I love to see other peoples building areas. I know these threads pop up from time to time but I never get tired of them.
I completed another Army PCS move in October. Our house has a fourth finished room in the basement that my wife and are sharing. She does scrapbooking on one side, and I build models on the other.
Over the last several months, I have gradually got things unpacked and organized. I finished my first model in several years in this room a couple of nights ago. I hope to start cranking out 2 to 3 models a month for a few months. The plastic containers that you see in the right corner with kits in them that have been 75% to 90% assembled. They mostly just need to be painted/weathered. So, I think 2 to 3 a month is doable until my preassembled “stash” is finished.
Here it is:
The cabinets are “assembly required” items from Lowes/Home Depot. The backwall is pegboard. There are 4 halogen lights arrayed across the bottom of the cabinets with the wiring running up behind the pegboard. Visible in the right corner is the stack of plastic storage containers that has the mostly assembled kits in them.
This is the left side of my half of the room. The cabinet unit is another “assembly required” item from Lowes/Home Depot. Also visible is 98% of my model stash. I have about 10 or 12 other kits still boxed up.
Close up of the model stash.
This is the right half of my side of the room. The table is a small craft table from Hobby Lobby that my wife decided she wasn’t going to use. This table, obviously, is used for my airbrushing. The compressor is a Campbell-Hausfeld from Walmart. It is a fantastic compressor. I only wish the compressor was a little quiter.
I see a number of double ups in your stash. I have always been curious about modellers making the same kit twice. Do you do different paint/markings on the second ?
The duplicate Dragon Wagons and Famo’s are a result of me buying one of each for myself initially. Then, a friend of mine decided he wasn’t going to build armor anymore. So, he sold me a stash of kits for $200.00. Another Famo and Dragon Wagon was part of that stash.
I have two Tamiya M8 armored cars because: I bought one for myself when it was first released. The second was part of the kit collection I bought from the friend mentioned previously.
I have two Tamiya Steyr german cars because because I broke a couple of pieces in the first kit and bought a second kit to scavenge parts from.
I have two Merkava’s because: I bought one for myself when it first came out. Purchased the second from a club aquiantance for $9.00. It was too good of a deal to pass up.
I have multiple Hummers because I’ve bought conversion kits to make different varients (and I got the Hummer kits on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $12.00 each).
I have two Tamiya M113A2’s because they were on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $14.00 each. I had to buy both. I will build one OOB. Who knows what I will do with the other.
I have two Blackhawks because one is the AH-60 DAP kit and one is the UH-60L kit. I love the DAP configuration so I was going to build it OOB. I was flown around Iraq on a UH-60L so I was going to build a UH-60L OOB with custom decals (I hope). Both of these were purchased on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $23.00 ea.
I have two F/A-18C kits again, because they have different markings and weapon load-outs. These were bought on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $27.00 ea.
I have two Tamiya M1A2 Abrams (bought on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $14.00 ea before DML put out their M1A1 AIM or M1A2) because I was going to build one as a US Army tank and one as a US Marine Corps tank.
I have two Tamiya M2 Bradleys because I was going to build one M2 straight OOB. I was going to use interior pieces from the other Tamiya M2 to build the interior of the Tamiya M2A2.
There is a method to my madness MMMWWWWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
It’s all good-- I have posted in-progress pics in past threads-- but in yours I get to post the finished deal. I did a Pacific scheme while painting the walls A couple from each side-- two from the door:
The cabinet holds all the nasty things my 5 and 3 year old should not get in to. Things like CA glue, lacquer thinner, etc. and so on. [:)] Also my overstock of styrene, PE parts, wax, polish, decals as well.
My paint booth is the Paasche with the three filters. I have a vent running off of the back of it but usually just vent the acrylics I usually spray into the back part of the basement. When I am spraying lacquers, I disconnect the dryer vent from the dryer and hook up the paint booth connection to vent it outdoors. This way too, I am not venting the lacquers into the back part of the basement where the furnace (and pilot light) are! [:D]
Nope, don’t entertain at all! In fact, like Darren- I try to keep the workshop hidden from view. That’s why it’s in the basement, and the shades are ALWAYS drawn closed! If you ever plan to visit, be prepared to be [X-)]. [:D]
[(-D][8-][xx(][swg] How did you know? Have you been peeking? [:O]
Lt, Quit postin so much on this forum and build something in that Great Area you have built… You could of at least opened up one of those kits and spread it out to fake it…[(-D]
Perhaps I should send you half a dozen of my unfinished projects to clutter up that workspace so you can edit your pictures… [;)]
Kidding aside, your area has really shaped up, now if you would just paint those walls…[:-^]
Would that the temp down there get above 60 DEGREES!
I did try out some painting up here in the living room…trying out some things with Future. I was having no luck in the cold basement (as the weather went cold again)
There are 3 WIP and a testbed paint victim inside the paint booth. Had to clear the bench for new pics. But you can see that I have much space to fill up! But that was the plan, since I have the room…and most of those plastic drawers are full of stuff! The place looks very stark though.
A couple from each side-- two from the door:
