Great Display Shelf/Case Idea Cheap - Ikea Mosslanda Shelving.

It looks like a great solution. However watch your weight. It has a maximum weight limit  of 16.5 pounds. That could be an issue with some larger engines.

Scott Smith

the mitered corners really scare me and its made from MDF which does not handle weight well. Like Scott said, watch the weight..

This is perfect! Thank you for sharing this. It gets us away from the enforced aluminum look imposed by a relatively small group of vendors. 

John

Looks good, to me.  Would be good to use for rolling stock/pass cars, relegate the aluminum shelving for engines/motive power, that being where majority of the weight is.  Would also be nice way to assist with organizing collection items.  Thanks for the information.

Jesse   TCA  12-68275

FWIW, the Glenn Snyder shelves are $18 for six feet, and they will handle anything you put on them if they're into wall studs.  This is $13 for less than 4 feet, so there's no savings.  These end up being $3.44/foot, and the GS shelves are $3/foot.

We actually have a shorter version of these in a couple of places here, but they won't hold much weight, and I sure wouldn't put a large steamer on one, I can hear the crash from here!   They're really made for light stuff like pictures.

   At "16.5lbs max", an L hung angle bracket for strength seems like a good idea and looks simple enough. It doesn't even need to sit flat to the bottom, just provide more support the outer edge of the shelf (angle brackets have an inside curve at their bend than may require the bend to sit slightly lower than the bottom edge/corner of the shelf reaching up (<45°)..as that is usually sharp there and would be a pita to round off to match the bracket flush. Better brackets (vs Stanley) would have a slightly sharper bend; but I dindo know a public supplier.

Three engines alone could easily hit that 16.5lbs

    Proper wall anchoring too. ( I don't use wedge anchors alone. The top faster is "spring wings" at least, but the best* are metal anchors that when tightened collapse the cage forming backing legs behind the wall (when your not screwing into wall studs of course))  It leaves a threaded anchor for a machine screw that can survive near countless removals. (An old anchor can be punched into the wall or hole sawed around then pushed in and plugged for any "remodels" requiring removal?.  I like these because of higher thread count and seemingly better grade of threaded metal than spring toggles.

You must find your approx. wall thickness to avoiding looseness from too long a shank shoulder. It is key to useing them.

*The best for hollow areas IMO.

I am with GRJ on this. It appears to be no contest vs Glenn Snyder which is less expensive, considerably stronger and requires no extra bracing. Plus the rail is built in. 

Pete