High n Tight spaces

The tool box is a $7.00 box from Home Depot. 

usmc1371 wrote:

You don't need no stinkin' desk. I used to model on a desk, until my two kids came along.  I now model on the kitchen table.  I use a small tool box to hold all of my tools.  I have a board that I model on to keep the table clean.  The real plus of modeling this way is that the tools, glue, etc can be kept out of reach of the little ones.  On my kitchen table, I've built a 1/350 USS Arizona, a 1/35th K5 Leopold (Anzio Annie), and Tamiya's M26 Dragon Wagon with trailer and many others.  I do my airbrushing downstairs in a spray booth that folds up when not in use.  The biggest pain with modelling on the kitchen table is setting up to work and cleaning up afterwards.  It adds about 10 minutes of extra work but well worth it.  My wife is always surprised how many tools I can fit in my little tool box and how well organized it is.  Basically, my whole modeling space is about 2.5' by 1.5'.  Not bad if you ask me. Here's some pics (all of the models were built on my kitchen table):

 

What kind of tool or tackle box is that?

I live in a 2 beadroom apartment by myself. My worktable sit in the corner of my bedroom. It is only a 3 foot by 3 foot sturdy table. I am great at space management though. I put an old spice rack on the wall behind the table for all of the most used paints. I have a caddy in the corner of the table that hold all of my brushed sanding sticks files glue and everything else I need to keep at an arms lengh. The compressor sits on the floor under the table and the airbrush hand fron an old reading lamp that sits nice and high for good lighting. My only real problem is dust. The bedroom is carpeted so this does not help with dropped parts or the dust. The A/C does help in the summer by trapping alot of the dust in the filter but in the winter I have to be more carefull about wiping things down to keep the dust from getting in the paint. So yes you can produce nice models without having the ultimate work bench.

                                                                                         Soulcrusher

This was my Hobby Room until last Feb.. A bench in front of the couch.. I'd moved up from a TV tray..

suprised how your in the Core buddy you got to everything high n tight!!! how you you like the blue clamps in the in picture? nice work man i love you models. im not even that close to bein that good!

You don't need no stinkin' desk.

I used to model on a desk, until my two kids came along.  I now model on the kitchen table.  I use a small tool box to hold all of my tools.  I have a board that I model on to keep the table clean.  The real plus of modeling this way is that the tools, glue, etc can be kept out of reach of the little ones.  On my kitchen table, I've built a 1/350 USS Arizona, a 1/35th K5 Leopold (Anzio Annie), and Tamiya's M26 Dragon Wagon with trailer and many others.  I do my airbrushing downstairs in a spray booth that folds up when not in use.  The biggest pain with modelling on the kitchen table is setting up to work and cleaning up afterwards.  It adds about 10 minutes of extra work but well worth it.  My wife is always surprised how many tools I can fit in my little tool box and how well organized it is.  Basically, my whole modeling space is about 2.5' by 1.5'.  Not bad if you ask me.

Here's some pics (all of the models were built on my kitchen table):

HA!! thats cool im not alone!! ive got a 8 foot folding table but its sharing with a computer!

My tight space solution was a recycled deployment cabinet that I saved from the dumpster years ago when I was in the AF. It has served many purposes, including being converted into my modeling workshop. Given the house I once owed which accomodated our family of four, 764 square feet doesn't provide much room to sprawl out.

 

This space was even larger than the first modeling setup I had when we first married and lived in a larger apartment. There I took over a bedroom closet that was narrow and deep. Used it for modeling as well as my "radio" shack.

I did that myself for quite awhile when living in a apartment. I had a good-size desk, but needed to go out on the balcony to airbrush. For your workdesk, maybe go to Big Lots or Goodwill (or keep an eye out in your local newspaper) for a cheap corner desk (hopefully with some shelves and/or drawers). With a corner desk you're using up space that (probably) wouldn't get used anyway, so you're less likely to irritate the missus...