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Matthew Usher
09-25-2002, 03:53 PM
We've probably hit on this subject before, but I'm curious to see (or hear about) where you build your models.

Here's a shot of my workroom. I recently moved from a tiny apartment into a house, and was able to put together a room just for modeling. It's great to finally have some space to work!

The bench top is a hollow-core door from a home improvement store. I keep most of my tools in the red tool cabinet, and most of my paints and glues in the cabinet at the left of the shot (under the pachinko machine). You can just see the paint-covered edge of my paint booth, too.

Where do you do most of your modeling? Show us!

Matt


http://images.fotki.com/v8/photos/4/43099/144780/workbench2-vi.jpg

Jay!
09-25-2002, 04:00 PM
Cool pachinko machine! :D More pics of that? ;)

I'm currently in a tiny apartment. :( I have a desk in the corner of the bedroom, and I go outside to spray paint in a cardbord box on my patio. No pics yet...

Lownslow
09-25-2002, 04:03 PM
i also have a corner in my bedroom my attic and outside is the spraybooth. i have about 60 cars in my room and 7 cars on display all over the house

Veyron
09-25-2002, 04:09 PM
This is the work station as it was just assembled a couple months ago in my new house. I finished this room in my basement strictly for hobby/display/slot cars etc. The bench is 10 feet long, and of course you can't see the top of it now as I have been modeling hard recently.

:p

http://users.chartertn.net/dino/bench.JPG

Spec2 Girl
09-25-2002, 04:25 PM
At the moment we're building our models in the dining room on the dining room table. :p It's good for air as it opens onto the deck. Lots of sun and a nice breeze. :D

tonioseven
09-25-2002, 04:25 PM
in my garage. The workbench was there when we moved in and I bought 2 large sheets of veneer from Home Depot to use as a modelling surface; it stays crowded as seen in this recent shot:

Matthew Usher
09-25-2002, 04:28 PM
Originally posted by jay@af
Cool pachinko machine! :D More pics of that? ;)



I'll try to take some tonight!

Matt

Suislide
09-25-2002, 04:29 PM
i don't have a pic of it, but we just renovated our house, so now that the laundry equipment has moved upstairs, i have a whole storage room in the basement to work with. i have 2 desks, a couple of shelves on the wall, a sink, and a few windows to let some air in when the fumes are flying.

daggerlee
09-25-2002, 04:40 PM
I used to model in my room. It had a big table and shelves, but I moved downstairs to a smaller table for 2 reasons: 1.) I feared long term exposure to chemicals while I slept and 2.) downstairs is closer to the kitchen range hood. Stay tuned to see what I mean..
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kaiyao1/workspace.jpg
That's my current workspace. Kinda cramped, but I like it since I have easier access to everything. :)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kaiyao1/workspace1.jpg
That's my "spray booth" made from an old science project. I definitely need to build a new "spray booth" since this one is pretty dirty. The kitchen range hoods are rated at 1150 CPM or thereabouts.

When airbrushing, vapor is nearly nonexistent, however when spraying Krylon and Tamiya the smell can get pretty heavy, which is why I own a double filter paint mask. The smell never leaves the kitchen, though, so its doing its job. My parents have never complained about any smell..

And finally, ideally I would like to have the type of desk found in cubicle office jobs. If you've never seen a cubicle, think of two tables that meet in a corner of a room, and you sit right where the two meet. That way, you have access to two tables worth of stuff with minimum effort.

Jay!
09-25-2002, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by daggerlee
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kaiyao1/workspace.jpg
That's my current workspace. Kinda cramped, but I like it since I have easier access to everything. :) I like your like crate shelves. Did you buy them or make them?

daggerlee
09-25-2002, 04:55 PM
My dad made them for me one weekend, he has a bunch of power tools in our basement he likes to use every chance he gets. :D When you have limited space, sometimes you need to think vertically as well.

flyonthewall
09-25-2002, 04:58 PM
This is mine, it must be the forth desk i've used to do my modeling on but i'm happy with this now. Airbrushing and spraying is done in the shed.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/676526desk.jpg

S Brake
09-25-2002, 05:02 PM
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/418805bench.jpg Is this for inspiration? I like it! Its exactly how I want my garage to look.

JE123
09-25-2002, 05:22 PM
Originally posted by snowboarder
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/418805bench.jpg Is this for inspiration? I like it! Its exactly how I want my garage to look.

Hell yeah!!! I want one too.

When I move out (probably many years down the road) I want to decorate my entire garage with Ferrari things. And maybe one day I will have an actual 1:1 Ferrari to go with them.:D :D

JE123
09-25-2002, 05:30 PM
Well I just took a quick picture of my workspace. It's upstairs and out of the way of everything. I really need to find a better place.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/288599Picture6.JPG

mdaniels
09-25-2002, 05:35 PM
Well, I just recently set this space up (building my first model since around 15 years ago!) down in my dingy old basement (rental.) So it is pretty low-tech (except for the laptop and wireless LAN for instant access to AF modeling forum while working - and Internet radio!)

http://www.middleyear911.com/ws010.jpg
Who can find the HPI RS4 Mercedes CLK-GTR way hidden in the above pic?

Overhead shot of work area (not very organized, but it works for me)


http://www.middleyear911.com/ws008.jpg

Heh...in keeping with the Ferrari theme...this trunk is right next to my work area:

http://www.middleyear911.com/ws012.jpg

I wonder why I keep getting thirsty when I am working on a model?? ;)

http://www.middleyear911.com/ws016.jpg

Matt

935k3
09-25-2002, 05:54 PM
This my main work area, this pic was taken after I first built it, I wish it was stillt hat clean. That's Monday Football on TV.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/227098Dcp_0755.jpg


This my Spray booth down at the end of the same bench.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/785460Dcp_0764.jpg

primera man
09-25-2002, 06:21 PM
This was done a long long time ago...but its aways good to see some more.
Here's the old link if you want to have a look

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8144&highlight=work+table

daggerlee
09-25-2002, 06:36 PM
Maybe I ought to become better organized after looking at some of these benches :silly2:

twoninety
09-25-2002, 10:43 PM
:eek2:
Wish I had all that space. I rent a room so I don't have all the space that I would like to have. My modelling/writing/study/computer/general purpose table is about 3 feet wide and 1.5 feet deep.

Half of it is occupied up by a computer monitor, and the other half is supposed to be a work area. That's where I do my stuff. :)

No pics, but once I get a digicam I'll post some of my pathetic workspace.

:crying:

mdaniels
09-26-2002, 08:29 AM
Hey 935k3...BEAUTIFUL space! Nice.

Matt

935k3
09-26-2002, 10:09 AM
Originally posted by mdaniels
Hey 935k3...BEAUTIFUL space! Nice.

Matt

Thanks it's actually a finished attic so I had to run the AC all summer but overall it's been the best workshop I have had. Very comfprtable and my computer is there also. I practically live there.

freakray
09-26-2002, 10:16 AM
I don't know why, but I sense this need to take a trip to a town called Camp Hill......935k3:D

I just got a little corner of the lounge in the apartment, I got a window for light in the day though, and enough lights for the Titanic at night....and I tossed my 'spray booth' when my Dad came to visit 3 weeks ago, so I have to make a new one.....:p
It's comfortable and works for me, and it is also the best I ever had anyhow....strangely enough.

Ray

Tricksterpan
09-26-2002, 02:01 PM
This is my high tech work station :) I'm moving soon so hopefully I can get something more in the future.

935k3
09-26-2002, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by freakray
I don't know why, but I sense this need to take a trip to a town called Camp Hill......935k3:D

I just got a little corner of the lounge in the apartment, I got a window for light in the day though, and enough lights for the Titanic at night....and I tossed my 'spray booth' when my Dad came to visit 3 weeks ago, so I have to make a new one.....:p
It's comfortable and works for me, and it is also the best I ever had anyhow....strangely enough.

Ray
Come on down any time.

xim-crow
09-28-2002, 06:33 AM
hey !
here is my modeling room :
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/174627room.jpg
and here is another pic that I found on the web. It's really funny I find :
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/397852modelers-room.jpg

Bye

SlotRacer
01-17-2003, 10:38 AM
Has anyone updated their workspace since this thread? I am getting back into slot cars and model cars and am starting to draw plans for a corner in the basement. Always like to see what other people do to creat magic with little workspace.

SlotRacer

Scott 02
01-28-2003, 04:03 PM
Hey...you race slot cars??? You and i can talk about them. I love them. We own a Hobby Shop That races those.

RallyRaider
01-28-2003, 04:40 PM
OMG 935K3! That is an awesome workshop you have setup there :eek: Must be a joy to work in an area that is so well designed, with everything at your fingertips. No wonder you turn out so many kits!

Did you build that spray booth youself?

My workspace is out in the garage, will post some pictures later.

supratuner
01-28-2003, 04:46 PM
my bed room!
and thats where i spray too

Integra14
01-28-2003, 04:56 PM
heres mine... just built it.. this was bout a month ago, and i just cleaned it. like 2 mins ago.

bah humbug
01-28-2003, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by flyonthewall
This is mine, it must be the forth desk i've used to do my modeling on but i'm happy with this now. Airbrushing and spraying is done in the shed.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/676526desk.jpg

Hey I see an SAS S2K there. Are you building another one ?

freelunch
01-28-2003, 06:53 PM
www.pbase.com/freelunch

click on the workshop link

SuPeRcAr_MaN
01-28-2003, 07:06 PM
Wow Matthew Usher, I hope I can find a spot like that in my house to get my stuff organized and start buiding. Can you take some pics of that paint booth please? My biggest worry was finding a place to paint my models. Thanks. :D

64 Chevy
01-28-2003, 07:08 PM
i work in the spare beadroom in my house. Wish i had as many supplies of some here do though.

