I hate seeing a tire ruined by a flat spot. So a while back I found and modified a stand and 3D printed it at our library:

It worked fine:

I was getting ready to print a few more when an alternative hit me. So I tried it, and sure enough a plastic cap worked just fine:

This one is from a carton of orange juice:

They work great for 1/32 cars, and are OK for 1/24. But milk caps are almost twice as big, and work a bit better for the larger cars.
So while I like the professional look of the 3D printed stand, to be practical and to avoid caps ending-up in land-fills, I'm now using caps for all of my cars that I don't have cases for.
Ron
It worked fine:
I was getting ready to print a few more when an alternative hit me. So I tried it, and sure enough a plastic cap worked just fine:
This one is from a carton of orange juice:
They work great for 1/32 cars, and are OK for 1/24. But milk caps are almost twice as big, and work a bit better for the larger cars.
So while I like the professional look of the 3D printed stand, to be practical and to avoid caps ending-up in land-fills, I'm now using caps for all of my cars that I don't have cases for.
Ron
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