Global Scale Modeller

WebbyNZ wrote: They are generic nail polish racks. About a dozen per row and 5 rows per rack
Then they got put on an old in/out tray to maximise space.

What an excellent idea!

Why not do a few pics and put up what and how in the tips and tricks section Webby? Excellent idea mate

Here is my shed/den

Update on my crowded space,

Right then! Man Cave is finished!
It's move in day... or week. Holy crap it's going to take me for ever to unpack and reorganize this stuff.
The crib is just for naps.

Ha ha been there done that, never again. I think organising and moving stuff into my cave was worse than building the bloody thing

Nice Coen ! Very nice ! and HUGE !
I am Green with Envy !



a lot of hard work went into that !!! Hope you are very proud of yourself ???

you should be ! I am sure many here are jealous !

But I am with you.... Lets the "building" commence !

and nice idea about a Napping Area !!! never crossed my mind !

LOL

I'm going to ensure my man cave (when I move somewhere I can have one!) has a sofa in it for "chilling time".

Room looks great Coen!

I'll look better when I manage to put everything away.

My man cave has a sofa. Lol

































The living room

Nige201980 wrote:My man cave has a sofa. Lol

































The living room

Ha ! Good one !

LOL

Mine currently has my bed in it! Because my modelling area is currently the corner of our bedroom! No other space to have my desk set up in the house (1 bed apartment).

One day, *he dreams* I will have a dedicated room for modelling, with bespoke shelves for paint storage, model display, bespoke storage for tool, brush, spares, bits etc.

yup!

And for the first time since mid April...
The modelling begins....

with repairs.
A few casualties of moving... mostly broken antennae. A couple of decapitations... that was surprising.



Don't be completely fooled, behind me is a pile of boxes that still need unpacking, and I haven't moved my computer or set up the paint booth yet.
BUT I CAN BUILD AAAAAAAHHHHHH

Well here is my workplace, it's not much but it is mine, all mine......my precious !!!! LOLLLL

Moi I've put your post in here mate

Thanks Paul.

Love that paint rack cool stuff!!

Me to. That's awesome.

Great lights in these last two posts. That's where I fall short. My modeling area is a room but it is based on my computer desk so a bit tight for space. But as everyone agrees! We have something - may not be perfect - but we have something.

Cheers
Jim

Yeah thats great paint rack and its better to store vallejo bottles on their side as then the nozzles don't block.

Yeah some of the paint bottles have been like that for almost a year and no blockage at all.

I got my light from these folks a few years ago.
They've much better ones now and they're a lot cheaper.
I love mine.

http://www.ehobbytools.com/contents/en-us/d10.html

Cool - thanks for the link Coen

Cheers
Jim

Yes I'm impressed with the paint rack.

The Cave after a small tidy up.





More to be done once funds are available.

Jeez, are all those kit,s still to be done ? nice set up though.

Nice Stash!

Ok. So after a 4 day weekend and many small bumps and bruises I have acheived about 90% of my original vision but im 100% happy with the end result.

It started with this


And finished with


The steps inbetween were also documented in part.
First the wifes computer desk was broken down and her stuff moved out the the dining are (that was never used for dining)
Then the old modelling corner and desk were removed


The couch became a dumping ground/transition point


Desk setup and raised to a better ergonomic height, and it will also now take shelves etc underneath.


My computer desk was dismantled and space cleared for desk #2


The desks before and after 'lifting'


Random shot of the old stash while i had the space to get it in frame and before the shelves at the bottom are removed


Its all coming together, well kinda


Old modelling desk is back as a computer desk. Race seat fits perfectly in the corner (unless you are over 6 foot)


Airbrushing area setup. Storage underneath for reference materal, spare paint, rattle cans etc. Its looking cleaner at last


What I use to store my commonly used tools. Its designed for making ice cubes that will slip into the neck of water bottles.


Some people have asked about my budget paint shaker, better known as an electric carving knife with the lid from a Tamiya rattle can taped on, other paints just drop in and can be held in place with 1 finger. I do recommend grinding back the teeth for obvious safety reasons.


I have also fitted a cheap extractor fan in front of my work area to try and draw away paint and glue fumes since ill be closer to the subjects in the new setup.


Fits perfectly. The remote powers the display cabinet, extractor fan on the desk and the extra inline extractor ive fitted to the spray booth for extra 'suck'.

Some epic set-ups their guys

You had a window in that room?
Wow.
Dude you are and expert at the shuffle.
Now GET TO WORK!

That has turned into a seriously cool modelling room mate.

OK! No expense spared. This is my custom made spray booth. Full lightining and um! a fan to blow the paint onto the walls That's it.
This custom made spray booth is for sale. Sadly the shipping costs would be more than this one-of-a-kind Spray Booth

patent pending

Nice airbrush station, beats my cardboard box. I see it has a duel purpose as a soldering booth .

Fan blowing across paint to soldering iron and multibox.
Add flamable paints and you sir have a viral video in the making

WebbyNZ wrote:Fan blowing across paint to soldering iron and multibox.
Add flamable paints and you sir have a viral video in the making

You know I think you're on to a winner there mate.

Cheers
Jim

So all of my stuff is now unpacked and where it's supposed to be.
All repairs have been made, booths set up, almost everything put away.
I guess that means I can start modelling then.... YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Now... where to put all the new stuff?

Nice coen

Impressive selection of builds there Coen, how often do you have to dust all those :-/

Wow thats alot of completed models their!

Impressive stuff

That's a lot of tanks bud

WebbyNZ wrote:Impressive selection of builds there Coen, how often do you have to dust all those :-/

About twice a year I haul them all down and give them a spray with the airbrush. If I could find somewhere to get display cases that aren't ridiculously priced I'd used those (less dusting). Alas there isn't an Ikea in my province and they charge too much to ship, and Jysk won't ship stuff that breaks... or so they say.
Whaaa whaaa whaaa....

WOW! Coen.. amazing collection. Looks like you've been at this modelling stuff for a wee while then

Great looking (and large) modeling area too.

Cheers
Jim

You should see Hamilkar's
Now that's a collection. That man is a machine

damn, some of these look really great, do you think you could take some closer pictures of some of your best builds?

I'll see what I can do mr Beef. Im not too sure which I'd call my best yet.

That's an impressive display area, great stuff.

Love the display of armour Coen.
Top job.

fantastic looking work area Coen

Word of warning guys don't let your wife tidy up. We got some new shelf units so she as had a sort round only I can't find anything now