| Does anybody know a source to buy extra shelves for the Detolfs?
I plan to modify mine with extra shelves but wanted to buy the shelves without having to get (and pay for) special shelves to be made from scratch.
I really like the Detolfs I bought but because I collect 1/72 scale planes it leaves me with a lot of wasted space. |
I have 2 of these cases and I'm going to be getting a couple more. I did like someone mentioned a long time back, I forget who it was but it works great. I take the 2 wire racks (one for each side to support the shelves) and I get another rod welded halfway between all the existing shelf supports. With these news rods for shelf supports I now have 8 shelves counting the wooden bottom. The shelves are now about 7.5" apart and are great for 1/72 and 1/48. When you buy the case it comes with little soft plastic pieces that are supposed to fit over the shelf supports and keep the glass shelf from slipping and rattling. Since I added shelves I don't have enough of these supports so I buy some foam weather stripping and just peel the tape off the back and run it along the metal shelf supports. Before I do this I spray paint the metal rack with aluminum paint because it gets discolored from welding. I go to my neighborhood glass shop with one of the pieces of glass from Ikea and they cut me 4 new shelves from salvage plate glass. They sand the sharp edge off the glass and charge me about $20. The welding costs me about $25 and the weather stripping about $5 so the total addition costs about $50 and I have a case with 8 shelves and they look great. So for a little over $100 final price it is well worth it. I hope you understand my instructions.