The products

Screws, bearings, decals and powder

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RC screws and track pins RC bearings Pin vise bits and scale wheels Photoetch frets Which this shelf cannot do Decal sheets Unpainted figures Weathering powder What they all want from a container And what they want from a system References

A modeller has forty containers, not one. That is the actual problem.

RC screws and track pins

Dozens of sizes that look identical at arm's length. The requirement is telling them apart, which is a labelling and visibility problem rather than a containment one.

RC bearings

Precision parts that are ruined by grit and by sitting in a damp drawer. They want a sealed container and they want to not roll around against each other.

Pin vise bits and scale wheels

Small, fragile and easy to lose. Bits snap and wheels are moulded; both suffer from being tipped out and swept up.

Photoetch frets

Flat sheets of fine brass or steel parts on a carrier. They bend if stored loose and a bent fret is a ruined part, so they want to lie flat.

Which this shelf cannot do

A fret is a flat rectangle and a jar is a cylinder. There is no flat storage here at all, and that is an honest absence rather than a preference.

Decal sheets

The same shape problem and worse: decals must stay flat, dry and out of light, and a rolled decal sheet is often unusable. Again, no flat store here.

Unpainted figures

Soft detail that rubs. They want separation rather than a sealed environment, which is a compartment problem.

Weathering powder

The one genuinely dusty item in the group, and the only one with an inhalation consideration. A small jar filled low, opened over a tray, with a lid that seals flat.

What they all want from a container

Clear walls, a wide mouth, a lid that stays on, a flat base and a label. 255 jars here, led by 123 PET single wall jars and 26 PP single wall jars.

And what they want from a system

One size, repeated, so a tray of forty stacks and sorts. The mistake a 646-container catalog encourages is choosing the perfect container for each thing.

References

The archetype behind this shelf is store-small-dry: 15 to 500 mL, wide mouth, no closure requirement, PP and PET and glass, cold, solid, chunky, scooped, with "small dry parts, wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside" as its stated reason. Eleven of the twelve leaves are dry parts, so the archetype describes the craft correctly, which is uncommon in this library.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The model parts and paint shelf is 1,136 rows: 646 containers and 490 closures. 5 mL to 2,000 mL with a median of 118; 25 containers at 15 mL or under, 84 at 30 or under, 183 at 60 or under, 336 at 120 or under, 522 at 250 or under. 351 PET, 117 glass, 100 HDPE, 78 PP. 376 bottles, 255 jars, 13 tubs and pails, 2 tubes. 175 clear, 141 white, 101 amber, 61 blue, 60 natural, 47 black. Closures: 288 continuous thread, 32 disc top, 31 child resistant, 26 spouted, 22 dome lids, 19 lug and twist, 14 phenolic, 13 spice caps, 11 liners and sealing discs, 10 flip top.

Written from 16 CFR 1501.4 and 16 CFR 1262, and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No cylinder dimensions appear anywhere in this property, because the rule gives them in a figure rather than in its text. Whether a particular part or magnet passes either test is a determination about that article; we sell the container it is kept in. Whether a kit is a children's product is the four-factor test covered in the resin jewelry property.