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panzerpilot

Member since
December 2004
From: Houston, Texas

Paint organization - Spice rack?

Posted by panzerpilot on Monday, November 21, 2011 1:25 PM

Just curious what kind of paint organization you folks use? I have my paints in a 3 drawer plastic storage cabinet which makes it hard to find, or inventory, the various colors.

-Tom

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Scorpiomikey

Member since
March 2010
From: New Zealand

Posted by Scorpiomikey on Monday, November 21, 2011 1:38 PM

I have like a tiered spice rack which i built myself from scrap MDF.

7 or 8 tiers. and i order my paints on it starting with gloss black (x-1) right through to the highest gloss number i have. then i start on the matts (XF-1) and go through. since its hard to get anything thats not tamiya here. it works quite well for me.

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DoogsATX

Member since
June 2010
From: Austin, TX

Posted by DoogsATX on Monday, November 21, 2011 1:42 PM

Here's my solution(s):

Elfa spice racks:

Repurposed old shelves + PVC tees:

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

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Cadet Chuck

Member since
April 2009
From: Longmont, Colorado

Posted by Cadet Chuck on Monday, November 21, 2011 1:48 PM

I really need to get my stuff organized like that! Very nice, guys! Thanks for the ideas.

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Scorpiomikey

Member since
March 2010
From: New Zealand

Posted by Scorpiomikey on Monday, November 21, 2011 2:23 PM

Thats mine in the back left of the picture.

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"

Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming Hmm

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Dre

Member since
June 2007
From: here, not over there

Posted by Dre on Monday, November 21, 2011 2:37 PM

While I keep the most-used basic colors at the bench, I keep my collection of specific MM paints in cardboard boxes and group them by genre-RLM, US, Russian. I paint the cap with the color in the jar and write the name or # on the top so I can find them at a quick glance. When I'm working on German A/C, I just grab the RLM box and it's all there within reach. I would use a rack system except for the fact that I have far too much paint and no good place to hang a rack.