Share your scale modeling workspace

[Littlemarten]

Good grief! I thought the Microchip was cramped!

 

[BarleyBop]

limited space

...in '82, spent 6 weeks making my way down from Tokyo to the Rykyu Islands. Stayed in hostels, micro hotel rooms with barely 1-1/2 tatami, minshuku, ryokan and even a 'love' hotel!

I was struck by the small spaces, but also how the architecture focused my experience on a more pleasant view, alcove or tiny garden just outside the room.

And the concept of a multi-purpose space seemed built into the Japanese psyche...

Wake up, roll up the futon and place it in the cupboard. Place a few cushions, a small table, and the space is now prepared for a meal, or work. After the evening meal, open another panel, and there was a TV, and the small heater under the skirted table kept you warm through the evening, until it too was put away, and out came the bedding.

Thanks for that great collection of small spaces!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

I usually tidy up before I start a new model so this is the cleanest you will ever see this in the pictures of my next build.

 

[Littlemarten]

All … that … space … (Thud … fainting with shocked envy)

 

[Rockin' Rob]

All … that … space … (Thud … fainting with shocked envy)

It's just a room put to good use after my son moved out. Wait till I start building shelves all over the place

 

[locomotive]

All you folk with dedicated rooms or spaces.
This is my setup…dining table!

 

[BarleyBop]

dedicated

Case brilliant!
Proof that you you are the dedicated modeler!

 

[Tommergun]

All you folk with dedicated rooms or spaces.
This is my setup…dining table!
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However it works that you can find space to build.

I have a shared space: Mon thru Thur Work-From-Home space; Fri thru Sun hobby space. Kind of a hassle but you do what you can.

 

[Littlemarten]

I have a shared space: Mon thru Thur Work-From-Home space; Fri thru Sun hobby space. Kind of a hassle but you do what you can.

Change. Adapt. Overcome.

Modeling actually gave me the incentive to be physically organized. When you have very little space, everything must have a place, and be in that space when not in use.

 

[Edbert]

All … that … space … (Thud … fainting with shocked envy)

Be sure you are lying down if you watch this short video to the end. Talk ... about ... space!

 

[Littlemarten]

Talk ... about ... space!

The final frontier! I think I'd get lost in there!

 

[BarleyBop]

short video

I thought it was Santa's Workshop!

 

[locomotive]

Be sure you are lying down if you watch this short video to the end. Talk ... about ... space!

I hate him…

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Be sure you are lying down if you watch this short video to the end. Talk ... about ... space!

On my phone that guy is talking in Italian with a weird synthetic accent and using some words which are formally correct but not fully coherent with the contest. It sounds like that guy is a bunch of bytes...another reason to hate him/it.

 

[Edbert]

On my phone that guy is talking in Italian with a weird synthetic accent and using some words which are formally correct but not fully coherent with the contest. It sounds like that guy is a bunch of bytes...another reason to hate him/it.

I do not know the creator nor sub to his channel, but do you mean you are hearing it translated to Italian? If so I suspect Google's AI is translating on the fly.

It was in English for me, and the voice sounded a lot like Andy, as in the Hobby Headquarters guy.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

I do not know the creator nor sub to his channel, but do you mean you are hearing it translated to Italian? If so I suspect Google's AI is translating on the fly.

It was in English for me, and the voice sounded a lot like Andy, as in the Hobby Headquarters guy.

Maybe it was Google AI translating. I can confirm that on my phone the guy speaks in Italian but it sounds artificial.

 

[Jakko]

If I play the video on my computer, I hear someone talking American English. However, if I click the gearwheel icon, I can also choose other languages, including Italian. As my Italian is just about non-existent, though, I can't tell if it sounds artificial. There is no Dutch option, else I would have tried that too to hear if that did.

 

[BarleyBop]

Update to the workspace, added some shelves... moved the wrap around paint stand to the bottom shelf to clear up space on the bench brush painting area...

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Nice. Is that half your stash and half models you built and you kept the boxes like I do? Cuz if that's your stash I'm jealous.

 

[Littlemarten]

Nice. Is that half your stash and half models you built and you kept the boxes like I do? Cuz if that's your stash I'm jealous.

Probably only the "to be started soon" pile. I recently purged my stash, down to 397 from over 500.

My name is Littlemarten, and I'm a styrene addict …

 

[BarleyBop]

half your stash

Nope, that's me whole stash, the built boxes get flattened and stored under the bench.
Nothing close to Marten's... good thing my focus is mostly softskin vehicles from ww2 North Africa, kinda keeps the numbers down.

 

[Littlemarten]

Nope, that's me whole stash, the built boxes get flattened and stored under the bench.
Nothing close to Marten's... good thing my focus is mostly softskin vehicles from ww2 North Africa, kinda keeps the numbers down.

In the past fifty or so years I have completed six kits, and not just because I build at glacial speeds—lots of other things occupying my time. Of those six, three have been since retirement. Hence, the large stash. Sigh.

 

[PatW]

The builders are in this week.today to build my new cabin workspace!

 

[Edbert]

my new cabin workspace

That's fantastic, but being in Texas my first thought was air-conditioning.

 

[PatW]

Well being in the UK we don't need any air-con, well climate change allowing!

 

[Jakko]

More useful will be decent insulation in the walls and roof

 

[PatW]

More useful will be decent insulation in the walls and roof

Yes that's just what we are doing. Insulation is the key here.
26.11.25 First photo!

 

[Marauder1981]

This thread has floored me...! You guys are incredible - what an inspiration! Other than wanting to build a cabin in my backyard now I've come away with a dozen or more ideas to improve my bench, and I hesitate to even call mine a "bench" after seeing some of the magnificent set ups y'all have! Outstanding!

 

[BarleyBop]

set ups

I think it is in large part a function of available space... you look like you've optimized yours!

 

[Marauder1981]

I think it is in large part a function of available space... you look like you've optimized yours!

Thanks - definitely need to incorporate some video though. I do a lot of referencing online, on the fly so to speak, and working off a cell phone is not great, especially when it is also playing music while I work, and catching texts, phone calls, etc. I'm not satisfied with light levels yet either - thinking a hanging spot/pendant light would be helpful. And there's NEVER enough display space...