SuPeRcAr_MaN
01-28-2003, 07:16 PM
Originally posted by freelunch
www.pbase.com/freelunch

click on the workshop link

That site doesn't work for me. :(

Jay!
01-28-2003, 07:18 PM
Originally posted by SuPeRcAr_MaN
That site doesn't work for me. :( Edited. Try again. ;)

Camber
01-28-2003, 07:24 PM
I build on my Bedroom floor lol. I have a desk though, that I think i will be building on anymore

Vyacheslav
01-28-2003, 07:30 PM
Well here is my room and work place at the same time. I paint on the balcony, so animals are having a hard time :p
http://therealtuning.m4driving.sm/Images/Myroom/DSCF0053.JPG
And here is my little "studio" to take pics of my cars :D
http://therealtuning.m4driving.sm/Images/Myroom/DSCF0054.JPG

daggerlee
01-28-2003, 07:36 PM
Glad you don't spray in your room as well. You might feel....a....litt..........le..................... .........d............i............z............z. ...........................y...................... ..........

:silly2:

kicker1_solo
01-28-2003, 07:42 PM
just a little table in the corner

Vyacheslav
01-28-2003, 07:57 PM
Originally posted by daggerlee
Glad you don't spray in your room as well. You might feel....a....litt..........le..................... .........d............i............z............z. ...........................y...................... ..........

:silly2:
Well first time i painted in my room. I made a box corner and sprayed there. My room smelled for couple days. Then i had headaches. Still was afraid to spray outside, since i live right by the road and alot of dust is around here.

SuPeRcAr_MaN
01-28-2003, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by jay@af
Edited. Try again. ;)

Cool, thanks. Homemade paint booth, lol. I don't think am skilled enough to do anything like that. :p But I am definitele not painting outside, since it is about 10 degrees here during this time of year. Hmmm... Have no idea what I am going to do, or even when I am gunna get to the hobby shop to get some supplies. Well, thanks to everyone for giving me ideas for a workshop. :D

supratuner
01-28-2003, 08:39 PM
I spray every day in my room, dont get any head aches either.

I open windows and other shit, usually airs out in about 1-5 hours

Scott 02
01-28-2003, 08:47 PM
Very nice workshops all....I wish i had a fancy place to sit and do my models and work on my slot cars. Oh well, Just a plain old 8foot table and hard ass metal chairs does just fine with a 100w desk light.

The Beast
01-28-2003, 11:07 PM
I work on my kitchen table, and paint in the basement.

RallyRaider
01-29-2003, 04:26 AM
Here are some photos of my work area out in the garage. Also where I keep my stash of paint and kits!

I don't have a spray booth just airbrush on the table and get paint dust everywhere. By opening the front and back doors I get decent ventilation, but always wear a respirator as well. When I spray with cans I do it outside.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/393603Dcp_0534a.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/738975Dcp_0535a.jpg

exhaust smoke
01-29-2003, 05:47 AM
RallyRaider, that is just too organised!! Great workspace though.

I do all my modelling at my desk in the bedroom. The only disadvantae is that I have to pack up after eveery session.

I mainly use automotive spray cans, so spraying is done outside in the garden on a crappy old crate, so I'm at the mercy of the weather! I also use a double filter spraymask designed by the manufacturers of the paint. It works great, but I look like I'm about to go combat training in chemical warfare everytime I go to spray a model!!

Scott 02
01-29-2003, 07:04 AM
Those are very great workspaces. Nice quiet places to work without anyone bothering you when you are putting those tedious pieces together.:)

_835_
01-29-2003, 08:58 AM
Here is my model desk :
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/126910IMG_0257.JPG

and my models waiting :
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/268078IMG_0266.JPG


Sorry..this work better now with correct link...

Hey phil !! you are really a pug addicted, i can see on your pics : 2 Tamiya 205T16, 2 Heller 205 T16 Evo2, 2 Tamiya 405 Dakar and 1 Pug 905 .... hum hum..no Resin 306 ;-)

Scott 02
01-29-2003, 09:19 AM
I don't see your workshop? Try again

Matthew Usher
01-29-2003, 09:34 AM
Originally posted by SuPeRcAr_MaN
Wow Matthew Usher, I hope I can find a spot like that in my house to get my stuff organized and start buiding. Can you take some pics of that paint booth please? My biggest worry was finding a place to paint my models. Thanks. :D

I'll try to remember to shoot a couple pictures of the booth.

It's a booth offered by Micro-Mark. I bought it a little more than a year ago, and it's been a good investment. Painting in the house is just too dangerous without one, and here in Wisconsin, I HAVE to paint inside most of the year!

The booth is a "downdraft" model -- the fumes are drawn through a filter in the floor of the booth. They exit the booth through a flexible aluminum tube (the kind used for clothes dryers). I vent the booth through a window -- I built a plywood "plug" that fits in the opened window, and the vent runs through that. I can set it up or tear it down in a couple of minutes, and the plug keeps the fumes (or the cold outside air) from coming back into the room.

I'm probably not explaining things very well. I'll shoot some pictures in the next couple of days to show you what I'm talking about.

