This is my first post here. I will finally be moving into a new home with a room just for trains! So I plan on devoting 1 or 2 walls to display O-Guage trains. It seems that the 2 companies in CTT with a similar product are Glenn Snyder & Showcase Express display systems. Has anyone had experience or recommendations with these? Any advice will be appreciated.
Personally I'm sure both are a very fine products, but would make them myself first. ( out of wood seeing your going to have to put them up yourself anyway. ) It's not that hard to do. I believe if I remember right if you have a table saw if you cut a grove at 1 3/16th on each side you will have the with of the track to put your cars in. ( check first with a small piece of wood. )
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The units are really nice looking and work well, but are expensive.
I used some 3/16 glass cut 3 1/2" deep and as wide as needed for shelves out of salvaged glass with 3x3 "L" braces, if interested in an alternative.
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Jim
No experience with them, but I too would make my own. I made mine out of wood. It can be as simple as using 1x4's, and a table saw to put grooves in for the wheels set in. Painting them, and mounting them with simple metal corner braces.
Lowes and Home Depot both offer 1" x 4" in a white ( painted) so you can get buy without even painting them. I did that with about 1/2 of what I have and the other I stained in a dark oak ( I think ) see pic. this is some of the ones I stained.
Here's how I do it (as recorded by Dave Vergun years ago):
http://cs.trains.com/ctt/f/95/t/60920.aspx?page=2
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I have Glenn Snyder shelving and in my opinion you can't go wrong with them.
I don't think you would be disappointed if you chose to go with them.
This is how I installed them.
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Those do look really nice!
There are other companies out there also. I have something called Trainshelf. They advertise in the TCA newsletter.
One option that you may not have thought about is to look for used shelving. I bought 700 feet of used aluminum Trainshelf for about $900 on an auction. One of the best buys I did with trains. I estimate I saved around $2,500, not including what shipping of the brand new product would have been.
Oh, and a tip on attaching aluminum shelving, should you go with that option. I went to Menard's (A Midwest home improvement store) and bought boxes of white hex head screws for attaching metal siding to pole sheds. They just take a nut driver on your drill and they have a rubber grommet on them, so they snug up nice without scratching the shelves.
NWL
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