Lets see your modelling work areas

Post by **Lee** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:06 pm

Little update to my cave......

Put the two AMMO racks up (worthless crap!)...

Couple of nail varnish racks...

Getting there....

Just got a few more blank spaces on the wall to fill. Might go for the Hataka range of paints

Nev · Post by **Nev** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:46 pm

[quote="Lee"]Little update to my cave......

Put the two AMMO racks up (worthless crap!)...

Not worth the money Lee?

Post by **Lee** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 8:19 pm

Review in next months show

Tacoman2000 · Post by **Tacoman2000** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:57 pm

Just my kitchen table. Hopefully will be moving to my own desk with a better layout.

Tacoman2000 · Post by **Tacoman2000** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:06 pm

my limited supplies. I am working on getting better stuff and waiting for cool stuff to come in the mail.

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:15 pm

Everyone has to start somewhere

all part of the journey

Raenas · Post by **Raenas** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:42 pm

Tacoman2000 wrote:my limited supplies. I am working on getting better stuff and waiting for cool stuff to come in the mail.

Admit it, that's the best feeling in the world

Tacoman2000 · Post by **Tacoman2000** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:42 pm

I fought myself about getting an airbrush and compressor and all the other things I am buying because I thought I could do everything with what I already had. Boy was I wrong. I finally bit the bullet and gave into temptation! lol

Porta · Post by **Porta** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:37 pm

So guys, (now i know how PhotoBucket is working

) This is my mancave, i just build it in the new garage. It's now ready for about 2 weeks so very very clean. (don't worry, it looks already very different right now

) Some pics:

Some stash:

Gr Porta

ps you know that feeling? All the time a song in youre head? I hear when i look at this pictures: Lika a virgin of Madonna. Strange do.

Post by **Lee** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:45 pm

Great room!

Yevgeny · Post by **Yevgeny** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:47 pm

Very nice

Filmman586 · Post by **Filmman586** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:03 pm

Awesome room!

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:24 pm

Wow Porta that is an awesome mancave

Love all the windows,the natural light must be awesome.

justin86 · Post by **justin86** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:06 am

Here is mine,

It does not look like it, but there is currently 7 builds on the go there. Everything gets cleaned up as I go. In need of some paint, but I finally found a hobby shop close by the sells Mr. Hobby

Porta · Post by **Porta** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:10 am

Thanks guys!

Hillbilly wrote:....Love all the windows,the natural light must be awesome.

Indeed very light, works superb. ( the only disadvantage is thas you see every coarseness on the models

)

Gr Porta

zeekodadi · Post by **zeekodadi** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:20 am

Great hobby room. One day I she'll have one just like this one ............. And then I woke up lol great set up!!!!!

Tangles · Post by **Tangles** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:29 am

Couple of great work areas there Porta and Justin. Porta your view must be so calming too. Great stuff.

plasmahal · Post by **plasmahal** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:50 am

Over the past year, I have been slowly transforming my computer desk area in a corner of our dining room into my modelling area. Building my own paint rack was a god send as it frees up so much space and keeps things organised. I have a cheapo spray booth and full mask. Spray booth gets set-up on dining room table as and when I need it and the hose vents out the chimney of our open fire place.

glover52 · Post by **glover52** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:16 pm

nice work areas

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:02 pm

Dad built me some shelves for my paints today. There is a groove in the front so I can slide a 'door' in so if I need to move the shelves I can just close the door and keep it all together.

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:35 pm

That door idea is pretty cool.Your dad did an excellent job on that shelf.

HamilkarBarkas · Post by **HamilkarBarkas** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:08 pm

I like it to build several models at once

mxmhero · Post by **mxmhero** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:02 pm

Nice work area's guy's. I'm a long time model builder just getting into Military building. I built a bench over the summer and used 2 10' counter top's from lowe's. Just built the paint rack's and i'm still working on stocking up the paint collection.

