I haven’t seen my workbench for months. 
Kent
Well, I may be the only person with two different workbenches, both in different countries and both in different hemispheres.
First one is in Brisbane, Australia. It is currently cluttered with paperwork that I have been trying to sort out on my infrequent trips downunder. It has a pile of recently purchased & unmade kits in one corner but that’s about the closest it’s likely to come to seeing any modelling productivity for a while.
The other is here in Laos. It remains fairly tidy because I constantly have members of my wife’s family coming into the house and “playing” with my stuff. There are no hobby stores here and in fact, it’s very unusual for people to have a hobby beyond playing a little sport. Life revolves around providing for the family and little else. The extended family (especially the kids) seem to be fascinated with my odd falang (local word for foreigner) behaviour of “playing with little aeroplanes” and I have had to keep all of my tools and subassemblies locked away when not in use to avoid damage or loss. So my workbench is pretty clean when I’m not modelling. But right now it has a small pile of 1:72 scale kits that I brought back from a trip to Australia last week, including Airfix Alpha Jet, PST ZiS-5 fire engine, Aeroclub Gauntlet & A-Model Kamov Ka-62. Also on the desk, but put away in a large plastic lunchbox are my tools. Locked away in the filing cabinet beside the desk is my Badger airbrush, some paints, a Trumpeter AN-2, Zvezda MiG-21PFM, Revell M-60 MBT, Airfix Chipmunk, Airfix HS-125. Also in the filing cabinet is the “WIP” pile, including 2 x Toko Sea Venoms, Pegasus Gauntlet, Cooper Craft Bedford ML lorry and an old pre-built Airfix Catalina that’s undergoing a rebuild.
The subjects that I have here are not part of my usual theme (Aussie military & civil aircraft) but just a few items to keep myself involved in the hobby. Since my work has kept me moving around the globe for the past 20-odd years I have had little time to do any modelling, so these subjects are just to help practice & improve my skills.
I donj’t know why I’m doing this, but I guess I can take the expected abuse. This is my workbench AFTER I cleaned it up!
Now that’s how a desk should look! [tup] Used but not abused.
Now for where the bomb went off…
And I know what’s on there, nothing get’s lost, and where it is (9 times out of 10) And that’s only with two projects on the go, normally I have three[:O]
You caught me! The Monday night football temporary bench, aka Bondofamily breakfast table and promised to be cleared by daybreak bench:
not very enlightening I know but definitely a la mode. Trivia: how may aircraft models are in this picture, and for a bonus which, at what scale?
Don’t none of you even talk about messy benches. If you were to see mine you would ask how can anyone build. To which I answer very carefully with careful planning. My computer desk doubles as my workbench. With a flatpanel monitor I have decent desktop real estate, same goes with the keyboard/mouse being on a tray underneath. My desktop itsel;f is filled with sprued some empty some partially empty, paint bottles, a tub of water, a half a resin mold, a drying resin mold, paintbrushes, tools, glues, a roll of TP, a mountain dew bottle used as an ashtray, instruction sheets for a good laugh, sub assemblies in progress, a can of resin and bottle of catalyst, mold making catalyst, a can of rootbeer, various items of trash(yes I am a lazy slob), empty packs of whatever, and various other items. I have parts for about 13 projects on my desk and sub assembilies for about 7 of them. For supplies the list is as follows.
Sprue cutters made by Xuron for Testors, a few jewelers files, a flexifile, some Stevens International sanding pads, some automotive wet/dry sandpaper, some detail amster polishing cloths, Testors MM liquid cement in the triangular container(for doing indy link tracks on armor models), a bottle of tenax, some testors tube glue(still useful for most modeling needs) a bottle of zap a gap, a bottle of plastizap, Tamiya and Model Master Crylic paints, Tamiya thinner(used for both brands), a NASTY sharp wood handled razor saw and the orange plastic miter box that came with it(I forgot the brand), 3 exacto handles, one with a #11 blade, one with whatever I need, and one with a needle in it I use as a panel scriber, some Lion Roar PE templates, a pair of self locking tweezers, two types of small needle nose pliers, a pair of small wire dykes, a zipper lighter(for my smokes) and a BBQ lighter(for stretching sprue), mixing cups(for resin and RTV), misc medicine bottles(for mixing paint and whatever), some pastel chalks, and some paint brushes. I think that just about covers it. In the bathroom off the bedroom where I do my painting(very nice exhaust fan and it’s seperated) is a bottle of future, my small harbor freight airbrush compressor(actually quite nice), and my model maker brand chrome plated brass double action airbrush. In a box I also have 3 aztec airbrushes. One of which I use for the rare occasion I use metalizer paints. I also have a couple of sheets of bare metal foil for doing chrome trim and for masking canopies. Most of these tools are in a small wooden box which I keep next to the desk. Also next to the desk is my tub of RTV silicone for making resin molds. Oh yeah and Tamiya 10mm masking tape. And lead shot for noseweights.
