
    • Sheffield

    #2
    Try eBay andy . If you type in display case and filter the category to die cast vehicles you should get plenty of results. I saw one for 1/18 scale cars for 12.99 , should be about right for a 1/9 bike. I know that trumpeter do them too but theirs are four times the price!

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    • AlanG
      • Dec 2008
      • 6296

      #3
      Or if you know a local glass supplier, ask them to make a custom one with offcuts

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      • Bortig the Viking
        SMF Supporters
        • Mar 2019
        • 780

        #4
        Try this, used them before.

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        • outrunner
          • Apr 2019
          • 2420

          #5
          Originally posted by yak face
          Try eBay andy . If you type in display case and filter the category to die cast vehicles you should get plenty of results. I saw one for 1/18 scale cars for 12.99 , should be about right for a 1/9 bike. I know that trumpeter do them too but theirs are four times the price!
          Thanks for the tip Tony looking at the measurements that will probably do the job as I do not want to spend a load of someone elses cash on a fancy case.

          Andy.

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            #6
            Originally posted by outrunner
            Thanks for the tip Tony looking at the measurements that will probably do the job as I do not want to spend a load of someone elses cash on a fancy case.

            Andy.
            Just a thought Andy

            Why not provide a base tarmac with a verge with grass & perhaps a wild plant two.

            Base perhaps rounded with a rounded back drop scenery.

            Or similar with a backdrop of bikes all ready at the start.

            For me much more exciting than putting in a glass case. My bet viewers will be more impressed with a dio.

            Just a thought. Just love models to be shown in their natural & interesting environment. Just gives to me
            a feeling of being there rather than in a shut away case.

            Also releases those imaginative & artistic capabilities which should be at the heart of all model making..

            Laurie

            Laurie

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            • outrunner
              • Apr 2019
              • 2420

              #7
              Originally posted by Laurie
              Just a thought Andy

              Why not provide a base tarmac with a verge with grass & perhaps a wild plant two.

              Base perhaps rounded with a rounded back drop scenery.

              Or similar with a backdrop of bikes all ready at the start.

              For me much more exciting than putting in a glass case. My bet viewers will be more impressed with a dio.

              Just a thought. Just love models to be shown in their natural & interesting environment. Just gives to me
              a feeling of being there rather than in a shut away case.

              Also releases those imaginative & artistic capabilities which should be at the heart of all model making..

              Laurie

              Laurie
              Thanks for the ideas Laurie but I know this guy well and something exposed will get knocked over or broken so it is in his best interest for the model to be protected in a case and he now agrees with me.

              Andy.

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