Just noticed that part 1 had a few more posts than we usually go, so starting a new one here. To see part one go to:
Displaying Your Thumbnail Collection

Since JJ rightly closed Part One of this topic, I thought I would re-post my final post of part one and ask Daniel to re-post his numbers of the thumbnails..

Here's how the 25 thumbnails are displayed at the Midwest Harbour Lights Museum except of course not against the clouds normally...



Thumbnails own the top shelf while their bigger brother and sister Spyglass Lighthouses have the two lower shelves of their display cabinet..

Display looks great!
HCS

Gorgeous display! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice! I like it.

Looks very nice.

Paul, That is a great way to display the thumbnails and spyglass items. I currently use them as "filler" between the LEs, but they seemed to be lost. Your way makes them stand out so one can appreciate the work that went into making something so small with the detail HL provides.

What are the dimensions on the case?

Thanks for sharing the picture!

This is a great way to get both the thumbnails and Spyglass series in one case. My thimble dome displays only the thumbnails (pretty cool, I think), but I need something for the Spyglass lights.

Mel, I still have my spyglass lights displayed as "fillers". The case Paul posted looks like one in the Lighthouse Depot catalog but it must be smaller. The one in the catalog is used for the LLOM lights.

Yea!! It's official, my thumbnail collection is complete! Thanks to a heads up from Rich, I tracked them on ebay and placed winning bids on both the Cape Hatteras and Sandy Hook - both of which had eluded me on ebay and both of which sold for a whole lot more the previous times I tried. I can't wait for them to arrive. As soon as they have taken their place in the dome, I will take a picture and post it.

Thanks to a very nice "gift fairy" we have now joined the "thumbnail owners"!
So I thought I'd resurect this thread and share our idea about displaying them.

We had thought about a very small set of shelves similar to the ones Stan made for the LLOMs. But that was going to be a fiddely job.

And then we had a "brain wave" and searched for and found a display cabinet for thimbles (three cheers for eBay).

Here is the result:


I especially like the idea of these little treasures being behind glass. (there is a glass door on the cabinet, but we opened it for the picture) Little dust and little danger of them being knocked off - can't be bad!!!

Margret,

Your display looks great. I hadn't thought about using a thimble display case.

Margret,

Your "thimble" display looks great. I intend to try to find one. I never thought of it.

Paul,

Your display case looks stunning. Where did you locate it?

bobo

Margret,

What an awesome idea! I like the way they look in there and with the door for protection...great display!

Margret,

I LOVE IT!!! They look GREAT!!!

BRILLIANT!

PERFECT!!!

For anyone interested
eBay search for Thimble Display Cases

Hope this works!

What a great idea. I think, however I need to get a few more thumbnails. One would look pretty lonely in there.

Margret, that is a super idea! They look beautiful. I promised over a year ago that I would post a picture of my dome. I will do that shortly. It's great to exchange ideas like this. We all end up doing our own thing, but it starts with inspiration from our friends on the forums. JC started the ball rolling for me when he posted his picture after the Michigan reunion - a shadowbox he purchased at Michael's.

Yes, I remember that shadow box. We went to California just after and Sue was working for Micheals at the time.
Looking forward to seeing your display!

I am bring this back to the top for Cuckolds and others to see the list of thumbnails.. It may need to be updated just a bit.

This display makes me want this size. They look so special.

Thanks Paul for the list of thumbnails...it is a big help....

Add
2007 Detroit River
2008 Loon Island
2009 Duxbury Pier (presume)

Updated List of Thumbnails: 4/26/2010

1997 Reunion:

HL608 Assateague
HL609 Cape Hatteras
HL610 St. Simons
HL611 Sandy Hook
(500 each)

1998 Reunion:

HL618 Beavertail
HL619 Point Judith
HL620 Southeast Block
HL621 Rose Island
(1500 each)

2001 Reunion

HL646A Craighill Lower Front Range
HL647 Craighill Upper Front Range
HL648 Sandy Point Shoal
HL649 Hooper's Strait
(850 each)

HL644 Hereford Inlet was issued around the same time?
(5,800 number issued)

2003-2005 Special Events

2003 - HL664 St. Clair
2004 - HL668 TH Three Sisters
2005 - HL677 THUMB Fourteen Foot Bank
(2,500 each)

2005 Reunion:

HL679 Old Mackinac
HL680 Grays Reef
HL681 Waugoshance
HL682 Fourteen Ft. Shoal
HL683 Poe Reef
HL684 St. Helena
HL685 Spectacle Reef
HL686 Round Island
HL687 White Shoal
(450 each)

2006 HL693THUMB El Morro - Tidewater Regional Event (2,500)
2007 HL696THUMB Detroit River (3,000)
2008 HL800THUMB Loon Island (1,500)
2009 HL804THUMB Duxbury Pier (1,500)

I updated the thumbnail information with much firmer numbers and the actual name that Harbour Lights lists each thumbnail in their product list..