trustytrev Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Hello, It is a lot easier and less hazardous to mount the back panel to the wall on it's own and assemble the rest to it. Lifting and holding the fully assembled item while drilling mounting holes is likely to end in tears and/or a visit to casualty. trustytrev. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted January 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2020 9 hours ago, trustytrev said: Hello, It is a lot easier and less hazardous to mount the back panel to the wall on it's own and assemble the rest to it. Lifting and holding the fully assembled item while drilling mounting holes is likely to end in tears and/or a visit to casualty. trustytrev. And I think I’ll be using this method with my next ones! The one I’ve just done was mounted built but without the glass shelves. Still took two people holding and one drilling/screwing (no dirty euphemisms intended). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) When I built mine, it was over the worktop, so I stacked up enough large books and magazines to take some of the weight while screwing the back panel to the wall. I only had about 25cm to make up - I wouldn't recommend a book stack from the floor! Edited January 11, 2020 by sharris 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagsniffer Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Couldn’t resist loading it up 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Clagsniffer said: Couldn’t resist loading it up That is a brilliant light show, what have you used, and how? I need to copy!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted January 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 11/01/2020 at 01:29, trustytrev said: Hello, It is a lot easier and less hazardous to mount the back panel to the wall on it's own and assemble the rest to it. Lifting and holding the fully assembled item while drilling mounting holes is likely to end in tears and/or a visit to casualty. trustytrev. Another way would be to mark and drill the wall using the back panel only, then build the carcass on the floor (or wherever) and hang on the wall when done. Add doors and shelves once hung on the wall. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagsniffer Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Nighthawk said: That is a brilliant light show, what have you used, and how? I need to copy!!! I used these from amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00SA12GRQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title I used two packs, they come with little sticky back pads or little screw in brackets, whichever you prefer. I routed the cables down the sides, then I’ll need to drill a couple of holes in the bottom to pass the cables through. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2020 17 hours ago, Clagsniffer said: Couldn’t resist loading it up Looks really good, but made my mind up......not big enough, for some reason I envisaged a Loco and at least a few carriages on each shelf, and I’m not going back to 2mm just for a cabinet........ Seriously though brilliant for a Loco collection 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 17 hours ago, boxbrownie said: ...not big enough, for some reason I envisaged a Loco and at least a few carriages on each shelf... You could always go pre-grouping - I bet you could get a loco and a fair number of Victorian 4- or 6- wheelers on a shelf 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium amwells Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2020 Thanks to Foden, we managed to swop cabinets over just after new year, he took my wood one and I took his white one. Already up on the wall and filling up nicely. now, if anyone else would like to swop, I have one more of the new wood ones and would like a white one instead. please PM me if interested. Unfortunately Lidl only offered white in Northern Ireland in 2019 it seems. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Picked up two more cases just before Christmas that makes 5 in total now. Just need to get some LED strips for the new ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustytrev Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) On 12/01/2020 at 10:53, boxbrownie said: Looks really good, but made my mind up......not big enough, for some reason I envisaged a Loco and at least a few carriages on each shelf, and I’m not going back to 2mm just for a cabinet........ Seriously though brilliant for a Loco collection Hello, You could get two and butt them up together with the side glass left out in the middle where they meet. Just need to trim the bottom shelf on both and they sit together nicely. Run a bead of silicone down the join and jobs a good un. trustytrev. Edited January 13, 2020 by trustytrev spelling 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2020 48 minutes ago, trustytrev said: Hello, You could get two and butt them up together with the side glass left out in the middle where they meet. Just need to trim the bottom shelf on both and they sit together nicely. Run a bead of silicone down the join and jobs a good un. trustytrev. Might work, but that’s the wrong word.....I don’t work anymore, I need everything handed to me on a silver platter, ready to go...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Not the display cabinet, but today I offered SWMBO that I would do the Lidl shopping... Not entirely out of altruism- I thought it was cheap soldering iron and rotary tools week! Anyway, apparently not, but my Lidl (Wimbledon) was doing furniture and I noticed they had a Livarno sewing machine table for ~£50 that might equally well function as a cheap modelling bench. http://offers.kd2.org/en/gb/lidl/pdXdi/ Note: this usually seems to be an October offer so I don't know if my Lidl was just clearing old stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Soldering irons tomorrow, along with some very useful cable connectors shrink wrap etc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted January 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 13/01/2020 at 04:41, amwells said: Thanks to Foden, we managed to swop cabinets over just after new year, he took my wood one and I took his white one. Already up on the wall and filling up nicely. now, if anyone else would like to swop, I have one more of the new wood ones and would like a white one instead. please PM me if interested. Unfortunately Lidl only offered white in Northern Ireland in 2019 it seems. Good to meet you buddy, glad your cabinet is up and filling up! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted March 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2020 Out of interest, I purchased a display cabinet from Amazon for £39.00. Quick delivery and seems quite sturdy. Its made from plywood which is easy enough to stain/paint. Maybe not as good looking as the Lidl one, but adequate for my needs https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0767GGT9X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2VYSWII90SZ2A&psc=1 I stained it with Colron woodstain (Jacobean Oak I believe), and lined it with green felt I had from a purchase off Ebay I made a couple of years ago. Ian 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I've been keeping an eye out for these display cases coming back into stock as they normally have them just before Xmas. But no sign of them yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 Don’t forget there are a lot of containers stuck on vessels outside uk ports, or diverted and sat in Rotterdam at the moment. This is a assuming they haven’t been held at factory’s due to the silly level of costs (shipping a container from Asia in November was £2100, now £7000 and counting). This is impacting all retailers great and small in a even handed way at the moment with shipments up to 3 weeks late and counting. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I did wonder if Covid was a factor. Lidl customer services were of little help. And could not give an answer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Could demand have fallen off - my local Lidl had a number in store for weeks last year and its possible they had non intention of stocking them this year given they work on shifting stuff quickly and the sheer area of floorspace needed did not return the £ they expect from it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Did anyone ever come up with suitable replacement hinges for these cases? I have had at least 3 go ping on my two cabinets. Fortunately no more than one on each door but I don’t trust them and could do with replacing them for peace of mind. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 21/12/2020 at 06:12, Jonboy said: Don’t forget there are a lot of containers stuck on vessels outside uk ports, or diverted and sat in Rotterdam at the moment. This is a assuming they haven’t been held at factory’s due to the silly level of costs (shipping a container from Asia in November was £2100, now £7000 and counting). This is impacting all retailers great and small in a even handed way at the moment with shipments up to 3 weeks late and counting. Hope there are no model locos on that Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez. The Egyptians have impounded it until a massive bill for £1Bn is paid. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Chameleon said: Did anyone ever come up with suitable replacement hinges for these cases? I have had at least 3 go ping on my two cabinets. Fortunately no more than one on each door but I don’t trust them and could do with replacing them for peace of mind. Try Lidls service dept especially if they are less than 3 years old as they will be under warrenty, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 14:37, Joseph_Pestell said: Hope there are no model locos on that Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez. The Egyptians have impounded it until a massive bill for £1Bn is paid. Dapol have said they have some - 7mm Class 121s? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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