[Norman Byrne]

Hi Guys'

Thanks for the updates. Like the look of the wall mounted version from the posted pics, also its content very nice indeed. Look forward to seeing the free standing version fully stocked as well LOL !

Cheers,

Norm

 

[railstimulator]

Now completed the second Lidl display cabinet and filled it with rolling stock and other '00' gauge items.

The cabinets hold a fair amount of items and the first one now has all the shelves fitted and loaded with locos and road vehicles.
The water cranes, the bogie bolster wagons and the majority of the rolling; the cast Hornby figures date from the mid 50's. Some of the cars are that age too. These were mine from my childhood.

Note that I had hoped to mount them next to each other but the door is slightly larger on the second and they looked mismatched so mounted on different wall.

 

[Coboman]

I bought two of the large cabinets...my god they are massive! Now where shall I put them.........

 

[Meg Merrilies]

QUOTE (Long funnel & tiresome @ 11 Dec 2012, 14:56) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>. . . On sale at LIDL's from 17/12 2012 floor standing display cabinets H110 X W68 X D20 with lockable door £59.99

Can you link us up to a pic of one?

LF&T

Here's a pic of the one I got last time they were on offer. (Last Dec/Jan)
[The pic was taken with the doors open as there was too much reflection in the glass.)

Someone else has said they are heavy ~ I can confirm that !!! It's all the glass for the doors and the shelves that creates most of the weight.
It can be wall mounted, and mine is mounted on the wall -- BUT you may notice that it's also standing on top of a cabinet. (I didn't want to have to bend down to floor level to see the locos on the lower shelves.) There was no way that I was hanging THAT weight on the wall with just a few screws.
I've used all of the 10 supplied glass shelves but they can be spaced in a variety of ways to suit whatever configuration of locos you might want to display.

 

[ChrisWV10]

Here's mine.. It's a little crowded

I agree, I wouldn't want to hang it on a wall. Mine rests on a heavy duty coffee table - built from real timber, not flat pack chipboard.

Spot the deliberate mistake...

C

 

[railstimulator]

I didn't realise that the big ones a different design to the small. I don't have the room for a big un and to be honest the hernia obtained carrying it home would have been the end.

Is your deliberate mistake the ommission of a Class 20?

 

[kiwionrails]

QUOTE (ChrisWV10 @ 22 Dec 2012, 06:50) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>...Spot the deliberate mistake...
One of the doors on upside down?

 

[ChrisWV10]

It's not upside down, just the hole is at the wrong end

tho' 'tis true, the lack of a class 20 is a serious omission. Likewise a 52

C.

 

[ChrisWV10]

Oops! Double post

 

[Meg Merrilies]

QUOTE (ChrisWV10 @ 22 Dec 2012, 15:48) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's not upside down, just the hole is at the wrong end

. . . . . couldn't you just remove the hole from the top and put it on the bottom ???

 

[Meg Merrilies]

Just popping back to say that for anyone looking for one of the Lidl cabinets ~ it may be worth checking out your local stores.
There were still two of the large ones and five of the smaller ones available at my local Lidl this morning.

 

[rgmichel]

QUOTE (Swift-Deere @ 17 Dec 2012, 19:01) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Buy all six of Hornbys new Great gathering A4's at £169.99 each and you get a voucher for a free Display cabinet!!!

Mark
That would be nice. Hornby should offer a package deal on that one. I think Bachmann once sold a triple set of Commonwealth of Australia, each one in a different livery carried by that locomotive.

 

[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (kiwionrails @ 22 Dec 2012, 12:15) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>One of the doors on upside down?

Yea but which one

No class 20 is far more serious

That's a sacking offense.

 

[TonyDaly]

QUOTE (Meg Merrilies @ 22 Dec 2012, 17:57) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just popping back to say that for anyone looking for one of the Lidl cabinets ~ it may be worth checking out your local stores.
There were still two of the large ones and five of the smaller ones available at my local Lidl this morning.

Pity they don't have them in Irish stores