Before Easter I had the bright idea of putting all my die-casts in a set of see-through drawers.
I knew Junior would love to do it. He'd already done it once in my cabinet.
Missus Moonbase obliged and on a trip to B&Q she bought me a tall stack of plastic drawers for £30. Fab! They'd fit hundreds of cars in!
Junior did a great job filling each drawer with a single layer of die-casts. Hot Wheels at the top and the rest Superfast, Juniors and Whizzwheels.
He was thrilled with his work, which took several hours off and on over Easter and I watched it all, egging him on and discussing the merits if each and every car. It was great fun.
Job done!
Or so I thought. Like Iron Man's icing-up, I'd never considered the weight problem.
The cabinet buckled! The wheels bent over at right angles!
I was horrified! All Junior's efforts down the drain!
Fortunately he never saw the drawers sag, he'd already left after Easter.
In the end I've decided to re-use the drawers with much lighter plastic collectables. I flattened the drawer stand, re-positioned the wheels and restocked the cabinet with all the cars again, this time gaining much more space by filling the drawers with action figures hitherto in the cabinet.
Hopefully the drawers will hold. I'll have to explain it all to Junior on Monday when I see him again.
Anyhoo, here's my Star Wars drawer now, featuring the two newbies, Hammerhead and Power Droid.
Laid down.
Sat up.
I just need to do the same for my GI Joe and Corps! figures and any more light plastic taking up cabinet space. I've a lot of die-casts!
Have you had sagging drawers or buckling supports readers?