Matt

Scott 02
01-29-2003, 10:07 AM
Will be glad to see them. :)

RallyRaider
01-29-2003, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by _835_

Hey phil !! you are really a pug addicted, i can see on your pics : 2 Tamiya 205T16, 2 Heller 205 T16 Evo2, 2 Tamiya 405 Dakar and 1 Pug 905 .... hum hum..no Resin 306 ;-)

Oh there's a resin 306 in there alright Seb! Two of them in fact, Modellers and Renaisance. Only the one Heller 205 Evo2 however, (can you believe I only bought it for the decals? :() the other Heller boxes are a Renault 5 Turbo and Peugeot 905. There is also an Xsara there somewhere just out of shot!

fastlife
01-29-2003, 04:18 PM
Originally posted by daggerlee
I used to model in my room. It had a big table and shelves, but I moved downstairs to a smaller table for 2 reasons: 1.) I feared long term exposure to chemicals while I slept and 2.) downstairs is closer to the kitchen range hood. Stay tuned to see what I mean..
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kaiyao1/workspace.jpg
That's my current workspace. Kinda cramped, but I like it since I have easier access to everything. :)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kaiyao1/workspace1.jpg
That's my "spray booth" made from an old science project. I definitely need to build a new "spray booth" since this one is pretty dirty. The kitchen range hoods are rated at 1150 CPM or thereabouts.

When airbrushing, vapor is nearly nonexistent, however when spraying Krylon and Tamiya the smell can get pretty heavy, which is why I own a double filter paint mask. The smell never leaves the kitchen, though, so its doing its job. My parents have never complained about any smell..

And finally, ideally I would like to have the type of desk found in cubicle office jobs. If you've never seen a cubicle, think of two tables that meet in a corner of a room, and you sit right where the two meet. That way, you have access to two tables worth of stuff with minimum effort.

Thanks for those pics man! I can now get some paint work done. I'm going to build a booth like that. I couldn't really get any models done because of the weather outside where I used to do my painting. Kitchen here I come...hehehe!

daggerlee
01-29-2003, 05:15 PM
No problem. :) Still haven't gotten around to changing it, though. There's paint dust all over the floor where I store them. :rolleyes:

Welshy
01-30-2003, 12:43 PM
this is my work area but as u can see its piled high with unsorted junk, Plus my display area ..

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/795639workdesk1.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/375393workdesk2.jpg

flyonthewall
02-05-2003, 06:05 PM
As Espin brought it up again i just took an updated pic of mine, in its current very untidy state.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/1067521b.jpg

daggerlee
02-05-2003, 06:22 PM
I spy a skyline! ;)

I think it'd be cool if we could get some sort of clean room to do modeling in, like the ones they build hard drives in or paint cars in, that keeps dust out :)

Veyron
02-05-2003, 07:30 PM
A repost since my bench is all messy like it's suppose to be.:D

http://users.chartertn.net/dino/bench.jpg

bah humbug
02-05-2003, 07:50 PM
Originally posted by flyonthewall
As Espin brought it up again i just took an updated pic of mine, in its current very untidy state.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/1067521b.jpg

Hey, I see an R34, the chassis of an ITR, and I think I see an ITR body.

What is that next to the ITR body on the left. please tell me.

fullbloodchop01
02-05-2003, 07:57 PM
Originally posted by bah humbug


Hey, I see an R34, the chassis of an ITR, and I think I see an ITR body.

What is that next to the ITR body on the left. please tell me.
it looks to me like a Supra or a 180 SX?:confused:

hirofkd
02-06-2003, 04:15 AM
You heard of a landslide, right? But what about modelslide?
My workbench was...buried.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/840667modelslides.jpg

phase5
02-06-2003, 05:59 AM
here is my desk in the garage its a mess at the moment as ive got 5 projects going
and building one more for a customer. as you can see my comp is next to it and my steering wheel for some nascar smashing. you can also see the tail of my r/c plane.just a few hoobies i have. so much to do so little time. Most of my 450-500 kits are hidden under beds and in wardrobes
which i'm always in trouble for.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/847183desk.JPG

flyonthewall
02-06-2003, 06:46 AM
Originally posted by bah humbug


What is that next to the ITR body on the left. please tell me.

The infamous F+F Supra

MR2_Lancer
02-06-2003, 10:51 AM
i wish i had even a quarter of that many models that you guys have...i have about 2 kits... i need to get more...my bday is in 18 days... ;) ;)

jk...:D

Sennake
02-06-2003, 11:24 AM
This is my desk :

http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/917/workingplace.jpg

The 600 kits, waiting to be built in the shelves look like this :

http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/917/stock.jpg

Vric
02-06-2003, 11:29 AM
Originally posted by Sennake


http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/917/stock.jpg

damn everyone have a Hobbyshop in there house or what ?

JDM Evo7
02-06-2003, 01:30 PM
Here is where I attempt assembly. LOL Notice the Bandai box in the right corner. I have just recently begun building car models

http://a2.cpimg.com/image/26/7D/16383782-7449-028001AC-.jpg

This is where I airbrush and paint since it's closer to a window for the exhaust hose of the Tamiya spray booth.

http://a1.cpimg.com/image/25/7D/16383781-4698-028001AC-.jpg

SirWelshy
02-06-2003, 06:11 PM
Originally posted by Vric


damn everyone have a Hobbyshop in there house or what ?


