Another Display of a Model Builders Years of Work

Another Display of a Model Builders Years of Work

A customer, Robert McCollum, spent 12 1/2 years working on creating his model of the H.M.S Victory sailing ship. He commissioned me to build a display case that would house and protect his work so it could be displayed proudly and safely and I decided on a display...
Reg Shaffer’s 1976 WV Cabriolet

Reg Shaffer’s 1976 WV Cabriolet

My display case came yesterday. It arrived in great shape thanks to your excellent packing. I could tell you put a lot of thought into engineering the packing. Your craftsmanship is outstanding. I love how all the corners of the acrylic are smooth and rounded. The...
Building a Custom Display Kit

Building a Custom Display Kit

With Grandpa’s Cabinets being asked to build more and more display kits for models that are very large, I thought I’d take some time to show just what goes into the building of a Custom Display Kit. The first thing I do is to make a rough drawing of just how the kit...
Two Shelf Custom Custom Display Case

Two Shelf Custom Custom Display Case

Recently a customer sent along a photo of two items that he wanted displayed in one display case and to just place them next to each other on a single level base just didn’t seem to do them justice. So, after I convinced him to give me artistic freedom I came up...
Jim Farrens German Submarine U-552 scale model build

Jim Farrens German Submarine U-552 scale model build

Grandpa’s Cabinets was given the privilege of building a custom display kit to house a spectacular model, hand built by Jim Farrens of the German submarine U-552 from World War II. Jim spent a huge amount of time and money to create a true work of art in his rendition...