Review: 3Dudes & Dad wall mounts

I must admit I go for the shelf option although the Lego room is limited as there is only one wall where I can get a decent fixing into masonry, the other walls being metal stud / plasterboard and certainly not up to holding up my Modulars! Downstairs I have the 1/8 scale vintage F1 cars, on very wide shelves which were a lot of bother to put up (custom brackets / specially ordered timber planks as we wanted a 'rustic' look) but they do the job, as with all these things a serious dust trap though. I wonder if these brackets in allowing vehicles to sit 'nose up' would attract less dust but not sure if they could cope with the weight of the larger cars I have, especially using only one screw... I am guessing there is a limit on loadbearing capacity of the actual fixings and dependant on what they are being fixed into.

@Cergorach said:
"I cannot find in what kind of material these are printed in."

https://3dudesanddad.co.uk/pages/faqs

Would these work with regular Speed Champions cars?

@danieltheo said:
"I must admit I go for the shelf option although the Lego room is limited as there is only one wall where I can get a decent fixing into masonry, the other walls being metal stud / plasterboard and certainly not up to holding up my Modulars! Downstairs I have the 1/8 scale vintage F1 cars, on very wide shelves which were a lot of bother to put up (custom brackets / specially ordered timber planks as we wanted a 'rustic' look) but they do the job, as with all these things a serious dust trap though. I wonder if these brackets in allowing vehicles to sit 'nose up' would attract less dust but not sure if they could cope with the weight of the larger cars I have, especially using only one screw... I am guessing there is a limit on loadbearing capacity of the actual fixings and dependant on what they are being fixed into."

A single screw will support the weight of the 1/8 cars but, for added security, all of our mounts for these models (other than the GT3), have two screws.

Could yoou add a picture of the bracket with Luke's X-wing? I'm guessing that wasn't possible as you don't own it

The Speed Champions mounts are intended for use with the 8-stud wide cars.

@KyloBen1012 said:
"Could yoou add a picture of the bracket with Luke's X-wing? I'm guessing that wasn't possible as you don't own it"

Here you go: https://3dudesanddad.co.uk/products/wall-mount-bracket-for-lego-star-wars-luke-skywalker-x-wing-fighter-set-75301

I found that command strips work better than any other product when it comes to hanging lego on a wall. A bonus: command strips, if used properlly, do not damage walls.

@Huw said:
" @danieltheo, the weight of even the largest Technic cars is not going to stress a single screw into plasterboard. You need not worry!"

Even couple of thumb-tacs will hold up a large model, which is what I use as they only leave a very small hole in the wall that can be painted over later with no need to fill/sand it. I use these with a large head and a ridge to lock onto the model. If needed I just add a bit of framework onto the underside of the model.
https://amzn.eu/d/cMDgEB1

"What do you do when you run out of shelf space to display your models?"

I dismantle them, box them, and put them away.

When I run out of shelf space it means that I already have enough on display to look at and adding even more to other areas is just more clutter.

@3Dudes_and_Dad said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"Just a word of warning for potential US buyers: You can't get them sent here, as nobody is shipping to the USA at last check due to tariffs and such."

We are shipping to the US - our postage rates include the new tariffs"

Ok, I stand corrected.

Only thing I can add is that with such a product I would not have had the mishap I recently experienced.
I have four Ikea Detolf display cases which I mainly use for my Modulars and similarly sized sets.
A couple of days ago I heard a strange noise from the room in the cellar where I keep my LEGO stuff. When I went down there to see what the reason for the noise had been, I saw that on one of the display cabinets the rear glass pane had burst for no apparent reason, and every set on every level of the cabinet plus the floor around it was full of tiny sharp glass particles. One level had one of the Winter Village sets on it and it looked as though it was covered in snow.
Problem now is how to get rid of all the broken glass, especially from all the sets covered in the stuff, without injuring myself.
Not a pleasant experience at all.

Unfortunately shopping from the UK is no longer an option after Brexit...

@edmi said:
"Unfortunately shopping from the UK is no longer an option after Brexit..."

It shouldn't be very different, especially if the company you are buying from is VAT registered. In that case, they'd take off the UK VAT and you'd be charged your local VAT.

@sjr60 said:
""What do you do when you run out of shelf space to display your models?"