lol i wish i did

ShOrtyOC714
02-06-2003, 06:36 PM
I got lots of areas to work in. The one i work in the most is in my own room on my table, or outside. The places i have to work are room, outside, or garage. Ill try to get some pics of my work place. :D

mhpspeed
02-06-2003, 06:37 PM
I was just wondering u guys with like 600+ kits just sitting around waiting do u all like go to the store and just buy like 10 kits at a time bring them home and let them sit there? and over the years it gets like that? You all must be impulse buyers, you all have like an investment there if u ever run out of money just sell kits. damn, if I had all those they would be all open and i would just thumb threw the parts, u all have great self disicipline. Do u buy them casue u might not be able to get them ever again? casue I also noticed most of the people with alot of unbuilt kits there like all race cars/rally and whatever. so they probly dont make as many molds. is this one reason why?

daggerlee
02-06-2003, 06:52 PM
Do u buy them casue u might not be able to get them ever again

Bingo. A lot of kits may go OOP for quite a long time, or maybe go out of print because licensing contracts have run out, etc. so it's best to snap them up while you can.

bah humbug
02-06-2003, 06:59 PM
Originally posted by flyonthewall


The infamous F+F Supra

So, your working on the body kit. Which body kit are you working on, the TRD one or the Bomex one?

I'll be waiting for the ITR body kit, R34 body kit, and the supra bomex kit. Gonna get em once they're out.

bah humbug
02-06-2003, 07:00 PM
I also got the kits ready.

tonioseven
02-06-2003, 07:01 PM
Originally posted by daggerlee


Bingo. A lot of kits may go OOP for quite a long time, or maybe go out of print because licensing contracts have run out, etc. so it's best to snap them up while you can. Daggerlee speaks the truth!!! I just stocked up on a bunch of Musclecars because they were $5 and $6 apiece:D I bought a total of 13 different kits because the regular prices were like $11.99 and $12.99. Get them while you can because there's no guarantee you'll see it again anytime soon! Better safe than sorry!!:bandit:

bah humbug
02-06-2003, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by hirofkd
You heard of a landslide, right? But what about modelslide?
My workbench was...buried.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/840667modelslides.jpg

Thats funny. :p

After you finish current model,

Walks to pile of kits, " 1,2,3 ! " (dives into pile randomely picking the next kit. )

I've got it ! :bloated: :confused:

You should stack them.

freakray
02-06-2003, 07:30 PM
I thought I would finally join in and let you see where I torture my kits:devil:
We only have a small apartment, so I took over a corner of the lounge, my spray booth is on the left, I have ducting that leads out the window for when I spray, my work table is pretty much a mess right now, but I have been busy with other things and not too worried about it.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/593266bench.JPG

Ray

Purpura Delujo
02-07-2003, 01:10 AM
I see a GTO there Antonio :D

You all don't want to see mine, down the end of my bed and it has open chemicals on it all the time. Explains why i'm lacking in brain cells :bloated: I'll make a new one out of some wood dad has in the garage in the holidays.

LauBak
02-07-2003, 04:52 AM
This is my working place, and it became the simple studio now. :)

Matthew Usher
02-10-2003, 03:26 PM
Originally posted by Matthew Usher


I'll try to remember to shoot a couple pictures of the booth.

It's a booth offered by Micro-Mark. I bought it a little more than a year ago, and it's been a good investment. Painting in the house is just too dangerous without one, and here in Wisconsin, I HAVE to paint inside most of the year!

The booth is a "downdraft" model -- the fumes are drawn through a filter in the floor of the booth. They exit the booth through a flexible aluminum tube (the kind used for clothes dryers). I vent the booth through a window -- I built a plywood "plug" that fits in the opened window, and the vent runs through that. I can set it up or tear it down in a couple of minutes, and the plug keeps the fumes (or the cold outside air) from coming back into the room.

I'm probably not explaining things very well. I'll shoot some pictures in the next couple of days to show you what I'm talking about.

Matt

Maybe this will help my explanation:



http://images2.fotki.com/v17/photos/4/43099/144780/paintbooth-vi.jpg

That's blue masking tape around the edge of the plug. (It's winter in Wisconsin, and every little bit helps). I may add some self-adhesive weather strip at some point.

The booth is lit with a self-contained fluorescent light I picked up at a home improvement store. You can see it along the top panel of the booth, which is clear plexiglass, although it's difficult to tell from this angle.

And I've been building Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1, which explains all the orange paint!

Matt

Scott 02
02-10-2003, 03:35 PM
Great paint booth. Im working on making one myself. I like your idea with the ventalation fan at the top. I was planning on something like that. I was wanting to see a picture of one with the fan and there it is. :)

clatescivicr
02-10-2003, 04:13 PM
I've really only seriously gotten back into Modeling within the past few months and I own already 10 kits. It should be 9 but I messed up the windshields on one so I had to buy the kit over again... And I have none completely built :( but 2 are very close lol. Yes I'm an impulse buyer but I have stopped since I want the money for my 1:1 car lol.

