hi, i have been overseeing my late father's collection of over 100, mostly 1/25 scale preassembled cars since the 70s. they date back to the 40s, as well as earlier childhood models in smaller scale. i also have about the same quantity of corgi/matchboxes, in a separate enclosed case.. (boxes stored separately).
i want to clean and store my dad's larger-scale ones the best way they can be preserved.
some are jo-han, others are unidentifiable. most are not in their original boxes but just displayed in rows on the glass shelves.
to-date, they have been pretty much untouched in two large custom built enclosed (glass-sliding doors) cases in my mom's basement. I am concerned about issues like humidity and impact on the resin/plastic. other than some dusting, they've not been 'cleaned' per se, and i need to do that, plus put in a dehumidifier.
the main question is whether there's a good, cheap way of putting these in individual acrylic/plexiglas boxes to protect and preserve em.... i did some searching here and saw some mention of something like tupperware boxes as an idea - ideally clear containers all the way around would be best - and i would need a LOT of em since this may actually be something like
150-200 quantity...
just wondered if anyone might have some input/feedback about storage ideas or sources for inexpensive clear 'boxes' (cases?) that could be found either online or say, at a discount place.
i'll keep looking around the newsgroups but meantime thought i'd pose the question in case someone can give me a shortcut to a simple solution:)
thanks!
mike in mich.