What do you use to organize the loose bits and bobs from modelling/building?

[OnTheBranchline]

Thinking of getting a storage compartment organizer, is that what everyone else uses to keep like with like together?

[DCB]

Chinese takeaway cartons and  plastic  biscuit tins. I have  some  drawer units   4 X 4   and 8 high 4 wide  and various compartmented storage boxes but they are fiddly so Chinese pots are my go to solution.  Downside I don't eat  Chinese takeaways so have  to get wife and son to eat the  takeaway.  Fortunately eBay  gives me a way to sell the rubbish, er surplus parts,  or I would need several sheds.

[Mike Bellamy]

 

Have a look at the products from EBMA shown in link below. No connection with them but I saw their display at a show recently.

 

https://www.ebmahobby.co.uk/

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[woodyfox]

I recycle plastic takeaway tubs and have a plastic box with small, multiple compartments that my kids used to store something called power crazy go-gos when they were 5 or 6. They're in their 20s now... 

[ianLMS]

I have 100 or so take away tubs from the local chinese for static grass, flocks, off cuts of card, brass bits, loco spares etc. They stack easy and i just put a label on the front.  For smaller tools, glues, etc i use a large 20 drawer storage unit. For tiny bits, i use one of those draper type drawer units. For larger tools i use magnet strips to hold them. 

 

Examples;

Britten & James 40 Drawer Storage Cabinet Organiser Unit Black ideal for Workroom, Workshop, Garage or Shed https://amzn.eu/d/9IunAUm

 

Maison & White Storage Cabinet 44 Drawer | Multi Draw Garage, Shed, & Home Organiser | DIY Tool Box with Small/Large Drawers | Chest Tools & Craft Boxes | Pukkr https://amzn.eu/d/45kkmt9

 

 

[woodyfox]

Used glass spice/herb jars with a screw top are very useful for liquids such as IPA, diluted pva and mixed paints. Sainsbury's own brand ones are a good size. I use pen holder desk tidy's for holding tools. 

[Wheatley]

Margarine tubs (an Iain Rice idea) to keep wagon-sized projects together, which replaced a load of APTIS ticket boxes which were  just the right size. 

 

Currently gradually being replaced a few at a time with lots of these in various sizes from playing card to A4. 

 

https://www.google.com/local/place/products/product?ludocid=2941187137922401616&entry_id=1157522284954597387&hl=en-GB&cs=1&gl=uk

[doilum]

Ferrero Rocher

About 40 of the standard size at the last count. The large flat.square presentation boxes are ideal for dismantling mechanisms where small components might be easily lost. It also means that half assembled assemblies can be safely put away at the end of the session.

 

[TheSignalEngineer]

A vote for margarine tubs here for wagon projects. Used to store all bits from kits or dismantled conversions, plus detailing parts required for the job. 

Part assembled work kept in the same box between sessions.

Then there is my stock of Evergreen strip.

[AyJay]

Whenever I’m at a hotel, getting rare now, I’ll always make off with a few of those individual portionglass marmalade pots. Useful for storing small number of tiny bits.

[Mallard60022]

A Loft.

Phil

[MJI]

I investigate the real useful box range.

 

Got a rack of small ones with wheels, brakegear, bearings, w irons, and various other underframe components.

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

Redundant 'Browne Issue' filing boxes, long ago discarded by Herts library service. My affianced librarian scooped them up into the boot and back seat of her car and they were shared between her father (for organising his Alvis and Rover spares) and myself (at that time used as useful stock boxes ahead of the move into our future home). Very sturdy and easily subdivided if required, and the earliest impressed date stamp on one underside is for 1908.

[n9]

I started buying these at my local even though I don't like the stuff that much. But the boxes are just too good!!

 

 

Really good quality tubs!

 

That aside, I have some cheapo Stanley drawers for things that don't cause a mess.

 

And lastly... I found that organising takes up a lot of space as well as a lot of time, so for bits, bobs, offcuts - things I'm not entirely sure I'm going to need - I found it's just better to put it all in a see-through polythene bag and be done with it.

[rovex]

To answer the original question I tend to use the floor.

[sb67]

I guess it depends on what you're storing, I've got small drawer units for small bits, margarine tubs for senic stuff and kit parts and a few Really usefull boxes as well. I've also got compartment organisers for other stuff, over the years I've collected just about anything and everything! 

[Kylestrome]

On 10/10/2023 at 21:09, doilum said:

Ferrero Rocher

 

I'm also a fan of the Ferroro Rocher boxes (and their contents) but they may well be an endangered species. This year, so far, I have only seen flat cardboards boxes on sale .

[JZ]

I bought these for keeping small parts and figures in. As I don't eat takeaways, it was a cheaper option. Ballast I keep in old ice cream tubs. Cheap box files for larger items and decals.