I dont have a real work aera since im in the 8th grade but in my room I have a small closet and i put a knee high bench so I just sit on the floor. When i’m done modeling I just close the closet doors. Before I go to school I just role out of bed at 5:00 in the morning and begin to work on my models. I dont mind not having a modeling room. I would send a picture but I dont have a digital camera or scaner.
Sorry, no can do post pictures. Can’t seem to find my work area under all the stuff.
Here’s a couple of my work bench. There’s bit more ‘stuff’ on it now, but the general view is pretty much the same. No spray booth yet… still working on that…
Murray
He-he-he.
Nice try guys…but I think I am OK now.
This is a good post. Ifn my computer worked with my camera i would post pics. Id like to show off my place[;)] Sure its spacius, but its a hassle. I live out in the country and we have a work shop. Basically its a 3 car garage that has 1 space that is covered in carpet and has cabinets and a sink. So that part is my model room. I have one space on the counter where i build, decal, paint etc. Another space acoupe yards away where i keep built models. And another space where i do diorama bases and plaster/celluclay.
And the last place i have is in another room, my airbrush station.
All of the space may sound good, but i hate it, If i want to airbrush my model, I have to carry the model, the paint and the solvent into another room. SOme day i’d like to have a worshop like Foster7155. That’s a nice one.
look at it this way john, i have to go from one floor to another to paint. my wife hates the fumes so i paint in the basement but do most of the work in the living room.
joe
Joe,
Like what I do when I use enamel or lacquer paints. Need to go out in the garage. But acrylic paints are ok inside the house.
Oh well, these are the pains of not having a separate hobby room.
personally though i like the fumes. makes me feel good. in fact painting right now.
joe
Here’s mine, but it gets shared by a lot of other chores besides modeling.
Hey Music City, Does your back hurt after a while of modeling because of the stool?
I have a stool too and I have to take breaks becuase of my back.
No worse than standing on that concrete floor [:)] Really, it doesn’t bother me much. I spent so many years on drafting boards (before the days of computer aided drafting / design!) that I don’t feel right doing close up work unless I sit up high. I keep saying I’m going to get a bar stool and put down there but never do it. That old 3-legged piece of junk is just about gone though (there is another one elsewhere in the basement but it’s in even worse shape!), so I’ll probably get something better soon.
Always glad to see the next generation of modeler coming along. That is how I modeled back in the day - I too was a closet modeler and drove my mother nuts with it and guess what else … it all started in Montana for me also. Keep it up Thomas and welcome to the community - we have plenty of virtual big sky here.
Murray and Music City,
I see you guys are cast into the basement as well.
Bench (soon to be expanded) and part of the stash:
And more of the stash
I have another stash in my closet and my son’s closet as well. I’m using the “multiple location” technique of storage this way the wife doesn’t have an idea of exactly how many kits I have
you lookin to get rid of some… [}:)]
jk, my stash is starting to outgrow its designated space, and I only have 12 unbuilt kits…
Great pics guys, it’s cool to see where everyone does their business!!! I just got a Evergreen Styrene Countertop Display, fully stocked!!! NOW we can do some scratchbuilding!!![:P][;)][:D]
I’m gonna have to see about getting some pictures of my workstation. You won’t believe what a mess it is! Makes all your ‘messy’ workspaces look like operating tables!
Take a look at the scratchbuilt LAV-25 on the cover of the May FSM (as well as the accompanying article about it). It’s either inspirational, humbling, or just makes me feel completely inadequate. In fact, I think it does all three.
Same here, Scott. I just stare at the LAV and my friend keeps telling me I’m obsessing worse then usual.
I don’t think it’s an obsession … I think it’s, well, it’s, well, … OK, maybe it is an obsession. It’s just not right for someone to have enough talent to build that from scratch and me to be stuck with 10 thumbs!
Usually< I just use pics like that as an excuse to go all out. “See what this guy did…”