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Possibly my last model kit! Toshi

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  • Member since
    June 2014
  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Friday, September 23, 2016 9:14 AM

Toshi ;

 Don't let the move scare you . I built on a large type T.V. table when I lived in my first house-boat . It was only forty foot long and only thirty by eight foot was living area .

 It can be done with two of those tables , one for gear and paint and another for assembly .It works ! Now one thing is this . You need to get a large fishing tackle box which will hold your tools and supplies . I used this in the boats and in the R.V.s .

     This is also , with thought , a good idea . Get a folding grilling table from Camping World .It's a six foot by two foot top with a wire shelf for the grill hanging off one end . Set it up . Model . Clear it off , put model away and fold up the table and put it in a closet or behind the couch .

 This all works , you just have to get used to a smaller portable space .You Can Do It ! !   T.B.  Toshi - A warning ;

 Don't you dare leave us .This will result in a search party to find you a spot to work .We need you to stay with us !

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, September 23, 2016 9:02 AM

Stop building model kits? Nope. That cannot happen. You will find a way to continue building. Besides, there is a 2nd bedroom you can use,

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Green Bay, WI USA
Posted by echolmberg on Friday, September 23, 2016 8:46 AM

Toshi, don't you DARE give up the hobby!  First of all, I know Mrs. Toshi is very supportive of your hobby so, with her help, she'll make sure you keep on building.  

Secondly, back when I was a kid and all the way up until I moved out of my parents' house, I used one of those "kid tables".  You know...the little ones that are about 24" x 24" with the folding metal legs.  I kept all my tools and supplies in a couple of fishing tackle boxes.  Those, plus the folding kids table made everything easy to fold up and put away when not in use.  

After college, I moved into my very first apartment: A little one bedroom place with barely enough room to swing a cat.  My donated coffee table became my new workbench.  As long as I kept it covered with a cheap table cloth while I was working on a kit, I never had to worry about ruining the table.  Heck, even after I got married and my wife moved into my tiny apartment, I kept using that set-up whenever I worked on a kit.

Don't give up the hobby!  You can still make things work.  

Eric

  • Member since
    August 2016
Posted by Keyda81 on Friday, September 23, 2016 8:40 AM

Use the dinner table like I do, lol.  Just make sure you clean up before dinner is to be served and it's all good.Big Smile  Or in my case clean up so I can cook dinner, and serve it.  In all seriousness good luck with the move, and don't be a stranger! 

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Friday, September 23, 2016 8:40 AM

Toshi-  With what building has done for your therapy, DON"T STOP BUILDING.  Find a way to keep on.  You may not have the display area, but don't stop.  I have a feeling your health issues will regress somewhat and bite you in the tail feathers.

 

Sorry you are having to move and lose the "cave", but don't give up on the rest of us yet, you keep saying you have learned a lot in the last year and a half......well so have we, about keeping on in the face of adversity.

  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
Posted by Greatmaker on Friday, September 23, 2016 8:26 AM

Where there's a will there's a way. I'm sure you'll find a way. There's always 1/144

 

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    December 2003
  • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
Posted by scottrc on Friday, September 23, 2016 8:06 AM

Toshi my friend, trust us all when we say you don't need to stop because you are in a small space.  You can always give built models away and keep building.  I have built models in dorm rooms, motels rooms, even in a hospital bed.  This hobby is your therapy, you need to keep doing it, and we need to keep seeing your postings.  

Scott

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 23, 2016 7:52 AM

I hope not Toshi! As the guys said I'm sure there's some way you can fit something in modeling wise.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Friday, September 23, 2016 7:37 AM

Tosh, don't move.... or inprovise,adapt,overcome. Where there's a will there's a way.Best of luck in whatever you do.

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Friday, September 23, 2016 7:04 AM
Toshi. There is no reason you have to or should stop. Find a small corner to build in. You don't have to have a massive bench or work area. Make a small box to hold your supplies and work with it. I'm sure Mrs Toshi will not allow you to quit she knows the enjoyment you get out of this. John

 

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Friday, September 23, 2016 6:39 AM

A smaller place does not mean you have to stop!

I STARTED in a tiny little one bedroom apartment, that had 3 people living in it!. Granted, I had no where near the supplies and/or skills of today, but regardless, I did it!

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Possibly my last model kit! Toshi
Posted by Toshi on Friday, September 23, 2016 4:57 AM

To my fellow forum members,

The Revell 1/48 P-40B Tigershark build that I just completed will quite possibly be my last build.  On November 1, 2016, we will be moving into a two bedroom condo.  This means effective immediately, we will be packing!

I also won't have my own man cave, which means I have to use a possible computer niche area and I don't know if I can fit things in there.  If that's the case, I need to stop building models and I will miss this hobby so much. More importantly, I will miss my new found friends!  

Im in a state of excitement for the move yet mourn the lost of possibly something that I loved so much to do.  I still have a:

Tamiya 1/35 Tank

Hasegawa 1/72 Raiden

Tamiya 1/48 Corsair

Trumpeter 1/32 Night Attack Harrier

I hope that at the very least, I can start and complete these kits!  I want to thank you all, I will miss you so much.  I'll stay in touch via others threads as best to my abilities and will do my best to try to come back to a hobby that I learned to love so much!  I already miss you, I love you all!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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