I have a few other items but they are supplies and not tools. Like the expensive grass for diorama’s, and some model railroad stuff for making turf and whatnot for diorama’s.
Michael
P.S.
Nobody here has the cashflow to convince me to take a photo of my desk.
P.P.S.
When I am home there is also a Kimber 1911 or Springfield XD sitting here on the desk as well. Neighborhood isn’t the best. Not the worst, but not the best.
Well, I said earlier in this thread that I was unpacking my stuff after 3 years of being boxed up…well…I think a FAT BOY hit when the boxes opened…
wow…soon …very soon…
I see an R/C heli there! (That’s my other hobby)
In my best baritone ‘motherly voice’… "jeaton! Didn’t I ask you to clean this mess UP? Why can’t you be more like your friend Drew? At least he has his brushes lined up neatly! I really do, though, admire your organizational skills if you can show me that bottle of Flat Black that you asked me if I had seen. And your friend Reload that just moved in? I certainly hope that you’re not a bad influence on that kid! He still stands a chance. As long as he doesn’t hang out with Bondoman. I was over there today and there was more dirty dinner-ware on the table than airplanes. I’ll just never understand why you can’t be more like your big brother Bob…"
Get a Haircut (and Get a Real Job) drowns out everything else. Good ol’ George Thourogood!
I may just post a pic or three since I’ve seen my competition.[sigh]
The helicopter(s) are to keep me at the workbench. Every time I try to fly them I have to go back to the workbench!
The spray flat black is up on the first shelf, middle left next to the clear flat and flat white. To the left on the bench is Tamiya and MM flat black for the airbrush, secondary flat black stocks are next to that small clear space for my left foot on the floor, and third string stocks are on that shelf to the left as you come in the door.
I don’t really worry about my mother’s opinion. It does smart a wee bit when my grandsons tell me my workshop is a mess. Honest to a fault, they are!
I would clean it up, except I just have one more thing to do on this model I’m working on.
Trust me when I say i know where EVERYTHING is as a moments notice…[:-^]
Ihave currently two workbench, my one one in my room, but the glue stench smell alot even with my fan on, but after a garage sale I finally got a more "suitable"place to work, so far only problemis no indoor heating.[:(]
Currently I’m working on a Coirsair, P-38 and a sabre, but I doing them in my old workshop, the new one in the garage has 7 tank waiting to be complete.
John- I see that C-46 is coming along nicely!
I think this is a great thread- sort of “What they carried” crossed with CSI.
I dont have a work bench yet. I was original working in my floor. Doing my painting on a card board box top. Currently im working on two pop out dinner trays to give my back a break.
I’m looking for a small table to put in my room to use as a hobby table. I’ve only got aspace around 2x4 or 5 foot that would work.
I have a good work bench outside in my shop, but its a spare shop not conencted to the house. I really use it to work on jetskis and other “serious” projects, but is used for airbrushing.
My inside shop has a killer area to work on models but my dad has always used it for his planes until he quit and just recently got back into it. No matter how hard i try to keep it clean he messes it up.
Here’s all of them
Dinner trays till I find a real table for room
My dad’s shop that will not stay organized…and its sucha nice little area
My shop(outside) - Peg board has been up and never had many tools on it…I keep all of my tools locked up so ym dad wont borrow and lose them
Just wanted to show off my tool box right quick. Paid $90 for both the bottom and top, and bought some foam and cut them out for every organizable tool I own. Sockets 1/4, 3/8, and 1" each have a drawer like this
Hi there,
well right now it’s pretty empty, cause I’m preparing some other projects for the upcoming modelshow here in Austria, but thats what it looked not so long ago:
Actually these kits have already all been finished for my "almost finished CVE project in the same scale 1:72. At some time my workbench looked like the assembling line at Grumman…ah well almost since a few TBM were among them too…something else? Oh yes 423 figures, really I counted them 3 or 4 times!
If you want to see the current status of thisproject go to my website: www.usns.biz
René
http://www.usns.biz/
Thats really nice. Have you modeled the “critters” yet? By that, I mean tugs, jeeps, bomb carts, hooks?
These projects are impressive.
Look for my PM
Here’s my work table
My spray booth and compressor
and my display cabinet
Enjoy
-Fred
Hi Bondoman,
I have done all by myself, that is for the aircraft I only used the fuselage, rest is scratch build (folded wings and so) but please take a look at my website: www.usns.biz under the project Sangamon you will be able to view a few hundred pictures of this project and there you can see things like this:
Scale is 1:72 all scratch build
Sofar I have spent 5 1/2 years on this monster and right now I’m doing the final things on this project. Hope you like it
René
www.usns.biz
Rene, that is absolutely beautiful. I salte you for your craftsmanship.
Rene: this is VERY IMPRESSIVE !!
absolutely fantastic project