Designing a new hardside Sails storage case
Inspired by our new member Robbage, I'm starting to think about designing a new Sails storage system--I'm thinking of a hardside case where each section opens like a book, each side holding one layer of ships lined up in rows stem-to-stern like they were in a miniature bookcase. Each ship base would nestle into a socket that when the plastic lid is closed over it, locks the base into place with the ship free-floating in an empty space, held in place by its pin in the base--the vision is that when you have one module separated from any others and opened up, you could set it on a shelf and have it display the contents like a small china-cabinet.
As I start penciling out ideas, I'm gonna need some input from you guys--I may even share some of my preliminary 3d renders, but they'll be strictly for Anchorage Member Review ONLY. @Bligh and other mods, is there some Members Only subforum we can put this in?
First questions:
- What's the biggest acceptable "size envelope" for these? I'm thinking to establish a limit in 2-d, with the rack on its side ready to have more modules latched on for carry/transport.
- Storage Cells--should they be one size fits all, split as "generic multidecker/generic singledecker," split by rate, or a dedicated cell design for each sculpt?