ERIK88 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) This is my current work area, I paint in another room however. My kits are stashed in the attic, there's way more kits behind those. These are my most recent acquisitions. Edited December 13, 2015 by ERIK88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 You're talking my language here. It's only like this when I'm building, but I'm ALWAYS building ... just walk in and continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) The new joint,... for now, managed to cram this into the second bedroom of an apartment,.. Spacious enough,... I need more shelves to clutter up .....Lost the Bar Fridge in the move Got some time off, and am going to put this to good use. Cheers everyone, Have a Happy Merry Ho Ho and a Good New 365 Edited December 22, 2015 by Belugawrx cause I forgot about the bar fridge......now I'm sad again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmodelbuilder Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) When I got back into the hobby in around 1995 I was building on the kitchen table. Later that year I built a custom desk & that became my work bench as seen in the 1st picture. In 2001, we bought our first house & I got my own room. 2nd picture shows the same desk/workbench as it was in 2004 right before I put everything into storage. After having all of my modeling stuff put away in storage, I started to put the hobby room back together again in late 2014. I put the room back together kinda like it had been with shelving on 3 walls for my collection. I then threw together an L-shaped table to work on. Last bench pic is from mid 2015. I was in the process of fixing my older builtups. Being in storage wasn't good to them. The other pic shows my old Testors paint station that I just got put into the room along with the storage cabinet under it that I have had since 1969 that my dad built for me.& my model display cabinet that has been around since the 70's when I built it as a bookcase for my mom. Enjoy the pics. I love seeing all the cool spaces! Edited December 22, 2015 by Lordmodelbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CometMan Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 After having virtually no place to call a work area for many years, and a forced semi-sabbatical from the hobby. I experienced a return to bachelorhood in 2013, I now have a 2300sq ft. work room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Atta boy CraigMerry Cheers Ja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Just a old kitchen table in the basement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Well I spy with my eye, -another, with the Testors paint rack set up! (Aren't those nice!? -For those of us with enough paint to fill it!) I have 5 of the Testors paint racks! One full, the other 4 wait to have a place to be put right now! (My shops a wreck).....Amazing how all of us have the same elements in our work areas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Well I spy with my eye, -another, with the Testors paint rack set up! (Aren't those nice!? -For those of us with enough paint to fill it!) I have 5 of the Testors paint racks! One full, the other 4 wait to have a place to be put right now! (My shops a wreck).....Amazing how all of us have the same elements in our work areas!For the most part, many of us do have the same stuff in our work areas. I however don't have room for a spray booth or a dehydrator and I seem to do well without them. I also don't have room for a paint rack, or many paint racks either. I also seem to get by with a minimal amount of tools as well, which works for me. While we're in the same hobby, many of us accomplish the same objective in different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) For the most part, many of us do have the same stuff in our work areas. I however don't have room for a spray booth or a dehydrator and I seem to do well without them. I also don't have room for a paint rack, or many paint racks either. I also seem to get by with a minimal amount of tools as well, which works for me. While we're in the same hobby, many of us accomplish the same objective in different ways. Thats why I said "elements". a lot the same, used, stored differently.... to get much the same "end-result".Edit:I forgot to mention, I myself, buy when I see things at good prices (EVEN if that means I make a second trip) if the price is just "that good" so, being I shop when price is almost un-passable, I then must "store" items...... Hence paint, glue, parts, even tools (if found) for future builds and use. Things I know, I'll use! Edited December 26, 2015 by 426-Hemi See "Edit:" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit1 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Well I spy with my eye, -another, with the Testors paint rack set up! (Aren't those nice!? -For those of us with enough paint to fill it!) I have 5 of the Testors paint racks! One full, the other 4 wait to have a place to be put right now! (My shops a wreck).....Amazing how all of us have the same elements in our work areas!Where do you guys find these testors paint racks at for I don't have one yet??? O.oand btw wasn't there a thread already of WORKBENCH SATURDAYS that show pics of your benches on to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Sean,I myself have had a GREAT relationship with the local hobby shops "Manager" for over a decade, when he got new shelving to reset the store, I was asked if I had interest in the old ones.... Naturally, the old ones used and pretty much beat (paint wise) but sturdy and all structurally SO, I took 'em, ALL for the taking I had to take them all to get just one but I had no issue with taking them all like that as they store pretty easily and at the time I got them, I myself was resetting the work benches in my shop so...... -And he knew that! Dave, the store manager, knew I had TONS of paint, I was always in there buying from him too! I got deals on all the Testors paint. I got Testors Model Masters "Metalizers" 5 for $1.00 in the end as it wasn't selling, and it was old (by a few years of shelf life) and for $16, I bought all he had! Right after that is when he seen me on my next visit, "Hey Johnny, ya need some paint shelving" I hear this and my ears begin to grow pointy LOL "Why yes, what ya got in mind Dave?" LOL -And thats how I got the racks I got!The other bit of advice I could tell you, is watch for stores closing, (I HATE THAT, but....) thats one good way to get old paint racks, OR a hobby shop thats moving/relocating, a lot of times (at least in my area) they sell off the empty racks, and get new for the new location.... These times, you might nail a rack for $5.00, maybe even less depending on how fast they wanna empty the place out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I have a room dedicated to the hobby. It's attached to the back of my garage where I work on my larger scale hobby things. I've been away from the bench for well over a year with some health issues, but I've cleaned up the room and started building about a month or so ago. Some of the pictures aren't too good because of the sunlight that had to be shaded when I took them. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I build aircraft and ships as well. I work in wood and metal as well. some of my stash Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmodelbuilder Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Where do you guys find these testors paint racks at for I don't have one yet??? O.o I had always wanted a paint rack but could never locate one anywhere. Last year I happened to mention it to a friend, & she just happened to have one!She had owned a 2nd hand crafts store & when they closed, it went into storage. She was nice enough to give it to me along with 5 model kits that she had saved all these years.I cleaned the rack up best I could. Still might have it powder coated as I have a good friend in the business. I am however looking for the complete paint labels for my rack. A couple of them were torn in half & missing & I need to replace them. Anyone have a picture of them so I can see what the paint colors I am missing are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quick GMC Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Doesn't get used as much as it should, but it's a good thing when I can stay busy with work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJ6 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Doesn't get used as much as it should, but it's a good thing when I can stay busy with work. Very nice set up ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ed Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 That Looks a lot like a Modelers version of a Pipe Organ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Doesn't get used as much as it should, but it's a good thing when I can stay busy with work. Can you reach the paint bottles while sitting? It lloks like some sort of manufactured storage system that is really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 An old thread, but I'm pretty proud of my workspace. It used to belong to Ronald McDonald, I believe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Some really cool work spaces here! Mines okay... needs more organization.. but i got an area for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Colmer Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Here's mine. It was abandoned for about a year. I just got it going again. The Zombie Gnome was the first thing off the bench in a couple years. I broke with the hose and had to piece it back together and repaint it. Now there's a model in the works. Hosted on Fotki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Some really cool work spaces here! Mines okay... needs more organization.. but i got an area for everything. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Right now it looks like a bomb went off in Micheals or Hobby Lobby so no pics.I need to sit down and organize ,,might even find some stuff I've lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 When we remodeled our house I had the contractor save all the interior doors with the idea I was going to use them to wall off a corner of the basement for my work area. I split a couple of the doors for a work table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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