Busy day putting up shelves for my Dinosaurs.

[MesozoicJohn]

I have been busy putting up the first of my Dinosaur display shelves. I have been adding scenic backings to them and will eventually add rocks and bushed etc to the shelf top.
The idea is to show the model's in a scenic setting that represents the time period they lived in. It's a long job but I am really enjoying doing it.

John

[Mellow Stego]

I really love this idea. Been tempted to do something similar with my aquatic animals.

[Faelrin]

Looks like a great idea, and it turned out great. Also welcome to the forum!

[Libraraptor]

It turned out well,  show us more if you will have finished the next shelves!

[Shonisaurus]

Your enthusiasm for making stage shelves is comparable to the best train collectors. What you do is the dream of a collector like me.

[MesozoicJohn]

Thank you all

I am waiting for the rest of the self adhesive backings to arrive plus a few more models (Christmas Day for those). I will add back ground to the sides of the display 'cases' too. Any way this is it, so far.

John

[Duck]

I love how your collection grew so fast and so strong.

[MesozoicJohn]

I love how your collection grew so fast and so strong.

Thank you Duck.

I paint wargaming figures to earn money to spend on my hobbies, 4 weeks ago I finished an order for a gentleman who lives in America. I thought I had better spend the profits before Sue (my wife) spent it on shoes 

John

[Dusty Wren]

I love the bases you've made for the PNSOs! Can definitely tell you paint gaming miniatures, because your basing skills are excellent

Do you have to glue or pin the figures to the bases? I just got the Olorotitan, and he's a little wobbly even with the stand, so I was thinking of making a base for him.

[MesozoicJohn]

I love the bases you've made for the PNSOs! Can definitely tell you paint gaming miniatures, because your basing skills are excellent

Do you have to glue or pin the figures to the bases? I just got the Olorotitan, and he's a little wobbly even with the stand, so I was thinking of making a base for him.

Thank you DW, I have pinned the bipeds, they are a tad top heavy. Normally I would glue them but, to keep things looking fresh, I intend to change the models in the centre display 'cases' once a week.

John

[Gwangi]

Great work, and I love the desert motif. Looks great with the Quetzalcoatlus pair.

[SidB]

Its fun seeing your displays unfold. They are likely to constantly evolve. Such displays usually become open-ended, within the limits that you allocate to them.

[Libraraptor]

I really enjoy this thread! Thank you for sharing!

[CARN0TAURUS]

My wife won't let me do this to the office

Maybe when my youngest heads out to college she'll let me do that to that room but I doubt it.  One thing's for sure, if I had a room like that in my house, I'd probably spend most of my spare time in there

[MesozoicJohn]

.  One thing's for sure, if I had a room like that in my house, I'd probably spend most of my spare time in there

Ohhhhh, I do

It has all my antique fishing gear in, my wargaming figures and table, my reenactment stuff and of course my growing Dino collection.

Incidentally the room used to be my Son's bedroom but fortunately for me, some gullible girl swept him off his feet and he moved out

John

[MesozoicJohn]

I broke up for my Christmas holiday today, 12 days of fun and freedom

Scenic back drops arrived also engraved name plates and my 6 x feathered Velociraptors (Everything Dinosaurs service is superb) for my Dino wargame force. So I have plenty to do, including making all the Velociraptors look different from each other.

John

[Shonisaurus]

Your collection is very well organized, it looks like a museum, and those identification plates prove the orderliness of your collection, you have beautiful, neat and clean shelves. Congratulations.

[MesozoicJohn]

With two new models for Christmas and 2 more on the way (also 2 more shelfs) I have had a rearrange.

John

[Newt]

Your display is coming along very nicely! The engraved nameplates are a nice touch.


I also wanted to express my appreciation of your Celtic arms and accessories. I have an anthropomorphic-hilted Gaulish sword tucked away somewhere...

[JohannesB]

Nice displays. Very much like a little museum. Excellent.