1:64 Diecast Display Guides

Close-up of the clear acrylic panel edge and black frame join on a lit KP Design Infinity Garage display case

How to Keep an Acrylic Display Case From Yellowing

Most cases that look yellow are hazed or filmed, and both come off. How to tell the three apart, what actually causes yellowing, and what cannot be fixed.

How to Keep an Acrylic Display Case From Yellowing

Most cases that look yellow are hazed or filmed, and both come off. How to tell the three apart, what actually causes yellowing, and what cannot be fixed.

A loose 1:64 diecast car being examined with a jeweler's loupe beside a lit KP Design Infinity Garage

Why Do Diecast Cars Have Plastic Bases?

Cost, weight and detail - in that order. What a 1:64 car is actually made of, whether a metal base means a better car, and how to tell which you...

Why Do Diecast Cars Have Plastic Bases?

Cost, weight and detail - in that order. What a 1:64 car is actually made of, whether a metal base means a better car, and how to tell which you...

A 1:64 diecast car in the lit KP Design Infinity Garage next to a metal ruler, showing how to check display fit

What Size Shelf Do You Need for Diecast Cars?

A 1:64 car is about 68 mm long, so one row needs only 75-80 mm of depth. Shelf depth, vertical gap, cars per metre and what actually sags.

What Size Shelf Do You Need for Diecast Cars?

A 1:64 car is about 68 mm long, so one row needs only 75-80 mm of depth. Shelf depth, vertical gap, cars per metre and what actually sags.

A single displayed hero piece on a shelf beside labelled storage boxes holding the rest of a collection

What Happens to Your Diecast Collection When Yo...

The default is a whole-collection sale to the first buyer, because nobody knows what is in it. An afternoon of preparation changes that outcome.

What Happens to Your Diecast Collection When Yo...

The default is a whole-collection sale to the first buyer, because nobody knows what is in it. An afternoon of preparation changes that outcome.

A lit wall-mounted display case above a work surface with tweezers, a scalpel, paint pots and a cutting mat

How to Get a Diecast Car Off Its Base

Turn it over and look: screws come out, rivets do not. Taking a car off a display plinth, taking a chassis off a body, and what each costs you.

How to Get a Diecast Car Off Its Base

Turn it over and look: screws come out, rivets do not. Taking a car off a display plinth, taking a chassis off a body, and what each costs you.

A lit wall-mounted display case holding one silver 1:64 car at eye level, with two sparse floating shelves beside it

How to Hang a Display Case on the Wall (Fixings...

The fixing is chosen by the wall, not the case. How to identify plasterboard, masonry, lath or tile, work out the real load, and hang it level.

How to Hang a Display Case on the Wall (Fixings...

The fixing is chosen by the wall, not the case. How to identify plasterboard, masonry, lath or tile, work out the real load, and hang it level.