I will have a pic in 2 weeks when I get back to college after break when I have my supplies up here. You guys are gonna love my whole "work area"

RyanGiorgio
02-27-2003, 07:09 PM
Here is mine. Super Un-organized, but i love it. I wish I had a desk like my mom. She makes her own 3D pictures and sells them.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/99113001.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/43473702.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/15708903.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/18648804.jpg

My mom's desk.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/93022505.jpg

Her "models"

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/39937306.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/96512507.jpg

Subway
02-27-2003, 07:15 PM
My work room~:)

fullbloodchop01
02-27-2003, 07:18 PM
A SPARCO SEAT!!! how original:eek: :D

Modelcargarage
02-27-2003, 07:36 PM
you guys are sooooooo lucky i usually do my models on my bed or on my bedroom floor and i spray my models in a old shop next to our house my floor is full with stains and its a brand new carpet just put in about one month ago my mom was so pissed it was funny as hell

SuPeRcAr_MaN
02-27-2003, 07:39 PM
Do most of you people have a paint booth? I do my painting in my dusty garage and I always get a few specs of dust in the paint...

endlesskev86
02-27-2003, 07:47 PM
Subway: More pics of your room and SPARCO RACING SEATS TOO!!!!
Laubak: You sure made use out of your room... especially in HK where the space is limited!... my cousin had to spray in the street! so funny!

Modelcargarage
02-27-2003, 08:01 PM
i always get dust on my models but i mean what can you do about it ? there are ways but i mean its impossible unless your garage is dust free

gionc
04-23-2006, 10:43 AM
Hey guys, Ray pointed us today here: great topic, also I guess a lot of new members'll give contributions. I just love the matter, in the italian forum we have a fun thread like this one: it help to show a side of our character (my contribution is obviously mess-like :) )

so far a covered portion of my studio where I turn, mill and use my airbrush (note the best spraybooth brand)
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/aed32246.jpg
since my studio is under the home i stealed a room from my kids, here I've the stash, the pc and the bench, and.. the bloody mess :)
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/e179ccdf.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/gionc/studio3.jpg

Well I save you from the planes side and from my RCs babies, so, just post your: it could help us all to improove and newbees to plan the workshop :)

GTmike400
04-23-2006, 11:14 AM
Heres my dungeon.

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_0707.JPG

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_0708.JPG

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_0709.JPG

http://www.pichut.org/up/IMG_0710.JPG

Decs0105
04-23-2006, 12:30 PM
@ Mike nice calendar :iceslolan and very nice room!

D_LaMz
04-23-2006, 12:51 PM
man you guys have so much room!

mickbench
04-23-2006, 02:07 PM
Mike, Nice Calender, and Lego Enzo? Cool.

Here is mine, I work on the kitchen table, and spray in the garage. I'm not really set up for model building, live in a three bed house and no room for a table to set up correctly. LOL.

TBH, I set up on the table as I thought I'd build a few, perhaps get bored and give up. Over a year now on the kitchen table, and still mullering kits. I hope one day to buy a compressor, and I'm eyeing up another section of the kitchen table, soon it will be mine...

It is a tad cramped, reason I think I tend to drop so much stuff and damage like I do.

http://www.pictureparking.com/pic/51442/mode/L/img.jpg

http://www.pictureparking.com/pic/51441/mode/L/img.jpg

Pennzoil that I need to finsh and the dreaded Fujim WRX STi, that has nearly been thrown out the window. Also, next projects all lined up, looking foward to having a go with the bike... Back to good old Tamiya.. Oh how I was wrong to call them.. LOL

kingkai
04-24-2006, 06:06 AM
Here is my bed/workroom :grinyes: lucky to have the space at home.
What's the point in leaving home for college :naughty::screwy:

http://www.pichut.org/up/DSC00005.JPG
http://www.pichut.org/up/DSC00014.JPG
http://www.pichut.org/up/DSC00026.JPG
http://www.pichut.org/up/DSC00015.JPG
http://www.pichut.org/up/DSC000064.JPG


Hmm still need a sprayboot for my new airbrush.
ps. sorry for the large pictures for you guys with low internet

stryfe101
04-24-2006, 07:45 AM
here is where I build.....I took this pic for a post on another board about wheel fetishes..lol
sorry its dark
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/stryfe101/projects/DSC01160.jpg

off to the side is a plastic shelf/drawer thingie that my fiance got from her job, it holds my paints on top and the different drawers hold my tools and parts...

heres more wheels and one of the drawers from the shelf thingie..lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/stryfe101/projects/DSC01161.jpg

skoda_norman
04-24-2006, 03:13 PM
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/skodanorman/models/75f5a1be.jpg

thats my work area...cramped.

got the volvo on top of the tub with the morgan in it. then you've got a boat which is my side project. the white piece of paper is where all the action happens. at the back theres 2 storage boxes for my paints and infront of that all my spray paints.
the rest is general stuff that you 'collects'

chato de shamrock
04-25-2006, 02:23 AM
my workplace looks a lot like JE123's but i have to clean up and hide everything underneath my bed once im done cause its also the breakfast and dinner table. Sucks when youre in a small 1 bedroom apartment. Oh well, thats how it is for a Hispanic in Bush/Chaney's America.

Cold_Fire
04-25-2006, 08:21 AM
This is my desk:

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire/bench1.JPG

Inside the wardrobe over it I have tools, models...

