I’ve always had problem storing
my hobby paint jars. Too many different colours to use, too many paint jars
to store, but unfortunately too little effective space. I’ve tried quite
a few methods, such as boxes, shelves, sliding drawers etc. Here’s what I’ve
recently built and finally it looks like the ultimate way to store dozens of
paint jars in only few square inches. My personal motto is to use low priced or
even useless items, combine them and finally build something easy working and
effective for scale modeling hobby. To do so, I used:
- Four (4) low profile & one (1) high
profile CD/DVD plastic cases, that I would normally throw away after
opening,
- four (4) short length, 50mm wide PVC tubes
found in local hardware store for only 0.3 euros each,
- a 1cm diameter wooden stick and finally,
- one tube of PVC glue found in local hardware
store for 1 euro only.
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First, I cut the plastic rod
of the four low profiled CD/DVD plastic cases. Be aware, that I did NOT
cut the plastic rod of the high profiled plastic case and the reason will
be later explained. After that, I placed the transparent plastic discs
(you can also use old CDs) on the case surface, as it is shown into the
following pictures. The plastic clamps, were placed to ensure safe bonding
until the PVC glue got polymerised. Using generous amounts of PVC glue, I
placed the 50mm wide PVC tubes on each base that would later become a
floor of the paint jar organizer. Additionally, the 1cm diameter wooden
stick, were placed as a pole, coming through the four plastic bases.
As soon as the glue harden and
the “tower” become solid rock, I placed the last floor base (the high
profile CD/DVD plastic case with it’s own transparent cover) and … voila!
This 5 floor tower typed paint jar organizer, can hold dozens of paint jars that
would normally demand to much valuable space into your hobby room. Keep in mind
that each floor, can hold 8 x Humbrol or 8 x Life Color or 8 x Gunze or 20 x
Vallejo paint jars. The organizer I show you into following picture, is filled
with 24 x Life Color + 8 x Gunze + 20 x Vallejo paint jars = total 52 paint jars
in only few square inches. If it was filled with Vallejo paint jars only (PVC
spacer tubes should be little longer to provide space), this organizer could
hold aprox 100 paint jars! Thank you for following this and I hope you enjoyed
reading this article.
Nick Karatzides
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