Plans for making HO storage cabinets

[RobertInOntario]

Are you looking for a display type cabinet(s), or just off layout storage? If you have a dedicated wall where the trains could be stored, I like the first choice best. At 5 1/2 inches deep it looks to be wide enough to fit the rolling stock and allow room for your hands to handle the trains in and out of storage. One of those cabinets would have limited storage capacity for ho scale, but I could envision a bunch of them on a wall. The doors would lessen the amount of dust that would collect on the rolling stock in storage. Depending on how the doors open, you might need to put in some sort of filler piece between cabinets if you use them next to each other to allow the doors space to clear each other. I don't think I would use plexi. As designed those cabinets look like nice furniture. I think plexi would really look cheap. If you want display doors, I would recommend doing something with glass and a matching wood frame. The finish appears to be clear coated maple on the cabinets.

Thanks, Russ. This is helpful. At first, I was just thinking of simple storage but now that I've been mulling this over a lot, I really like the idea of display-type storage.

So maybe I'll either consider one of these Ikea options or search their website (and catalogs) further to see if they have anything that has glass covers or doors.

Rob