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Review on Securely Display & Protect Your HO Scale Model Train Collection With UV Cabinet Wall Rack by Paul Rogger

Revainrating 1 out of 5

No Room for HO Gauge Locomotives!

This product turned out to be a terribly disappointment. It is supposed to display HO model trains, but the shelving is extremely cramped. Also the wall mounting is exceedingly difficult to get right.Depth of the shelves is barely 1¼ inches, so forget about laying an attractive cork roadbed under your track (a 2 inch requirement). Accepting this disappointment there still remains the difficult problem of "shoe-horning” my locomotives on a standard HO track (1.125 inches wide). Most of my locomotives snag the fabric on the back wall when I slide them along the track. Vertical space between shelves varies between 2¼ (top shelf) and 2¾ inches (lower shelves). The top shelf is useless for anything taller than a flat car. The rest are so cramped one is unable to view a locomotive top side detail. Just placing a single locomotive on a shelf averages about ten minutes work. There is no room for fingers so I have to resort to an assortment tools get each locomotive wheel properly resting on the supporting track.I just can’t understand why the manufacture is so chinchy with shelf space. Would another ¾inch of shelf depth really add that much cost? Likewise a 3¼ inch shelf height would do wonders. Why not eliminate one shelf and reapportion the remaining five within the same envelope?Too bad about these issues because the workmanship otherwise is very attractive.

Pros
  • 98% UV Protected hinged door frame
Cons
  • May not allow for effective organization and display of various train accessories