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Bench Mk.II - Ready to Commence Flight Operations!

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  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Austin, TX
Bench Mk.II - Ready to Commence Flight Operations!
Posted by DoogsATX on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:23 AM

Finally made the final push tonight and got the new bench all set up and squared away!

Build station on the right. Paint on the left.

Close-up of v2.0 of my rigged paint shelf:

And the Elfa racks I'm using for the more brushable paints:

Goodies conveniently tucked away in drawers:

Dedicated, slightly-less-ghetto photo station:

Stash stash!

And, since I no longer trust my shop compressor, I'm busting out the old, no regulator, no moisture trap, no auto on-off Paasche D500 to see me through. Got a compressor on my birthday/Christmas wish list, so fingers crossed this floor-wandering cantankerous blue beast is only an interim solution:

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Oak Harbor, WA
Posted by Kolja94 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:56 AM

Awesome set up!

It's your world, we're just living in it...

Karl

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Arkansas
Posted by K-dawg on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:10 AM

Very nice set up. Everything has it's place... I like those little paint baskets on the shelf rails. Where did you get those? I am hoping to spend a little time tonight and tomorrow working on my new shop... Work has put a serious crimp in getting it set up.

I am currently shopping for an exhaust fan to put above the bench.

Kenneth Childres, Central Arkansas Scale Modelers

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Fort Worth, TX
Posted by RESlusher on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:17 AM

Wow!  That's a really cool setup ya got there! 

I wish the little woman would let me do that to one of our spare bedrooms!  I really like the photo station!  I take my pics with the model on top of a sheet of blue posterboard on top of an old dresser.  I steady the camera (too much alcohol and caffiene coursing through my veins) using a mono-pod. 

Can you have your little woman call my little woman?!  Whisper

 

Richard S.

On the bench:  AFV Club M730A1 Chaparral

On deck:  Tamiya Marder 1A2

In the hole:  Who knows what's next!

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:33 AM

Alright, hold on there Tex - you mean to tell me that you don't need to tear down & pack up your workstation everytime someone wants to eat a meal?? Not fair!!!! Nice little stash too - when are you building your Storch?? Whistling

Congrats on the new space, does this mean the rest of the house is unpacked & set up as well?

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:33 AM

K-dawg

Very nice set up. Everything has it's place... I like those little paint baskets on the shelf rails. Where did you get those? I am hoping to spend a little time tonight and tomorrow working on my new shop... Work has put a serious crimp in getting it set up.

I am currently shopping for an exhaust fan to put above the bench.

Thanks man! The baskets are from the Container Store. A bit spendy, IMO, but I already had the vertical standards and mounting rails lying around from the move, so I was already 3/4 of the way there. 

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:36 AM

RESlusher

Wow!  That's a really cool setup ya got there! 

I wish the little woman would let me do that to one of our spare bedrooms!  I really like the photo station!  I take my pics with the model on top of a sheet of blue posterboard on top of an old dresser.  I steady the camera (too much alcohol and caffiene coursing through my veins) using a mono-pod. 

Can you have your little woman call my little woman?!  Whisper

Me too! In the summer especially, I sure wouldn't mind the AC. But I have a lot more say over what happens in the garage...

Not sure how you get away with a monopod! I use a tripod and set mine on a 2 second timer delay. But then, I'm shooting at small apertures to get maximum depth of field, and that often requires shutter speeds of like 1/2 second.

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:38 AM

VanceCrozier

Alright, hold on there Tex - you mean to tell me that you don't need to tear down & pack up your workstation everytime someone wants to eat a meal?? Not fair!!!! Nice little stash too - when are you building your Storch?? Whistling

Congrats on the new space, does this mean the rest of the house is unpacked & set up as well?

Storch'll happen someday...I've got big plans for a dio with it...but that little plane scares me!

And of course the rest of the house remains largely in boxes...priorities and all...Whistling

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

  • Member since
    March 2010
  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:06 AM

Wow Doggs! I thought your garage set up you had was pretty cool but this is to another level.


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Dre
  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:12 AM

Looks like a  nice, spacious work area you've made there.  Well thought out.  Color me envious.

You might need a few more P-47's though, that stash looks a little thin in that area...Wink 

  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:37 AM

Dre

You might need a few more P-47's though, that stash looks a little thin in that area...Wink 

Sad thing? There are five more (Academy -N, Revell -N, Monogram Razorback and two 1/32 Hasegawas) that you can't see...

What can I say? I love me some Jugs...

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

Dre
  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:22 PM

DoogsATX

What can I say? I love me some Jugs...

Well played, sir. 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Oak Harbor, WA
Posted by Kolja94 on Friday, November 25, 2011 9:42 PM

DoogsATX

 

And of course the rest of the house remains largely in boxes...priorities and all...Whistling

I remember doing it like that after one move - got the model workshop all up and running early on - and never finished the rest of the house!

Karl

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