10mm Storage?

[mmcv]

Those are a fantastic storage solution

[Jerboa]

The commission-figurines trays look like the ticket for my 4 liter RUP plastic boxes. Are the 30mm depth the right choice for two layers of 10mm. That would leave a little more headroom for the top layer. I need room for whip antennas on my AFVs.

Jerboa

[Sandinista]

When I was in the UK I bought a load of these slimline box files https://www.amazon.co.uk/Slim-line-Coloured-Box-Files/dp/B00JIWIKFI sadly I can't get them in NZ

Cheers
Ian

[Orcs]

The commission-figurines trays look like the ticket for my 4 liter RUP plastic boxes. Are the 30mm depth the right choice for two layers of 10mm. That would leave a little more headroom for the top layer. I need room for whip antennas on my AFVs.

Jerboa

The top tray in a box seems to have a little more headroom anyway.  My Early ww2 German are sitting in a 20mm tray and that includes Kubelwagens  and M/Cycle combos.

[Shecky]

Those are a fantastic storage solution

And an expensive one. So far it's cost me close to $600 including the new RUBs and magnetic sheets I had to buy. 

[Sandinista]

the slimline box files are a lot cheaper from here https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/office-depot-coloured-box-files-slimline-blue-p-4881807

Ian

[fred.]

Even the cheaper slimline box files are more than the full size ones. Which is really annoying as they are a great size.

[Orcs]

Sometimes Viking offload goods on eby, I bought a box of 20 slimline files off ebay for about £25 a few years back. Just used the last two this week. Although at the time Mrs orcs thought I was mad ordering so many

[Leman]

I suppose if wargaming is your hobby then you also have to consider the cost of paints, books, storage etc. It always seems a little strange to me to spend a substantial amount on figures, spend literally hundreds of man hours painting them and then skimp on storing them. So yes, RUBs and inserts can be pretty expensive in the long run, but you don't buy them all at once, and they do stack really  weli.

[Last Hussar]

Agreed. £14 to stop £200 of figures safely.

[DHautpol]

I'll add my praises for the Commission-Figurines trays. 

I looked at the RUBs, but they were too wide for the shelf unit (0.4m BILLY).  Fortunately, I have a lot of old, very solid file/archive boxes which I rescued from being dumped from the office many years ago.  These hinge along the long side and one side opens flat which gives easy access.

The C-F trays were a few millimetres too long but, once assembled to give solidity (and they are solid), I planed away the projecting lip on the short sides and they now fit the boxes perfectly.

I used the 35mm deep trays for my WGA collections, horse on the bottom layer and the foot on the top layer; I had an additional 5mm or so clearance to accommodate the pikes which projected 2-3mm above the tray sides.  I shall use the same size trays for my ECW collection.  However, I am thinking that I should be able to get three layers of the 25mm deep trays in one box, which means with my WW1 figures I might be able to get both sides in one box.

The only issue is I usually buy mine at COLOURS each year and, with there being no shows, the postage could be quite scary.

[Orcs]

The commission-figurines trays look like the ticket for my 4 liter RUP plastic boxes. Are the 30mm depth the right choice for two layers of 10mm. That would leave a little more headroom for the top layer. I need room for whip antennas on my AFVs.

Jerboa

The depth he quotes includes the 2mm base so a 30mm is 28mm deep. By the time you add an MDF base to a 10mm figures you will be unlikely to fit in two layers due to weapons etc.
Often you can get away with a 20mm tray for infantry , but would not bother going less than that.  I have a number of unused 25mm trays I bought for 10mm stuuff only to find it did not quite fit when based

[steve_holmes_11]

I remember when it was expanding toolboxes, all the way down.

[Orcs]

I remember when it was expanding toolboxes, all the way down.

They weighed a ton when full up.

[steve_holmes_11]

They weighed a ton when full up.

You could easily spot the 25mm gamers.
They were the ones with longer arms.

(Apologies to the Smash robots).