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire/bench2.JPG

And some inspiration on the wall :D

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire/bench4.JPG

I have another desk in the balcony, I use this place just to paint. The green and silver thing on the table is my drying booth:

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire/bench5.JPG

And my paint booth:

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire/bench6.JPG

Regards

SQC049
06-02-2006, 10:24 AM
I was going to start a new thread for work spaces, but I searched first and found this one. (I'm not your typical Noob!lol) Anyways, here is my work space. I just started building again after a 10 year break. These are the only kits I have right now, I am always buying more.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6db03b3127cce892c8ca0350e00000016108AYsmrls5ZNu

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6db03b3127cce892c8191f49100000016108AYsmrls5ZNu

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6db03b3127cce892c8ca6350800000016108AYsmrls5ZNu

I also have a Tamiya S2000, and YZFM1 to build. I am working on my R32 right now.

ZTony8
06-02-2006, 02:15 PM
I do my model work at an old office desk in my basement,surrounded by the shelving and boxes that contain the 800+ kits that I've accumulated over the years.Sorry,no pix-I'm computer ignorant.

JTRACING
06-02-2006, 02:39 PM
heres my little area

http://content.bolt.com/jpg

Erik O.
06-02-2006, 03:30 PM
I was going to post my work area, but i am way to ambarrased when i saw all the other places,
I really wish i had that space! :eek:

Robi J
06-02-2006, 06:07 PM
This is my small workbench, most of the time sadly "out of order".
Bye: Robi :)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a163/RJ1108/Various/B2L.jpg

Svendsen
09-21-2006, 01:03 PM
Time for me to show where I do my building, just started this up agian recently. So I'm not so well organisted.
Just an old workbench where I do all the cluing and brush painting etc.

Photo:
http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/DSCF1833.JPG

I hope to get it more organisted in time.

When I started I just used spray canes, this was done in this box, on my porch. I live on the 3th floor.

http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/DSCF1827.JPG

Then I got an airbrush and upgraded to this home made box, with no fans or anything. I had plans for it but never got on to it.

http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/Lakkeringsboks/DSCF2359.JPG
It is made of spoon plates ( I think thats what it is called)

But I soon found out I needed something better, beside the winter and the cold is coming up, I need to go inside to my hobby room / home office.
So I started the search for something to use, I soon got on to the idea about using a kitchen ventilator, this one normal also got light in it. I asked some around and dad said that I could take the one in their secon kitchen. Since it was old and never being used, no they dont live in a big big house, just that they have a second floor where mygrand parents used to live. Anyway.

So i did build a box for it and made it ready for indoor use.

The box with hole for the flap where I gone put on a long tube, going out my window.
http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/Lakkeringsboks/DSCF2356.JPG

The ventilator:
http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/Lakkeringsboks/DSCF2357.JPG

http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/Lakkeringsboks/DSCF2358.JPG

Done:

http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/Lakkeringsboks/DSCF2361.JPG

http://www.stianweb.com/dev/modelbiler/Lakkeringsboks/DSCF2362.JPG

I also added two screws on the side to hang my AB on.

Next is to build a bench to put it on, with a shelf or two to put my spray cans and etc on.


I hope you like it and dont find it to boring to have a look into my modeling world.

I would love to see more of how you do it.

EDIT: I did some resizeing ;)

Zlaja_
09-21-2006, 04:46 PM
you dont wanna see my place. trust me.

Pippin1974
09-28-2006, 03:19 PM
This is my "secret" place....my work desk....in the garage......

http://img133.imagevenue.com/loc333/th_74554_DSC02200_123_333lo.JPG (http://img133.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=74554_DSC02200_123_333lo.JPG)

http://img148.imagevenue.com/loc458/th_74559_DSC02201_123_458lo.JPG (http://img148.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=74559_DSC02201_123_458lo.JPG)

Cold_Fire
04-23-2007, 02:18 PM
Some pics of my new room :)


http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto1.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto2.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto3.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto4.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto5.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto6.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto7.jpg

stevenoble
04-23-2007, 03:05 PM
This is where I build my models.It's not perfect,infact it is a little cramped as there is a wall directly behind my seat.But everything is to hand.The spraybooth was a recent addition and probably the best thing I ever bought.The work area is so much more pleasant whilst spraying with it in use.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/stevenoble/IMGP4225.jpg

Enzoenvy1
04-24-2007, 11:54 PM
Some pics of my new room :)


http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto1.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto2.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto3.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto4.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto5.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto6.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto7.jpg

Holy crap, change your Pugs for Scoobs and we have almost the exact same collection!!! Weird?!?!?

TSiSS350
04-25-2007, 09:25 AM
My little, and I do mean little, corner of the house...
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i136/TSiSS350/WorkArea2.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i136/TSiSS350/WorkArea1.jpg

stryfe101
04-25-2007, 09:56 AM
before a year ago all I had as a bench was me sitting on the floor...then I had a small desk in me and my wife's bedroom in a small apartment for a long time, it worked well but just wasn't the best...well I recently moved into a house and I got my own whole room(but it will become our next childs room, if we have a son then its all set!..then i'll build a room down in the basement) with a much bigger and more useful desk..
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/grayelysemakalya/Models/newroom1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/grayelysemakalya/Models/newroom2.jpg
and i've got some shelves for displaying all the stuff i've had to let sit in boxes for the last 6 years...
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/grayelysemakalya/Models/newroom3.jpg
alot of it will be replaced with built models one day...


