Very nice Neal, very nice!

I have 4 of the JB blue boxes for stuff I've purchased unboxed in the past, but I prefer to keep everything else in their original boxes with carriages/wagons being stored in the B & Q collapsible plastic crates Sprintex mentioned.
I'm absolutely hopeless at identifying carriages so if I removed them from the original box they'd never find their way back into the correct one

Mick, I know we've covered at a gazillion times before (okay, well, at least once  ) so I won't go into the ins and outs of storing in the boxes, but one thing springs to mind for the old (Poole) Farish boxes ... how long do they last when you're constantly opening and closing them?

I know the Bachmann stuff comes in the Rolls Royce version of boxes, but the old Poole stuff I find I have to use a think instrument, such as a small ruler to tease open the flap at the end. My fingers are too fat to delicately try and open those boxes. I have so many secondhand Poole boxes with fingernail "dig" marks and ripped flaps.

The plastic transparent film also gets caught on the tray sometimes - most annoying.

I'm going to post it on Trainfish's Longcroft site, but I'd like to get a couple of those Bisley office furniture drawer cabinets - perfect methinks.

Dan

Quote from: DesertHound on March 09, 2015, 04:12:24 PM
Mick, I know we've covered at a gazillion times before (okay, well, at least once  ) so I won't go into the ins and outs of storing in the boxes

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate, Dan

So far I've not experienced any difficulties with the older Farish boxes, no matter how many times I've opened/closed them

Quote from: paulprice on March 08, 2015, 07:54:13 PM
I get the feeling I may have to do some bespoke building/wood work, but there must be an alternative???

STOCK storage boxes? I'm concerned about the pressure the foam inlays put on the chassis of some of my fleet of locomotives, and I have far too many wagons to constantly re-box each time I go to an exhibition or even just move the layout.

Therefore I need some stock boxes/drawers I can store the loco's and stock in more efficiently for either home or exhibition use. Does anyone know a reasonable supplier? or an easy way of producing some?

Hi Paul,

You can see the solution I came up with on HOLLERTON JUNCTION at the following...

http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=11342.1http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=11342.155

Hope this helps.

Paddy

Quote from: newportnobby on March 09, 2015, 03:53:17 PMI'm absolutely hopeless at identifying carriages so if I removed them from the original box they'd never find their way back into the correct one

NPN - I am a bit like that, so what I have done with my carriages is write the catalogue number on the underneath, in felt tip pen. That way, I know which carriage belongs in which box. (Not sure if that is allowed,  ,but being underneath, only me knows it is there ). David.

Quote from: Calnefoxile on March 09, 2015, 03:16:22 PM

I use wooden storage boxes made by John Cox of the Alsager model Railway Club:




Each drawer has 18 slots and there are usually 6 drawers per box. Each slot will take 1 coach or loco, unless it's an 08 or similar when you can get 2 locos in a slot, or each slot will take up to 3 4-wheel wagons. He does also make boxes with slots that go left to right across the drawer, which will enable you to put fixed rakes in there, like Kato Eurostars etc.

At the moment I have 4 of these boxes all full, with another on order, which will probably get filled by the all the stuff I've 'found' in plastic bags when tidying up around my modelling table, I can't possibly think how they got there

Suffice it to say SWMBO is not to impressed 

Regards

Neal.

These look ideal do you have contact details and costs?

Hi Paul, here's some pictures just so you have some options.

First, as Dan said I use Bisley cabinets for storage in the loft as shown here. They have foam inserts which I asked chev625 to supply to my dimensions. He didn't disappoint.





Before these I used boxes which I bought as below with foam inserts as sold by chev625 on ebay, click his name to see what he sells. I have 4 boxes like this which each has 4 foam inserts. I have various styles of the inserts too. The almost complete HST you see is in 1 insert. These are of course a lot more portable than my Bisley drawers.



Let me know if you're interested at all, it's another option for you.

Thanks John.

Did you buy your Bisley's new or pick them up somewhere secondhand? Obviously I'm not going to get them in a the UK but they do have an office / showroom out here so I'll get down there when I can and see what I can find.

I've spent ages looking for Bisley lookalikes but can't find anything that hits the mark. Ikea don't have anything quite the same (similar, but much larger drawers, which to mean equals wasted space as I don't want "layers" with locos on top of each other in one drawers).

Dan

Quote from: paulprice on March 09, 2015, 10:28:29 PM

These look ideal do you have contact details and costs?

Paul,

His email address is jrf.cox@hotmail.co.uk and the price is around the £60 mark. I'll PM you his mobile number just in case you don't get any success from his email.

Forgot to add this: They are all hand made so don't expect them to be 'off the shelf' so to speak. I've no idea what his lead time is, but it may take a while depending on what his order list is like.

Cheers

Neal.

Quote from: Calnefoxile on March 09, 2015, 03:16:22 PM

I use wooden storage boxes made by John Cox of the Alsager model Railway Club:

Another vote for these boxes - I have one and it's a very useful for storing unboxed stock.

Cheers,
Alan

Quote from: DesertHound on March 10, 2015, 07:53:59 AM
Thanks John.

Did you buy your Bisley's new or pick them up somewhere secondhand? Obviously I'm not going to get them in a the UK but they do have an office / showroom out here so I'll get down there when I can and see what I can find.

I've spent ages looking for Bisley lookalikes but can't find anything that hits the mark. Ikea don't have anything quite the same (similar, but much larger drawers, which to mean equals wasted space as I don't want "layers" with locos on top of each other in one drawers).

Dan

Dan, as we're going a bit OT I'll respond on my thread

Okay John - not a bad idea.


Neal - thanks for sharing your lovely boxes with us too.

Dan

Quote from: Dr Al on March 10, 2015, 11:39:12 AM

Quote from: Calnefoxile on March 09, 2015, 03:16:22 PM

I use wooden storage boxes made by John Cox of the Alsager model Railway Club:

Another vote for these boxes - I have one and it's a very useful for storing unboxed stock.

Cheers,
Alan

I think I may be about to place an order

Well I bought a few days ago a couple of the "really useful" 4 litre boxes from a well know high street store

I had an idea that I could make a couple of trays from plywood to fit in them, so I put the idea to the test

It seems to have worked, and each tray should hold 16 coaches or a similar number of Locomotives, all I have to do now is to decide if I should line them with thin foam or baize to help protect the contents?