IKEA Brännboll Display Case

[ChrisRx718 4701]

Acrylic display cases for touring cars are a bit on the expensive side (based on my limited research) so I was delighted to find these in IKEA today. They are wall-mountable, basic (but very solid) construction and cost just £22 each. They have access ways at the rear should you wish to add your own lighting, too. 

It's a bit of a squeeze, admittedly. There's plenty of height, but length is not brilliant 470mm. That will accommodate most touring cars, but some of the Group C cars are going to struggle - the C11 Mercedes is 490mm, the upcoming Porsche 956 is listed as 483mm. These won't fit sadly. Even a trusty Nissan GT-R is going to be very snug.

But for £22 I think they're brilliant!

[alvinlwh 7227]

5 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said:

There's plenty of height, but length is not brilliant 470mm.

That is often the problem with premade storage. We do not normally need that much height, in fact too much is a waste of space. 

[ruebiracer 1181]

It´s a nice design of the box! Could also be used as a template for custom size boxes. You just have to adapt the size of wood and glass. For sure a bit more expensive, but could be feasible for not too much money with modern CNC workers.

[ruebiracer 1181]

And by the way, very nice Porsche inside, looking ACE.

[NUFCRc 173]

You'll find some on Aliexpress rather cheap.

[Dan1891 228]

Brännboll is the Swedish version of Baseball, sort of!

[Nick-W 1857]

20 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said:

There's plenty of height, but length is not brilliant

Same… 

[Murmel 63]

On 10/6/2024 at 2:56 PM, NUFCRc said:

You'll find some on Aliexpress rather cheap.

Do you have a link?

[NUFCRc 173]

10 hours ago, Murmel said:

Do you have a link?

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-model-display-case.html?spm=a2g0o.home.auto_suggest.1.13d576dbPtYWBk

[Murmel 63]

4 hours ago, NUFCRc said:

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-model-display-case.html?spm=a2g0o.home.auto_suggest.1.13d576dbPtYWBk

thanks! now how to attach this display case to the wall!?

[NUFCRc 173]

1 hour ago, Murmel said:

thanks! now how to attach this display case to the wall!?

No problem dude. I was looking at some myself. I do have a few tamiya cars now and need somewhere to display them as my man cave is showing signs of damp so I can no longer store them down there with winter around the corner, plus these display cases will keep them dust free. 

[CoolHands 949]

I think most of the aliexpress ones aren’t big enough.