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[Jakko]

The slow reorganisation, or slow creation of order in the chaos if you will, continues:

Just now I decided to see if the die from my ridiculously oversized punch-and-die set would stick. Tentatively trying it, taking care that it wouldn't just drop straight off and slam into the stuff under it, I was mildly amazed that it does, given how heavy it is:

Just over 2 kilos! I'm not afraid it will fall, as it sticks well enough that it's difficult to pull straight off the magnet even with two hands. Tilting it until it hits the wall and then sliding it off is definitely the way to go

 

[Marauder1981]

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:

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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:

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That's two boxes with three of these each:

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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

Curious, does that yellow Mr. Cap Opener (with the 10 and 18 on it) work well with Tamiya and/or AK 3rd Gen bottles?

 

[Jakko]

The "10" side works with small (10 ml) Tamiya bottles:

It doesn't with AK 3Gen, though:

I don't know about AK Real Colours, which I think is what you meant I used to own one or two bottles of that but gave them away together with the couple of 18 ml Mr. Hobby lacquer paints I used to have. As that was a few years ago but I only bought this tool a few months back, I can't say how well it works on those.

What I do know is that the "18" side is far too small for 23 ml Tamiya bottles.

 

[BarleyBop]

Commandeered a dryer vent in the basement (no longer in use) for the spraybooth.
Gotta get on that AB now!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Commandeered a dryer vent in the basement (no longer in use) for the spraybooth.
Gotta get on that AB now!

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Does that vent go directly to outside?

 

[Littlemarten]

Does that vent go directly to outside?

Looks like a stone foundation, so probably—I certainly hope so.

 

[BarleyBop]

vent

Yup.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Yup.

I just wanted to make sure mother B didn't raise such a foolish child

 

[BarleyBop]

stone foundation

That is a stone foundation alright with a few years under its belt: built in 1876... sitting on a rock escarpment.

 

[PatW]

A peep at the new one, flooring and electrics in soon, fully insulated and double glazed. The green shape past the garage!

 

[Meanstreak]

Well I guess my little corner is functional, not pretty, but functional. Have to share it with a furnace and water heater (a little sad actually since I have 2000 sq ft of basement).

 

[PatW]

Ah it must be in a basement? Something we normal folks here in the UK don't have unless you've paid over a £million for! As you see from my cabin in the above photo, mines a might smaller!

 

[Meanstreak]

Ah it must be in a basement? Something we normal folks here in the UK don't have unless you've paid over a £million for!

Yep, a basement. Definitely not a million for it, it was a foreclosure and still finishing renovations.

 

[PatW]

Superb!

 

[GCB]

@Meanstreak, the boxes are model completed or to do?

 

[Meanstreak]

To do, after 10 years of collecting (working on house and swmbo projects) I was finally able to get back into modeling.

 

[BarleyBop]

collecting

Yup, quite the stash you got there!
Should keep us entertained for years to come!
Love your bottom draft spray booth!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Nice spot. Real nice. I'm actually kind of jealous. Before I moved to Phoenix I grew up in Ohio we had a basement and that's where I had my little modeling table. Cool in summer and Winter's got a bit cold and damp but a space heater would solve that. And the best part about having a spot in the basement? No one bothers you

 

[KINGSLUG]

Basements are the best..wives tend not to like going down there..

 

[BarleyBop]

not to like going down there

Haha, technically a 'wet basement', with stone foundation and low ceiling, my basement is referred to around here as 'the dungeon', even the dog avoids it, and I like it that way!

 

[KINGSLUG]

Well..mine is finished..but she doesn't go down there much..

 

[Edbert]

Gotta get on that AB now!

I see an aeroplane!

(but it looks like one that would be improper to put a North Africa paintjob on)

 

[BarleyBop]

I see an aeroplane!

Yup,\
... a Skua used in Mediterranean on convoy protection duty to Malta... Royal Navy Fleet Air scheme to be more precise. Getting there!

 

[Meanstreak]

Ah it must be in a basement? Something we normal folks here in the UK don't have unless you've paid over a £million for! As you see from my cabin in the above photo, mines a might smaller!

Actually it's only about an 8' x 10' area. My wife's hobby area is on the other side of the wall, about 3 times bigger and she still uses the living room to work in, go figure.

 

[Meanstreak]

Yup, quite the stash you got there!
Should keep us entertained for years to come!
Love your bottom draft spray booth!

Built from renovation leftovers. Fan is from a kitchen range hood. Only thing I purchased was the led lighting.

 

[Holz44]

I just cleared and cleaned up my work area after completing the Skyraider. F6F-5P is next on deck. I airbrush off to the left of photo on my deck or with a small table backed by an out flowing box fan. Works well for me.

 

[BarleyBop]

work area

Check out the view!

 

[Pantherman]

Check out the view!

Oh yeah, nice. Pantherman

 

[wjbrandel]

I just cleared and cleaned up my work area after completing the Skyraider. F6F-5P is next on deck. I airbrush off to the left of photo on my deck or with a small table backed by an out flowing box fan. Works well for me.

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I'm jealous of the view. Mine is of the neighbor's kitchen

 

[Meanstreak]

I'm jealous of the view. Mine is of the neighbor's kitchen

Mine is mostly concrete with a little sheetrock for ambiance. Of course if I had a view like holz44's I would take twice as long to build and I am already a very slow modeler!