The daughter in law gave her mum an IKEA voucher for our 14th anniversary gift. So, my wife buys this monstrosity of a coffee table. I wasn't happy about it when I saw the sizes of the IKEA boxes when I carried them into the house. They'd scheduled their arrival home for shortly after I got home from work, see...

I like open plan living with lots of space...room to move...the illusion of bigness when rooms are small.

Anyway, I woke the next morning and went into the living room to watch a little TV with my coffee and toast, I see a huge white rectangle in the center of the room.

And in one little corner, I spy one of my models... She'd put it in there while I was asleep. It looked kind of lonely so I added another.

As of yet, there is nothing in one corner of the new coffee table...but I can't have that quarter, too...

So, that's my sop for the big table...a little quarter in which I can display a couple of my smaller aircraft in plain sight instead of a back room of the house.

Heck, I'm not really unhappy about it...I might get a couple more in there.

Cheers,

Gary

Mate is Awesome!

I need a coffe table for my veranda...the little problem Ikea is just 1100km from here...

Wow, you must be in far north Queensland.

Yep...Airlie Beach,my wife is hoping one day open Ikea in Townville 3h in better then 12h,and me too for remake the workshop,ikea lamp and glass cabinet!...

1600k to an Ikea for me !

Not exactly good for social modelling over a few beers, either!

What a neat way to display two very well built models Gary. I like the innovation!

Just showed my wife. IKEA is just 8-10 Km away. She was not overly enthusiastic.

Gary,
At least your wife appreciates your modeling efforts and gave you one compartment. I can see you adding a 3rd WW11 fighter, and easily rotating models in and out, especially your newest effort.

We have all natural Pine furniture including the coffee tables. The massive dining room hutch is loaded with china, crystal, and such that is hardly ever used these days. I told her it would make a great display cabinet besides what I already have in the modeling/computer room. Since this is a family type forum, I really can't repeat her response

Joel

Wow, to be 1600km from an Ikea. Hope the beer is closer

Cheers

So sweet of the Missus!

If you rotate those with the tails to the corners it looks like you'd have room to fit four and still have ample room for a couple of figures.

That is very cool,I often thought about building a complete diorama in a piece like that,maybe for a den or rec room.

Gary, that's a great eye catcher for you and your visitors. I'd go with Joel's suggestion and rotate the models in the table. My kits are all on two 6 story shelfs (0,40 x 2 meters), looks like on an aircraft carrier ....

Scott, I know about the distances in AUS, travelled all around from Sydney to Sydney and through the middle (heck, that's 25 years ago ....), but 1600 km to drive to Ikea is quite something. Next Ikea for me is 50 km away and in 2018 opens one here in town ....

Torsten

A "neighbour" from the North!... ...Tully-Mission Beach area?...i love That zone!





We can meet half way...Rocky for a Steake or Bundy for few Rum!...




Something i learn here,you can be in the middle of no were but you can always find a Pub and a Bottleshop!...

I was super lucky to get this FOR FREE when an LHS closed last summer. It's a bit of a fixer-upper but a lighted, three shelf display case is not something one walks away from!

Wow, Brian...that is lucky!

You are a lucky man! Really cool that your wife thought to do that. Great models as well...

Maybe a hanger deck of a carrier dio

That's just too cool!