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hmm now a treat for the models

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I don’t consider myself a good painter at all, I paint to play with my kids but I do try my best and so I thought I would get a display cabinet to add to the room.

Again not know where best to find things like this I started probably where everyone does Ikea and Amazon. Amazon was not much luck but I found something perfect in Ikea.

The Ikea Deltof – https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/cabinets-sideboards/detolf-glass-door-cabinet-black-brown-art-10119206/

Now, this was great if not a complete bitch to build when you’re doing it alone…. trying to hold 2 large glass panels together while you fit a third had me in floods of sweat and swearing. How I did not smash this I don’t know.

My only issue with the Detolf (apart from the picture being sideways) is that it is only 4 shelves and huge gaps in between which when the major of the stuff you going to put in there is only a couple of inches high that is a lot of wasted space.

So with a bit of research, I found a company that does brackets and shelves so you can add more to your Detolf. With four more I now had 8 lovely shelves to house lots of minis

Still not happy because the tiny light in the unit just does not penetrate down through the cabinet I added an LED light strip throughout to really make it pop.

hmm now a treat for the models

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horati0nosebl0wer
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Lol… same issue with the Detolf shelf amount here for me too. Did you use the manufacturers of the Dasik kits as well?

The solo build is a bit tricky but I think I only managed it from having worked receiving for them years back. IKEA build magic is just a grown up version of LEGO construction.

dt73
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Exactly the same issues, but great when finished. Good value for money I thought.

Where did you get the shelves from?

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