Friday, May 8, 2026

Box Inserts

 There has been a fair amount of discussion about storage solutions on blogs recently and I am no different in trying the find the perfect solution for storing figures.

In between painting houses for Dendermonde I have been printing a load of different inserts for storage. One of the problems I've got is that I want the figures for Dendermonde to be individually based so they work for the siege.  I have originally thought I would magbase them but they looked odd mounted on a base and were too high.

So, I have designed an insert for a Really Useful 4 litre box which lets you put the figures in rows and holds them in place.  You can fit 4 of these trays into a 4-litre RUB.

I am also printing a 45mm high tray which will take the marching figures and officers and you'll be able to fit 3 of those into a one half of a 9-litre box.  So able to mix and match with 4 of the other trays.

The Standard bearers I might just lie down, though I might make a 70mm high tray to take them and mounted figures with wider slots.

Also looking at trays with 25-30mm wide slots for artillery pieces.

 



6 comments:

  1. A very clever and useful solution for storing your collection.

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    1. Thanks - it took a while of thinking through options but this one seems to work quite well

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  2. This looks better (and lighter) than the MDF trays that I have seen. Your 3D Printer is working hard for you :-)

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  3. Thanks Norm - I bought the printer towards the end of July last year and have just passed 650 hours of printing on it!

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