Oh ya, game changer for me... I even download instructions from Scalemates to view onscreen, making space on the bench, and adding 'zoom'!
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Light becomes increasingly critical as you age. It is also a good idea to get light sources that mimic natural sunlight.
Nice! But "filled up?" Not hardly. When you have to move stuff, to get at other stuff, then it's filled up. I mean, you've still got room to turn around … it's practically empty!
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You are a scale model addict … so no big deal, right?
Jakko
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Speaking from experience, I can only second the above
At our previous house in Merritt Island, FL, about 10 miles south of the space center, I had a workshop put in when we built it in 1987. That was my man cave up until we moved in 2019 to Brandon next to Tampa. When we moved here I didn't want to have a mess in the house as my wife wouldn't be happy so moving down to one car me and my brother built a workshop in half the garage. It is simple walled structure and a bit small but pretty good. We ducted an AC line into it as it would be uninhabitable in the summer otherwise. Here are some pics with the MI first. Because of advancing age a couple of years ago I started to reduce my stash to something maybe manageable so most of those boxed models are now gone, I'm probably down to 75 or so now and still selling many. I've also reduced my builds I displayed by 80% or so as neither son nor grandkids will want them when the time comes.
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But still healthy! Looks like the newer setup works fer ya...
Jakko
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"A bit small" he says about a space that looks (judging from the size of the door) like it's roughly five times my modelling room
And that's under the roof so I can only actually stand up straight in the centre.
Lucky boy. Pantherman
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Do you like the Mantis system?
I'm not a fan for stryker-fired models, but single-actions work well.
Jakko
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As I mentioned elsewhere, I've been re-arranging parts of my modelling room of late. It started with my desire to have easier access to my paints, because I've been storing them like this for the last couple of decades:
Initially, they didn't even fill the bottom drawer of the sideboard, so that worked fine. By now, though, I have so many that both drawers have almost two full layers in them, and it got to the point where I had to shift paints around a good deal to get to the colours I use less often. The bottom drawer has acrylics: mainly Tamiya, Vallejo and Army Painter, plus Mr. Aqueous, AK 3Gen, Mig, Revell, Italeri and assorted others. The top drawer is mainly Humbrol enamels and spare (as-yet unopened) acrylics.
And then there was this on top:
That was also largely filled with paints, of brands I don't use much but sometimes do This had a lot of Rackham paint (when my not-very-local game store closed in 2008, I bought their whole remaining stock of that), Games Workshop, LifeColor, Testors, Humbrol vanishes (the ones in glass jars) and a few random remaining ones.
What I did was clear out all of the stuff that was on top of the sideboard and put down a sheet of 4 mm plywood:
Mainly because like this, I could have it go all the way to the wall on the left, giving slightly more space, and I could also add a wooden slat on the right to prevent paints falling off on that side. This because the sideboard already had a raised ledge at the front, but not the sides. And then I noticed I had forgotten the front where it sticks beyond the sideboard at the left front. That was easy enough to fix:
This is just a bit I quickly sawed off the stick from a big fireworks rocket (collected off the street on 1 January years ago) and stuck down with wood glue. It only needs to be big enough to prevent the paints being pushed off, after all.
Then the real work began: emptying the drawers and putting all those paints on top:
They're sorted by brand and most of them then by colour, which takes a lot more time and effort than you would think
The drawers are now in use for airbrush stuff:
The bottom one has my airbrushes (and I later realised I had put my spare paints, of which I have multiple jars, on top of the sideboard, so I moved all those into this drawer too), the top one has mixing jars, pipettes, pipe cleaners etc. — all of which were the actual reason I began this reorganisation
Initially, they didn't even fill the bottom drawer of the sideboard, so that worked fine. By now, though, I have so many that both drawers have almost two full layers in them, and it got to the point where I had to shift paints around a good deal to get to the colours I use less often. The bottom drawer has acrylics: mainly Tamiya, Vallejo and Army Painter, plus Mr. Aqueous, AK 3Gen, Mig, Revell, Italeri and assorted others. The top drawer is mainly Humbrol enamels and spare (as-yet unopened) acrylics.
