Today I want to share with you what i am working on the last days and weeks.
It's my own production of paint racks.
As I am a paint collector as much as miniatures collector I have hundreds of paints from all the differend brands. And as many, I was long time looking for a solution of space saving well organized possibility to store my paints.
There are many well functioning paint rack solutions on the market but all of them did not satisfied me realy.
So the idea came up to construct my own paint racks.
I startet with a paint rack for the dripper bottles.
I wanted them space saving, all colours visible and that it is possible to store the bottles up side down and "normal"
After some constructions, my first result after a rough assembly looked like
this:
As it stood on my desk I found that it takes too much space.
So I squeezed it a little and I placed the bottles in alternating rows, because this allowed me to go a little closer with each row.
Here now the pictures of the first assembled rack how it looks now.
The one on the pictures shows the rack with space for 40 bottles. I will produce racks for 60, 80 and 100 bottles as well. They are looking the same, just getting more rows and growing in height and depth.
They have to be assembled and are not painted like the on on the picture, this was just a test.
Some information regarding the size:
40 bottles rack (ca.): w:31 cm, h:12 cm, d:11 cm; (12"x 4,7 "x 4,3")
80 bottles rack (ca.): w: 31 cm, h: 23 cm d: 21 cm; (12"x 9.1" x 8.2")
Maybe later on today or tomorrow I can show you some pictures from a large (100 bottles version). I just milled the pieces and I have to assemble them now.
I am planing to do a version for flip top paints next and than maybe even one for the paints of the company who shall not be named.
I know, paint racks are not the most exciting part of our hobby, but maybe the one or other will be interested.
You can soon get them in my shop.
Any comments, suggestions or questions are welcome.
Lurch