Gort - how about sewing the velcro on? I think additional glue will not be as strong as the original glue. What is this fascination you have for your precious boxes anyway?  Do you display your models in their boxes because you own a diecast hobby shop or did I miss something here? |
You’ll likely laugh at this, lanslide, but here it goes ..
When I was five years old (about three hundred thousand years ago), my father took me to a combination hardware store/toy store in Colden, New York, where I stumbled into a wall of plastic models. From ceiling to floor, crazy-cool models bristled from shelves, every last mother-lovin’ one of them screaming for attention. And, no surprise, I had the feeling of being airborne; a tide of unfettered joy washed over me. My father had to drag me away.
After that wherever we moved, I sought out the nearest toy store and stood saucer-eyed in front of the model display. I couldn’t get enough.
And so it is today. Show me a wall of models, and I’ll stand there like a statue, mesmerized. Something about the artwork and cardboard boxes fascinates me.
Years ago I had the idea: Why not replicate that blissful experience in my own home? Instead of removing my diecast models from their boxes and placing them in glass cases ( which, by the way, I think is extremely cool), why not display them unopened on my office shelves? Hmmm ...
not a bad idea, I thought. And so I did, and now my office resembles a model shop stacked floor to ceiling with diecast models. It drives my wife crazy.
Granted, I can’t visually fondle my models from every conceivable angle, nor can I hold them and caress them and heft them. So there
are drawbacks. But this “model wall” approach furnishes
some benefits: By keeping my models in their boxes, they remain dust-free and mint and pristine: They’ll forever remain NEW. And that appeals to me immensely.
Nutzo, huh? So now you know.
