I refurbished my flight case...

I bought this case years ago from Argos, but I was never particularly good at spacing items to make the best use of the foam. Recently I managed to get some new diced foam from Jessops, so here's the result:

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That's my K1000, ME Super, MG, MZ50, P30T and P30 along with AF200S, SA and T flashguns. Oh, and a handful of lenses - M 50mm f2 and f1.7, FA 28-80mm.

Looks very neat and tidy, but isn't your body:lens ratio a bit one-sided in favour of bodies?

Talking of one sided, you seem to have most of the weight on the right.

Good job though.

Ah, this is the spare bodies store though - I have other lenses in Lowepro cases that I use often, this is more or less the reserve collection! These were rattling around in the wardrobe which isn't the best way to store gear, so I decided to sort the old case out.

It's not bad on weight distribution, the K1000 is the heaviest camera in there and that's on the centreline.

I was lucky enough to pick up a Pentax aluminium case a while back but have never seen another on ebay. I could do with two or three more!

K.

That's good to know, I've got a 'quantity' of ex army kevlar reinforced fibreglass cases that are virtually unbreakable, waterproof and light. Some are even airtight and have a pressure release button incase they have been in an aircraft hold.
But they have no rubber inserts, other than the original ones for holding weapons optical sights etc.
So I'm off to Jessops.

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They are superb cases and designed for a hard life.

diced foam?

I have a Peli in the garage waiting for a new lease of life....

Bret

Or how about this ? -

http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/music/typeproducts2.asp?id=4717-5264

It's a bigger sheet but thinner so you can build up different levels easier.

That is useful to know - I gave away my aluminium case because I could not find any replacement foam

I just bought some foam from the local market and cut on the shapes I needed with a sharp knife.

K.

aaaahhh, now if thomann have it... then I'm sorted. As then I'll get the 'frotto stands at the same time.

yep, they do, and it's cheaper than the other stuff, too, at 500mmx80x400 for €18.

Now all I need to do is get sketchup out and work out where everything will go... anyone have a model of the K10D or lenses handy?

I'd like to use the space as effectively as possible. The 190 won't fit, but the d-lites should, as should all the lenses, a laptop, and a disk or two. A battery would be nice as then I can also fit a highpower LED to see in the dark.
Bret

I've since bought a second case from Maplin - they had a special offer last month. Unfortunately it's already full...

I need to get a case sorted. I like those army ones, but I don't think the Mrs would be happy tripping over them in the house.

Oddly I do have a couple of .50 calibre ammo boxes, I use them to store some of my N scale train collection as they're waterproof and will protect the contents from anything short of a major earthquake.

Here's the second flightcase:

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This has an MG, MV1, ME Super (already seen, it got displaced from the first case by an ES II), MZ50 (with AA battery grip underneath), SF7, Pentax-M 80-200mm f4.5 zoom and Takumar Bayonet 28mm f2.8

I've still got some for sale. The size that my K10 is on in the picture I've been selling for £15.

The internal size is roughly 17" X 10" x 5" and they are strong enough to park a Landrover on.

bumm just to have it in my profile

James