A Versatile Stock Box for 'YORKIE'

摘要

Your new model is finished at last. It looks very good in its bright shiny paint but how do you store it, probably transport it, and keep it safe from damage? A Stock Box of course. The bigger your model, the bigger the box needs to be. The bigger your model is, the heavier it is, so the stronger the box needs to be. The bigger and stronger the box, the heavier it becomes also. Most Stock Boxes have a carrying handle on top and this needs to be securely fixed in order to safely lift the weight. This was brought home to me while I was developing the design of this new box by Derek Crookes, the designer of YORKIE. He told me that just a couple of days previously, when he went to pick up the box containing one of his Gauge 1 locomotives from his bench, the handle tore out leaving box and locomotive, fortunately, still on the bench.