Displaying trains on a wall?

[elderly]

I have a large amount of 50s and 60s Marklin HO stashed away.

I would like to display (some of) it on a wall on track - I have catenary too.

Bearing in mind the length of a locomotive and say a rake of 5 or 6 carriages

and let's say I want to display 7 or 8 trains, does anybody have any ideas or examples

of how I might go about this?

Overall size would preclude a glass fronted cabinet.

Oh, and most of the walls in my old house appear to be made of cheese :-(

[stuartp]

Picture Pride do them up to 60" long, you might have to split longer trains.

http://www.picture-pride-displays.co.uk/category/1050/1/1/product-code-b606s706mm

There are some more ideas here but it's a US forum so you'd have to factor in shipping to the UK for the suppliers mentioned:

http://www.marklin-users.net/forum/yaf_postsm130521_Wall-Display-Case--For-Marklin.aspx#post130521

Edited May 17, 2015 by stuartp

[elderly]

Thanks for those links.

I'll have a measure and see what I can fit into 60",

a couple of those would be an easy option but I'd prefer one large one

if there is such a thing.

I hadn't thought about lexan for the front, that would certainly solve the weight problem.

Thinking about this further, all the rolling stock and locomotives were mine as as a child

and shock horror, played with! So I'm thinking that more dust might not harm their appearence

and I could do without a glass or lexan front altogether .

[stuartp]

So I'm thinking that more dust might not harm their appearence

and I could do without a glass or lexan front altogether .

Until you accidentally catch it on the way past and drag something off. I have a train cabinet on the wall (home made and not 60" long !) and the glass front has stopped a couple of things taking a dive.