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:11 pm

I made an effort to clean up a bit. I even added the peg board yesterday for some help keeping neat. That shelf was made for something else, so the paints have a lot of room. I need a new shelf. The 'Remove Before Flight' ribbons are real. They came from an A-10 base in Connecticut. The base rented some grills and other party items from us and tied these off to the propane tanks. I ended up with them.

.

Raenas · Post by **Raenas** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:23 pm

Very nice, love to see some paint splatter here and there

I have to ask though: where are those shuttlecraft from? Never seen those before.

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:28 pm

Raenas wrote:Very nice, love to see some paint splatter here and there

I have to ask though: where are those shuttlecraft from? Never seen those before.

The bigger one is a toy, with wheels, that will fit one of the figures in the cockpit. The other is actually a CD case!

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:31 pm

HamilkarBarkas wrote:I like it to build several models at once

Of course you do. Just like in school; there was always one over achiever in the class! "You still build in 1:35 scale? Hah, I only work in 1:1 scale."

Raenas · Post by **Raenas** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:56 am

DBMiller wrote:
Raenas wrote:Very nice, love to see some paint splatter here and there

I have to ask though: where are those shuttlecraft from? Never seen those before.
The bigger one is a toy, with wheels, that will fit one of the figures in the cockpit. The other is actually a CD case!

Damn

Was hoping you were gonna say they were an old kit that is still pretty cheap and plentiful on ebay

modelmakingguru · Post by **modelmakingguru** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:21 pm

My making cave is actually ddark and mysterious, and also quite tiny as space is at a premium. And normally it is tidy and ordered but as you can see in this picture I am hard at work.

What? Lazy slacking off with coffee is a supremely important part of modelmaking.

CJSomerset · Post by **CJSomerset** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:37 pm

modelmakingguru wrote:

Where's the lazy dog for jumping over?

modelmakingguru · Post by **modelmakingguru** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:13 pm

I am both the quick brown Foxx AND the lazy dog

Aliktren · Post by **Aliktren** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:18 pm

Lee wrote:Here's a pic of mine as it was last week...

Currently going through a complete revamp at the moment as I've just received my birthday present early. NEED MORE SPACE....lol

Lee, what lamp is this and how much was it roughly ?

Post by **Lee** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:31 am

Aliktren wrote:
Lee wrote:Here's a pic of mine as it was last week...

Currently going through a complete revamp at the moment as I've just received my birthday present early. NEED MORE SPACE....lol

Lee, what lamp is this and how much was it roughly ?

A triple bright lamp. Cost about £70-£80, can't remember where I bought it from, but Paul has found somewhere cheap that sells them

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:11 am

Here you go http://cpc.farnell.com/shesto/lc8015/ta ... dp/LA03103

modelmakingguru · Post by **modelmakingguru** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:40 am

Lee wrote:
A triple bright lamp. Cost about £70-£80, can't remember where I bought it from, but Paul has found somewhere cheap that sells them

Actually, I would be REALLY interested in finding out where that lamp came from too. Lighting is my big issue in my area, not for working but for filming. I need to have free-standing lighting as I can't mount anything to anything. Would you be able to find out for us? Thanks

plasmahal · Post by **plasmahal** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:49 am

modelmakingguru wrote:
Lee wrote:
A triple bright lamp. Cost about £70-£80, can't remember where I bought it from, but Paul has found somewhere cheap that sells them
Actually, I would be REALLY interested in finding out where that lamp came from too. Lighting is my big issue in my area, not for working but for filming. I need to have free-standing lighting as I can't mount anything to anything. Would you be able to find out for us? Thanks

@ modelmakingguru, if you are in the UK, i recently got a triple lamp from here:

http://cpc.farnell.com/shesto/lc8015/ta ... dp/LA03103

modelmakingguru · Post by **modelmakingguru** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:10 pm

Cool, cheers, I'll check that out

The only thing I have to watch for is that I don't get flourescent flicker - I film on iPhone and sometimes I get that annoying horizontal flicker because of the tube refresh rate. Definitely interesting though, could be up for one of these.

