Here is the result of the better part of the afternoon. I got the basic box built and the slides for the car slots finished. The box has 5 slides on each side for 1:32 cars, but are on 1″ centers so they could be moved to accomodate a 1:24 car. The center section will have two 1 1/2″ drawers and a 1″ drawer/tray with dividers. The pieces of fiberboard in the middle section are the bottoms for the drawers. The space below the drawers is large enough to throw in a controller, tire truer, or whatever you want to carry. I also did the drawers on 1 1/2″ centers to break up the cookie cutter look. The drawers will also be out of solid wood just so there aren’t rough plywood edges showing when they are opened. Again, it’s just a more finished look. I also cut some channel out of solid stock to cover the ends of the slides instead of just sticking a piece of wood on top of the slide. That covers the edge of the slide and the slot and gives it a more finished look. The back will be covered with a piece of 1/4″ plywood. The long space at the bottom was an afterthought. I was looking at the drawing tha I had done to make the box from and realized that the midde section wasn’t long enough to hold my digital caliper but I was tired and I didn’t want to redraw everything and have to refigure dimensions so I just added the bottom space to the drawing and went with that.
I still have to build the doors and I’m not sure what I’m going to do with those. I’m thinking I’ll also build those from solid material and inlay a panel similar to a cabinet door, again just so I don’t have to mess with plywood edges. You can fix a lot of things with sandpaper and paint, but I don’t like to have rough edges showing any more than necessary.