Making A Custom Display Box | I Like To Make Stuff

A video on YouTube. In Maker & Builds, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

The creator builds a custom shadow box display case for a 1977 Star Wars R2-D2 model kit, featuring both finished and unfinished parts mounted on foam core and MDF with simulated sci-fi control panel details.

From the video

Answers: How do you build a custom shadow box display for a model kit?

Star Wars R2-D2 model kit display
Shadow box construction with foam core
MDF box building and painting
Sci-fi greeble and control panel detailing
Acrylic cutting with table saw

What it concludes

Black foam core provides an inexpensive and easy-to-work-with backing that makes silver, blue, and white model parts pop.
Using a specialized saw blade designed for acrylics and plastics yields much cleaner cuts on plexiglass.
Leaving battery-powered LED strips out of the display box avoids visibility issues caused by the thickness of the foam core.

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