Whats your work area like?

[ERIK88]

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

[Foxer]

 

 

 

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.

[Belugawrx]

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

[Lordmodelbuilder]

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

[CometMan]

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!

[Belugawrx]

Atta boy Craig

Merry Cheers Ja

[junkyardjeff]

Just a old kitchen table in the basement

[426-Hemi]

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!

[High octane]

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.  

[426-Hemi]

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
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[bandit1]

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.o

and btw wasn't there a thread already of WORKBENCH SATURDAYS that show pics of your benches on to?

[426-Hemi]

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.....

[kenb]

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

 

 

[kenb]

I build aircraft and ships as well. I work in wood and metal as well.

some of my stash

 

Ken

[Lordmodelbuilder]

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?

[Quick GMC]

Doesn't get used as much as it should, but it's a good thing when I can stay busy with work. 

 

 

[XJ6]

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 ??

[Crazy Ed]

   That Looks a lot like a Modelers version of a Pipe Organ!

[crazyjim]

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.

[OldNYJim]

An old thread, but I'm pretty proud of my workspace.  It used to belong to Ronald McDonald, I believe:

[Impalow]

Some really cool work spaces here!   Mines okay... needs more organization.. but i got an area for everything.

 

[Scott Colmer]

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. 

 

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[OldNYJim]

Some really cool work spaces here!   Mines okay... needs more organization.. but i got an area for everything.

 

Wow! 

[gtx6970]

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

[TarheelRick]

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.