Put up another shelf!"

Take apart a few sets. Use the parts to build a new shelf to hold new sets. Use the parts to build a new room to hold the new shelves that hold new sets. Use the parts to build a new house. Use the parts to build life-sized versions of the old sets.

Bonus-points if those life-sized versions are, themselves, houses.

No thanks. Legos on display are a dust magnet. I prefer BPS: Build, Play & Store.

@3Dudes_and_Dad said:
" @KyloBen1012 said:
"Could yoou add a picture of the bracket with Luke's X-wing? I'm guessing that wasn't possible as you don't own it"

Here you go: https://3dudesanddad.co.uk/products/wall-mount-bracket-for-lego-star-wars-luke-skywalker-x-wing-fighter-set-75301"

FYI - mounting against a plain white wall makes it look like someone just took a vertical picture of sets on the floor, lol. :o)

@Huw said:
" @danieltheo, the weight of even the largest Technic cars is not going to stress a single screw into plasterboard. You need not worry!"

The screw isn’t the problem. What’s the loadbearing capacity of the plastic? How likely is the plastic to experience deformation/separation, as some forms of 3D printed materials often do? How easily is the material affected by temperature changes, particularly for people who don’t run air-conditioning?

@Murdoch17:
The issue wasn’t that nobody was going to ship here due to micro-tariffs (still the world’s largest economy, so people still want a piece of the pie). It’s that nobody was set up to roll that into the final total when selling stuff to US customers. Now that people have had time to modify their online shopping software, things should start moving forward again.

@AustinPowers:
Simple solution. Bribe…I mean hire someone else to do it for you.

@Huw Do you know off about good display solution for train aficionados? I have dozens and they no longer fit into my layout so I have been taking them apart and storing them. Normal shelves are not great- too deep and too much vertical space. Thanks!

Not wall mounted. Minimal dust relative to shelf mounting - less surface area exposed.

Our Chiron, Sian and Ford GT have been sat on their mounts, above a radiator, for nearly two years now with no sign at all of bracket fatigue. Our mounts are, if anything, over- engineered for robustness- no one wants a mount failure and a shattered LEGO model.

The issue with tariffs wasn’t the cost - it was simply that the postal services withdrew their offering until they’d built in provision for Delivered Duty Paid - which they now have. We just weren’t able to actually ship to the US until then.

@edmi said:
"Unfortunately shopping from the UK is no longer an option after Brexit..."

It absolutely is. A significant proportion of our business is with Lego fans in the EU.

@yellowcastle said:
" @3Dudes_and_Dad said:
" @KyloBen1012 said:
"Could yoou add a picture of the bracket with Luke's X-wing? I'm guessing that wasn't possible as you don't own it"

Here you go: https://3dudesanddad.co.uk/products/wall-mount-bracket-for-lego-star-wars-luke-skywalker-x-wing-fighter-set-75301"

FYI - mounting against a plain white wall makes it look like someone just took a vertical picture of sets on the floor, lol. :o)"

You’re not wrong - please send the same comment to j.bezos @amazon.com - it’s his policy, and he may be the only one amongst us with sparkling white floors!

@tomthepirate said:
" @Huw Do you know off about good display solution for train aficionados? I have dozens and they no longer fit into my layout so I have been taking them apart and storing them. Normal shelves are not great- too deep and too much vertical space. Thanks!"

Clear acrylic tubes, suspended from these (or similar) wall-mounts?

@Murdoch17 said:
" @3Dudes_and_Dad said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"Just a word of warning for potential US buyers: You can't get them sent here, as nobody is shipping to the USA at last check due to tariffs and such."

We are shipping to the US - our postage rates include the new tariffs"

Ok, I stand corrected."

I've seen both. Many BrickLink sellers have backed out on orders I filed recently due to me being from the US and them being from tariffed countries, while I've also had something shipped from Canada recently but had to pay nearly the same amount as the seller's price to be able to receive it once shipped--a pretty significant stateside deterrent to ordering abroad. On one side or the other, US economic foreign policy is significantly discouraging trade even on an individual level.

Hanging DAD on a WALL??!!

Is there any end to the cruelty of this world?!

