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The Carpet Monster is DEAD

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 8:54 AM
Oh Man!!? I'm so jealous! I'm in a one bedroom apartment with wall to wall carpeting. I can't wait till the day when I can build a house, with my very own hobby room. Hopefully only a couple of years away.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 6:32 AM
Hey Swanny, where do you keep the computer you use for that kick-arse web site? ;)
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 9:53 PM
Well done on taking the time and effort to create your own space. My wife would kill me if I started putting all those hooks in the ceiling!!
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Had a good laugh at the "Childhood" posterLaugh [(-D]
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Posted by razordws on Monday, August 22, 2005 6:21 PM
Nicely done Swanny, it looks great. I'm certainly very envious as I'm at the dinning room table/hoping to build a room in the garage stage. Disapprove [V] Got at least 7-8 years before the oldest thinks about moving out.

Dave

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Posted by Jim Barton on Monday, August 22, 2005 5:44 PM
Sure wish I could rip up the carpet monster in my apartment! Even better, would love to have a modeling room like that one!Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by overkillphil on Monday, August 22, 2005 11:48 AM
That's one heck of an air battle going on in your workshop swanny.
my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
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Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:31 PM
I have tried to kill the monster but failed. The best thing I can do is to cheat it. I keep a strong flashlight, 4 cell maglite, near the work table. If something falls to the floor and I can’t find it, I take another similar sized piece, the flashlight and a deep breath and drop it to the floor watching it closely. That way you see about how far it bounces so it gives you a range and when you hit it with the flashlight it gives you a visual reference of what to look for. So far it has worked everytime.

Marc  

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Posted by Glamdring on Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:50 PM
I'm certainly impressed by that stash. I get bellered at for having about an 1/8 of the number shown in that picture....

Robert 

"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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Posted by DURR on Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:33 PM
great room
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Posted by tigerman on Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:56 PM
I'm kind of in your boat. My eldest moved out and we are in the process of redoing his room for our daughter. Once that is done, her old girly room will become an exercise room for the wife (yeah right!) and my huge spare walk-in closet will become the hobbyroom of my dreams. I even have a mini-fridge for it!

Your's is certainly the envy of many a modeler. The only thing missing is an easy chair.

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 Eric 

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Posted by Woody on Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:22 AM
Very nice space! I long for the day when I can set up a new hobby room. By the way my old hobby bench/desk is exactly like yours. I liberated it from a previous work place when they got new desks.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:27 PM
My Carpet monster felt the wrath of my cat, used it as a litter box...Yuck [yuck] then the carpet was ripped out!
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:40 PM
Nice looking digs Swanny. Congratulations on killing off your Carpet Monster. Unfortunately, mine is still alive & well & hungry.

Regards, Rick
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:40 PM
Swanny - we just got through putting laminate floors down in the living areas and while doing it I realized this is my answer for my modeling room as well. Of course now they will bounce to the far corner of the room when they fall now, but they at least won't be swallowed up!!!

The space looks great!!!
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Posted by berny13 on Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:45 PM
I am glad someone got rid of the Carpet Monster. Please don't send it my way, as I have one residing in my model room, and one is enough.

Nice looking room. How long will it stay that clean?

Berny

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TF-102A Delta Dagger, 32nd FIS, 54-1370, 1/48 scale. Monogram Pro Modeler with C&H conversion.  

Revell F-4E Phantom II 33rd TFW, 58th TFS, 69-260, 1/32 scale. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:42 PM
Wow, you have a great work room over there. Wink [;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:27 PM
Great job on the work area swanny.
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Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:22 PM
Nicely done Swanny, i can also provide storage space
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Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:50 PM
Very nice! I'm still stuck at the dining room table stage.

If you find that closet is getting small, I have some room in mine...Big Smile [:D]

So long folks!

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The Carpet Monster is DEAD
Posted by Swanny on Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:22 PM
As a child I had a large bedroom where I could build my models in peace. As I grew older the models were set aside like so many of us did to chase girls and cars then college took all the time. After getting married and having the first two kids the house we lived in had a small spare bedroom, I took that room over and began modeling again. Third child comes along and we move to another house where each kid gets there own room but Dad loses out and has to build models on the dining room table - bummer. Time goes by and the oldest kid moves out to college then makes the move out permanent - Dad's happy because he gets the smallest unused bedroom for modeling! This is what it looked like ...

It was relatively small and had wall to wall carpeting but it did mean models could be left on the work table, cats and kids could be restricted and there was time to hunt for those pieces that wanted to hide in the carpet. After about four years in this space the next child made the move to college then got his own apratment in the city - suddenly there is a much larger space availible.

This time Dad puts a little forethought into the room, the walls and ceiling are all painted, the carpet comes out and a new hardwood floor goes down. New electrical service is wired into the room to accomodate all the lighting and accessory tools. Two weeks of evenings and weekends produces a space ready for furniture ...

The TV is just a small unit to keep Dad entertained while he lays flooring. Modeling shelves go in and the current desk (new larger desk is coming) goes in, two days are spent moving the stash and another week is spent moving the finished models from the old work space and collecting all the models from around the house. Each model is inspected and dusted then hung or placed on a shelf, at last the new space is ready and Dad can get back to modeling.

The ceiling air force


The wall opposite the work space


Left side of the work space


The work space


And a view into the stash area

The closet is actually quite large and you can only see about half the stash from this angle.

Dad is happy! Big Smile [:D]
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