Where do you build?

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.

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:

You heard of a landslide, right? But what about modelslide?
My workbench was...buried.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/840667modelslides.jpg

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

Originally posted by bah humbug


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

The infamous F+F Supra

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

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

Originally posted by Sennake


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

damn everyone have a Hobbyshop in there house or what ?

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

Originally posted by Vric


damn everyone have a Hobbyshop in there house or what ?


lol i wish i did

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

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?

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.

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.

I also got the kits ready.

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:

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.

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

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.

This is my working place, and it became the simple studio now. :)

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

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. :)

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"

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

My work room~:)

A SPARCO SEAT!!! how original:eek: :D

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

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...

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!

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

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 :)

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

@ Mike nice calendar :iceslolan and very nice room!

man you guys have so much room!

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

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

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

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'

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.

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

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.

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.

heres my little area

http://content.bolt.com/jpg

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:

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

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 ;)

you dont wanna see my place. trust me.

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)

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

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

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?!?!?

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

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

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

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!

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?

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:

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

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

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