And then there was this on top:
That was also largely filled with paints, of brands I don't use much but sometimes do
This had a lot of Rackham paint (when my not-very-local game store closed in 2008, I bought their whole remaining stock of that), Games Workshop, LifeColor, Testors, Humbrol vanishes (the ones in glass jars) and a few random remaining ones.What I did was clear out all of the stuff that was on top of the sideboard and put down a sheet of 4 mm plywood:
Mainly because like this, I could have it go all the way to the wall on the left, giving slightly more space, and I could also add a wooden slat on the right to prevent paints falling off on that side. This because the sideboard already had a raised ledge at the front, but not the sides. And then I noticed I had forgotten the front where it sticks beyond the sideboard at the left front. That was easy enough to fix:
This is just a bit I quickly sawed off the stick from a big fireworks rocket (collected off the street on 1 January years ago) and stuck down with wood glue. It only needs to be big enough to prevent the paints being pushed off, after all.
Then the real work began: emptying the drawers and putting all those paints on top:
They're sorted by brand and most of them then by colour, which takes a lot more time and effort than you would think
The drawers are now in use for airbrush stuff:
The bottom one has my airbrushes (and I later realised I had put my spare paints, of which I have multiple jars, on top of the sideboard, so I moved all those into this drawer too), the top one has mixing jars, pipettes, pipe cleaners etc. — all of which were the actual reason I began this reorganisation
Jakko
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Doing that, I decided to also clean up other parts of my somewhat messy hobby room. If you've seen my photos of it earlier, or of my stash in the other thread, you may have spotted I have boxes of figures and accessories in several places, and a pile of junk in one corner. I decided to clear out that corner and build some shelves for those boxes:
This is more of the same plywood, sawn to size (like the other one) for me by the store where I bought it, after which I put the thing together by glueing wooden slats to some of the boards so I could then stick those boards to each other. The shelves are 20 cm apart and the whole is 60 cm wide, so I can store 1.80 metres' worth of boxes in it
Making room to put this here meant I had to shift some of my less-frequently used tools out of the way, at least temporarily, so I then hit on another idea, which resulted in this being delivered today:
That's two boxes with three of these each:
Magnetic tool holders These will go on the wall that I face when I sit there building models, and should go a long way to reducing the clutter as well as making it easier to find the tools I actually need
This is more of the same plywood, sawn to size (like the other one) for me by the store where I bought it, after which I put the thing together by glueing wooden slats to some of the boards so I could then stick those boards to each other. The shelves are 20 cm apart and the whole is 60 cm wide, so I can store 1.80 metres' worth of boxes in it
Making room to put this here meant I had to shift some of my less-frequently used tools out of the way, at least temporarily, so I then hit on another idea, which resulted in this being delivered today:
That's two boxes with three of these each:
Magnetic tool holders
These will go on the wall that I face when I sit there building models, and should go a long way to reducing the clutter as well as making it easier to find the tools I actually need
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I look forward to seeing how these work out!
What do those cost? I have a pegboard for tools, but they look more flexible in terms of tool arrangement.*
I never used it...I just go to the range.
I should start though as bullets get expensive..
Jakko
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I paid €33 for those two boxes of three, which were sold as a single set of six — and free postage. So €6.60 each. But when looking for them, I also found similar ones being sold for almost three times that, so it pays to look around.
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Good point, but it is not JUST that, but this allows you to practice fast-draw safely too.
