Please post a photo of a paint shelf that youve made!

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Hey guys.

Recently Ive been thinking about making a shelf for my jar paint and I got to wonderin’ what y’all have cobbled up yourselves. I

have a full tacklebox that I use for storage but I’ve got the hankerin to saw.

Most of my paint is MM Jars, I do have sevearl spray cans too. Today I bought a 2x4ft 1/4 inch plywood and several 1/4" dowles.

As modelers I bet there are a bunch of you who have done this or have plans to so please feel free to share.

How have you combined shelf/desktop space with storage or accessories?

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Here’s my random cobbling.

REALLY liked this solution until summer hit. And then it became a magnet for spiderwebs.

Now I’m keeping Gunze paints here:

And Tamiya in this beauty. $30 at Home Depot, and with ball-bearing drawers to boot!

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Wow, that Husky box is pretty tough for sure! And nobody likes Spiders either. Where’d you score the white wire racks?

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Thinking of rebuilding mine. Its worked well, but it takes up alot of room.

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The wire racks are from the Container Store. Wife uses them in the pantry, and we snagged, oh, double that at one of their big sales. Work decently…best for the tall/narrow paints like Alclad and Vallejo.

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My model desk sits at corner windows, So another idea is to do suction cup shelving from the shower section at Home Depot etc. I’ll work on some more plans tonight.

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While were on the topic, can anyone tell me the exact dimensions of a tamiya paint pot?

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This works for now, but considering a rebuild/rejig.

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I just made a frame for these,they are die cast car collectors boxes, Hot Wheels, etc

I had a “thimble display unit”,that is really just a 3 ft by 3ft box only 2’ deep, with multiple shelves on it,but, it required wall space, and that is too dear around here

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This is something I need to do myself. I really like the ideas here. Thanks for sharing everyone.

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I need to grab one of those mini “war wagons” that Doogs has. Couple of Comp Cams and a JEGS sticker and it’ll fit right in with the auto garge theme of my “office”

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Since i can only get Tamiya paints here. I roughed up a design that will hold 100 pots. Only problem is balance. Fixing to the wall isnt an option where i am. But it might be the way to go with this.

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Ok guys this is what I decided to do. It should hold 12 .25 testors, 9 Model Masters, or 7 Tamiya’s per shelf.

Got a 2x4x.25 sheet of plywood and .25" dowel.

Cut two 6"x12.5", two 6"x6", and four 2"x12".

I staggered two inch “staircase” cuts down the 6x6. and assembled.

I learned to not worry with wood glue. Use a small drill for the pilot holes for the finishing nails, and used caulk for the seams.

I have it downstaris curing from the fist coat of rattle can white.

Assembled pics to come.

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Aaaand here it is.

Going to build two more as Ill need another one just for German paints.

I think I have 7 bucks in material as I already had the tools and paint,and probably four hours total time.

Also there is not enough room for Tamiya. Doesnt have a very big foot print on my cheapie Sauder build desk (not pictured) either.

Still would like to incorporate storage. I think i can use some eyebolts (screws?) to slide an arm of my differnt snips. THink this is gonna be my Gen 1.

Thanks for looking comments welcome. (BTW I know I’m not good at jigsawing!)

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It looks good to me

Being of a modular design, you can either put them all next to each other, or in different places in the shop,you should be able to just tweak your dimensions a bit, to make one or more of those for your other paint jar sizes

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Thanks Tarnship. It was a fun and easy build, nice to use tools that make more of a racket then I do!

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I use two step-style organizers from Target. They are about $12 each and expand to 24 wide.

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I like those, Tim! Will have to hit up the local Target this weekend!

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Man, what a neat bench![:D[

I am so embarrassed by mine…[:$]

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I had just re-organized it after getting a second organizer and a bunch of AK Interactive stuff. It sure doesn’t look that way now.