The small population of my Nystrup Gravel layout have been kept in storage on the layout and on shelves. That is not a sound long term solution. The figures represent no small investment in modelling time and money so they should be treated with no less respect than locos, rolling stock and cars.
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| Photographing in the Nystrup Gravel yard. My figures have to have some time off from the layout. But where to put them? I have now solved the problem. |
Wanting to fix the problem fast, I didn't bother looking for a fancy wooden box, but found a cardboard box with generous size for my current and well into the future needs for storing 1/19 scale figures. I may upgrade to a wooden box if I stumble over a good sized box. For now the figures are much safer in the cardboard box than before. When I modelled in 1/35 scale I went to great lengths making tailor made wooden boxes for locos and wagons. I haven't quite reached the same level in 1/19 scale.
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| Cardboard box measuring 26 x 24 cm and 7 cm in height. |
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| Bubble wrap lining inside the box with my figures added. Nystrup Gravel's population is all male. |
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| Soft foam scrap pieces keeps the figures tightly in place when the lid is closed. |
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| 'People' written on the lid in stencilled cyrillic letters - just because I can. |
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| The brown paper wrapper for my plastic cyrillic stencils bought in Leningrad, USSR, 1987. |
With about 30 minutes of design and work I now have a simple safe storage box for my figures. No more worries about scratched paint, broken off limbs or other damages. Safely tucked away in the box until picked out when their services are needed.
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