Sunday, 15 May 2011

More Toy Soldier Storage Solutions - plastic drawers

Given the degree of interest shown in my posts on my box file storage and transport project, I have taken some photos of the units I use for some other toys. 
I first discovered these plastic drawer units in a DIY store in the 1980s and now use quite a few of them to store various toys, including 1/600 ships, some 6mm 'Modern' kit, and my 6mm Great War figures.
The units are about 21x17x17cm.  This is the unit used to store my Great War Germans.
The drawers are just the right size for my fleet of 1/6000 scale ships.
The labelling project is gradually spreading to these units!
Some of the individual drawers are labelled using a Brother label making device I use in the office for making file labels.
The drawers are a handy size to accommodate units for some of the games I regularly play.  This pair of drawers contains the whole of German III Corps for Op14.
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10 comments:

  1. Conrad Kinch15 May 2011 at 17:45

    Carry on, always interested in other approaches to storage.

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  2. Don M15 May 2011 at 18:26

    I use those, and plastic tubs with air seal leds myself.

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  3. Paul´s Bods15 May 2011 at 19:01

    Good one...I´m really going to have to look into getting some sort of storage boxes for my lot.
    Cheers
    paul

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  4. Tim Gow15 May 2011 at 22:09

    Conrad Kinch
    Indeed - one can always benefit from someone else's mistakes!

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  5. Tim Gow15 May 2011 at 22:09

    Don M
    Let's have a look then!

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  6. Tim Gow15 May 2011 at 22:11

    Paul's Bods
    I take the view that it's worth putting a bit of resource into storage and transport - especially bearing in mind time time and money we devote to the contents!

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  7. Don M16 May 2011 at 06:45

    now that I have a new computer....will do!

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  8. Sun of York16 May 2011 at 15:35

    This is very helpful - thanks. I'm currently redoing all my storage solutions and seeing what others have done helps get ideas etc.

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  9. Tim Gow17 May 2011 at 18:40

    Don M
    Ah - I thought you'd been a bit quiet recently.

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  10. Tim Gow17 May 2011 at 18:41

    Sun of York
    No point 'reinventing the wheel' when you can steal other peoples' ideas! Help yourself.

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