@yellowcastle said:
" @3Dudes_and_Dad said:
" @KyloBen1012 said:
"Could yoou add a picture of the bracket with Luke's X-wing? I'm guessing that wasn't possible as you don't own it"

Here you go: https://3dudesanddad.co.uk/products/wall-mount-bracket-for-lego-star-wars-luke-skywalker-x-wing-fighter-set-75301"

FYI - mounting against a plain white wall makes it look like someone just took a vertical picture of sets on the floor, lol. :o)"

Great thanks, yeah looks like a top down photo lol

I like the touch of molding the set number and name into the mounts, but I don't really have any real interest in any of these. I take my sets apart and store them, then rebuild them later when the mood strikes me.

@StyleCounselor said:"Hanging DAD on a WALL??!!

Is there any end to the cruelty of this world?!"

My Dad knows what he did.

@TheOtherMike said:
"I like the touch of molding the set number and name into the mounts, but I don't really have any real interest in any of these.

@StyleCounselor said:"Hanging DAD on a WALL??!!

Is there any end to the cruelty of this world?!"

My Dad knows what he did."

At least he was there.

Now, he'll ALWAYS be there.

Just please don't hang a hat from his nose... or anything else!! ;)

@tomthepirate said:
" @Huw Do you know off about good display solution for train aficionados? I have dozens and they no longer fit into my layout so I have been taking them apart and storing them. Normal shelves are not great- too deep and too much vertical space. Thanks!"

I'd look at baseball bat display cases. They're popular for displaying Funko Pops and BrickHeadz. They might work for trains as well.

@AustinPowers said:
"Only thing I can add is that with such a product I would not have had the mishap I recently experienced.
I have four Ikea Detolf display cases which I mainly use for my Modulars and similarly sized sets.
A couple of days ago I heard a strange noise from the room in the cellar where I keep my LEGO stuff. When I went down there to see what the reason for the noise had been, I saw that on one of the display cabinets the rear glass pane had burst for no apparent reason, and every set on every level of the cabinet plus the floor around it was full of tiny sharp glass particles. One level had one of the Winter Village sets on it and it looked as though it was covered in snow.
Problem now is how to get rid of all the broken glass, especially from all the sets covered in the stuff, without injuring myself.
Not a pleasant experience at all. "

Man that's awful! For this you could try a wide, soft paint brush to gently brush off the glass particles. I always use it for dusting off display models but it should do the trick for this as well.

@ZunneVuurbal said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Only thing I can add is that with such a product I would not have had the mishap I recently experienced.
I have four Ikea Detolf display cases which I mainly use for my Modulars and similarly sized sets.
A couple of days ago I heard a strange noise from the room in the cellar where I keep my LEGO stuff. When I went down there to see what the reason for the noise had been, I saw that on one of the display cabinets the rear glass pane had burst for no apparent reason, and every set on every level of the cabinet plus the floor around it was full of tiny sharp glass particles. One level had one of the Winter Village sets on it and it looked as though it was covered in snow.
Problem now is how to get rid of all the broken glass, especially from all the sets covered in the stuff, without injuring myself.
Not a pleasant experience at all. "

Man that's awful! For this you could try a wide, soft paint brush to gently brush off the glass particles. I always use it for dusting off display models but it should do the trick for this as well."

Crap!!! Hang in there.

Seriously, that's awful. I wouldn't wish that on the head of Lego Star Wars. :(

Maybe a vaccum with a screen over the nozzle to keep Lego from being sucked in?

@tomthepirate said:
" @Huw Do you know off about good display solution for train aficionados? I have dozens and they no longer fit into my layout so I have been taking them apart and storing them. Normal shelves are not great- too deep and too much vertical space. Thanks!"

I run Ikea Mosslanda shelves (the white 115cm long picture shelves) above my door frames along any walls I want to display the trains. I have multiple Orient Express sets displayed in a full train, and they look good, while not taking up much room. I use straight track sections on 2x8 blocks to lift the track up so the trains are more visible.

@TheOtherMike said:
"I like the touch of molding the set number and name into the mounts, but I don't really have any real interest in any of these. I take my sets apart and store them, then rebuild them later when the mood strikes me.

@StyleCounselor said:"Hanging DAD on a WALL??!!

Is there any end to the cruelty of this world?!"

My Dad knows what he did."

C.W. Gifts knows what he did, but at the same time, he knows neither shame nor regret.