Jakko
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A bit of effort with a drill and my magnetic tool holders are up on the wall now:
Also, the plywood rack I built is now mostly filled with the boxes I made it for, so I also put that into the picture (The tools, tubes etc. also on it are there temporarily, to get them out of the way for the moment.) I then stuck most of my steel tools to the holders:
Now all I need to do is get used to taking them from the wall in front of me instead of from the places where they've been kept for up to twenty years
Also, the plywood rack I built is now mostly filled with the boxes I made it for, so I also put that into the picture
(The tools, tubes etc. also on it are there temporarily, to get them out of the way for the moment.) I then stuck most of my steel tools to the holders:
Now all I need to do is get used to taking them from the wall in front of me instead of from the places where they've been kept for up to twenty years
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Nice setup, are those the Harbor Freight magnetic fool bars? I have a couple on my bench and they are great.A bit of effort with a drill and my magnetic tool holders up on the wall now:
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Also, the plywood rack I built is now mostly filled with the boxes I made it for, so I also put that into the picture
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Now all I need to do is get used to taking them from the wall in front of me instead of from the places where they've been kept for up to twenty years
Jakko
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They have "Monzana" printed on them, whatever that means, as what appears to be the brand name. Some small text also says they were "Hergestellt für" some company in Germany that I have never heard of, as well as "Made for" some completely different a similarly named company in the UK that I have never heard of either
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Not sure about EU markets, but here you will find products made in Chicomm selling under dozens of brands, exact same product, just different labeling. The funny part is that prices can vary by over 100% depending on how cool the name sounds or of course the reseller.
Not saying that is the case with there, but I'd not be surprised.
Not saying that is the case with there, but I'd not be surprised.
I like organised. Looking good. PanthermanAs I mentioned elsewhere, I've been re-arranging parts of my modelling room of late. It started with my desire to have easier access to my paints, because I've been storing them like this for the last couple of decades:
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Initially, they didn't even fill the bottom drawer of the sideboard, so that worked fine. By now, though, I have so many that both drawers have almost two full layers in them, and it got to the point where I had to shift paints around a good deal to get to the colours I use less often. The bottom drawer has acrylics: mainly Tamiya, Vallejo and Army Painter, plus Mr. Aqueous, AK 3Gen, Mig, Revell, Italeri and assorted others. The top drawer is mainly Humbrol enamels and spare (as-yet unopened) acrylics.
And then there was this on top:
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That was also largely filled with paints, of brands I don't use much but sometimes do
What I did was clear out all of the stuff that was on top of the sideboard and put down a sheet of 4 mm plywood:
View attachment 169742
Mainly because like this, I could have it go all the way to the wall on the left, giving slightly more space, and I could also add a wooden slat on the right to prevent paints falling off on that side. This because the sideboard already had a raised ledge at the front, but not the sides. And then I noticed I had forgotten the front where it sticks beyond the sideboard at the left front. That was easy enough to fix:
View attachment 169743
This is just a bit I quickly sawed off the stick from a big fireworks rocket (collected off the street on 1 January years ago) and stuck down with wood glue. It only needs to be big enough to prevent the paints being pushed off, after all.
Then the real work began: emptying the drawers and putting all those paints on top:
View attachment 169744
They're sorted by brand and most of them then by colour, which takes a lot more time and effort than you would think
The drawers are now in use for airbrush stuff:
View attachment 169745View attachment 169746
The bottom one has my airbrushes (and I later realised I had put my spare paints, of which I have multiple jars, on top of the sideboard, so I moved all those into this drawer too), the top one has mixing jars, pipettes, pipe cleaners etc. — all of which were the actual reason I began this reorganisation
Here's the link for a magnetic tool bar, they are great. https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in...HlH3qJ5fdIIin9SrtI6mL4SCxCLuUCDBoCrvgQAvD_BwE
Jakko
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No different here, and I also wouldn't be surprised if these same tool holders were also sold under several other names. The really odd thing is that it also has a UK company listed, like I said, but all of the other text on the thing is in German, as you can see in the photo.
I think it's overrated, but at the same time, I like being able to find things
I tend to produce an ordered mess: stuff all over the place, but I can find my way through because I put things back where they came from, even if it is in a sort of pile somewhere. But I know which things are in which pile, so it works. At some point, though, I find I spend too much time looking through piles for the things I need from them, or have too many similar piles (like boxes with accessories stored in three different locations) and eventually I try to create some order.