Gray

Cold_Fire
04-25-2007, 12:47 PM
Two more photos to complete, today I finally assembled my new paint booth.

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto8.jpg

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto9.jpg

Regards

willimo
05-25-2007, 03:41 PM
I think I've been waiting for my workbench to be clean enough to show off since this thread started - or at least since it last showed up :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/workspace1.jpg

My dreams come true! I share the room with the computer. So it's office/work space.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/workspace2.jpg

Where the building happens.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/workspace3.jpg

Where the painting happens.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/workspace4.jpg

Where my WIPs wait to get worked on. They all try to curry favor from me from up there, looking over my shoulder saying "Will, Will, please work on me!"

It feels so good to be back to building!

jmwallac
05-25-2007, 10:09 PM
Two more photos to complete, today I finally assembled my new paint booth.


http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto9.jpg




That paint booth looks great. What are you using for the exhaust fan? Bath exhaust fan?

AllAlone.Gz
06-12-2007, 04:33 AM
Some pics of my new room :)

http://personales.ya.com/cold_fire2/habmaquetas/foto6.jpg



LOL!! HOUSE FTMFW!!!! Love that show!

Anyway I gots this little corner where I get started.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/dc2s14/101_0345.jpg

The place where I used to "Get Down" is now occupied by my 1:1 :rofl:

michael lambert
01-10-2008, 09:44 PM
Well a week into this hobby now and i have dedicated a work station to it :D I took a old computer desk i had kicking in the shed and installed a small light, picked up a few little storage containers to hold my paints and supplies and i think it looks pretty decent!.

http://www.michaellambertphotography.com/model/bench.jpg

73superduty
01-10-2008, 10:09 PM
Well a week into this hobby now and i have dedicated a work station to it :D I took a old computer desk i had kicking in the shed and installed a small light, picked up a few little storage containers to hold my paints and supplies and i think it looks pretty decent!.

http://www.michaellambertphotography.com/model/bench.jpg

That's a great start and looks cozy! Now, when you have about 5 to 6 builds laying around and paint and parts all over I want to see a picture! LOL
Chris

Adam Baker
01-10-2008, 10:23 PM
I guess I'll share what I have.

Here's my table & shelves. Just moved it into this corner & put the shelves up a few weeks ago, and I love it so much better than where it was before. It used to be in front of the window thats beside the desk now. I was constantly loosing stuff off the backside of the table. Not a problem anymore. And I love the storage space above. I have a 36" double bulb fluorescent fixture for light. Also have a round bulb fluorescent magnifying lamp that I can use, if I need some magnification.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh218/RangerMach1/Models/cave2.jpg

My paint booth

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh218/RangerMach1/Models/cave1.jpg

And then these are the builds that I completed in 2007. Got 12 Nascar models built in 2007. 2007 was when I really started getting organized and hardcore back into my modeling.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh218/RangerMach1/Models/cave4.jpg

And last but not least, my stash.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh218/RangerMach1/Models/cave3.jpg

michael lambert
01-10-2008, 10:52 PM
That's a great start and looks cozy! Now, when you have about 5 to 6 builds laying around and paint and parts all over I want to see a picture! LOL
Chris


Haha...

What's funny, I have 4 builds on the go.... lol :) however my paint room is in my garage.

white_R34
01-12-2008, 07:24 PM
Here's my work place.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Reference%20Photos/Workplace1.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Reference%20Photos/Workplace2.jpg
I went cheap on that, biut I'm going to make a bigger one with filters and a fan.
One of My prep spots.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Reference%20Photos/Workplace3.jpg
Lot and lots and lots of models:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash1.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash2.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash3.jpg

Now thiscloset has bean reworked ad looks a lot better now. I have more room to put in more new model LoL.
These pix here re from my bed room. I have a big model shelf that is being worked on for lighting, and I have a lot of models in there.
Ok starting from the bottom left or floor.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash6.jpg

Middel and floor.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash8.jpg

Right side and floor.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash5-1.jpg

Back to the middel going to the top.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash9.jpg

Ok starting at the top left goint to the Right. >
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash13.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash10.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash12.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash11.jpg

I have some space at the foot of my bed so I put all my military models there. (Note I have gone back and cleaned up this spot as well.)
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Sketchpad%20Articles/stash14.jpg

Zubski
01-27-2008, 02:05 PM
Here is were i build my models. Yes its a on a airhockey table ... but we don't use it anymore and i need some place to build them.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff27/Zubski_8/DSC00259a.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff27/Zubski_8/DSC00258a-2.jpg

Zubski

ariel
01-27-2008, 03:33 PM
this is where I build or at least try to.

http://images29.fotki.com/v1133/free/e3da5/1/1262502/5858642/DSCN0411vi-vi.jpg?1201645144

http://images33.fotki.com/v1115/free/e3da5/1/1262502/5858642/DSCN0414vi-vi.jpg?1201645149

http://images29.fotki.com/v1133/free/e3da5/1/1262502/5858642/DSCN0416vi-vi.jpg?1201645154

Its a computer armour. Like this the little ones can't get in it:nono:
http://public.fotki.com/modelnut/modeling-room/

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