gaz45 · Post by **gaz45** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:28 pm

I decided i needed more space to build and to paint and some place other than a draw which was getting quite full of pain
So from this

To this

Brundledonk · Post by **Brundledonk** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:37 pm

Up until very recently this has been my hobby room

20150126_093937 by brundledonk, on Flickr

But for the last couple of months I have been working on turning a room down in the cellar
Into a new mancave

20150125_172158 by brundledonk, on Flickr
I'm up and running down there now, it's nice to have more space, but I'm still getting used to it and trying to figure out the best places to put things

20150207_212119 by brundledonk, on Flickr

Pete

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:11 am

Great workspace

NAMBiohazard · Post by **NAMBiohazard** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:12 am

Brundledonk wrote:Up until very recently this has been my hobby room
20150126_093937 by brundledonk, on Flickr

But for the last couple of months I have been working on turning a room down in the cellar
Into a new mancave
20150125_172158 by brundledonk, on Flickr
I'm up and running down there now, it's nice to have more space, but I'm still getting used to it and trying to figure out the best places to put things
20150207_212119 by brundledonk, on Flickr

Pete

I WANT ONE OF THOSE

Wish I had an extra room in my house

Looks so spacious

Brundledonk · Post by **Brundledonk** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:46 am

Thanks Bjorn, it really is nice to have the extra space, but it doesn't take long to fill it up lol !

Pete

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:36 pm

20150125_172158 by brundledonk, on Flickr

This is a blank slate...perfect basement modelling space

Is the square inset in the middle your paint booth???
Putting this pic in my design ideas for our house build, thanks for posting and congrats on such a good space!

Brundledonk · Post by **Brundledonk** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:02 am

Thanks Scott, that square inset was originally a window, I swapped the glass for an insulated panel so I could vent the booth through it, it was a shame to lose the natural light but condensation formed on the glass like a waterfall lol !
This is what I'm using at the moment, but I will have a new larger setup that will be going to fit into the edge of that alcove later this month

This is how it is at the moment, it works ok but I can't fit the larger models in the booth

20150203_124935 by brundledonk, on Flickr

And this is how it looked down there before I started, I'm still amazed by the difference when I look at this picture

20141127_124529 by brundledonk, on Flickr

Pete

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:51 am

Now I am even more impressed Pete
You took that from 'Silence of the Lambs'' basement to an episode of 'Cribs'

Porta · Post by **Porta** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:53 am

Yep, you did a good job! Very nice mancave!

Maybe one thing: to bad you don't have a lot (or nothing?) of daylight. ( some good lamps will do the trick do)

Gr Porta

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:40 pm

WOW,amazing transformation Pete!

That is an amazing mancave you have there.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:13 pm

Those are fabulous work spaces, both in progress and soon to be.
I love looking at these shots. It gives ideas for all sorts of dangerous improvements.

So my wife asks that I make a space for a "comfy chair" in my cave. She says that she'd like to pop in and watch movies or tv on the computer while I'm working sometimes.
So a hour or so work and a parking space for M'lady.
Before we built our house my cave was a corner in the spare bedroom of our apartment. After the kids were asleep we'd go hang out in the spare room and watch TV on the PC. The TV in the living room was too loud and woke the kids. So we had to hide out in the cave.
It became a habit.
After we moved the house was so big everyone had their own space and I was left alone in the cave all the time at night. I was getting bored and she was too.
Time for a change.

Aliktren · Post by **Aliktren** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:40 pm

well here is my little acorn....

hoping to make a paint rack soon to fix across the back, the table is a repurposed model railway board I built (I have another huge one taking up space) from the period between when I thought me and junior would like model railways and I realised Model railways are pretty dull and high maintenance....

One day it will look like some of these other cool setups!!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:45 pm

Jeeeze!!!! Look all all the windows and light!!!
Very nice!