Show off your MANCAVE

I have no available area for my finished aircraft kits to display so I decided on a very unorthodox way in displaying my builds.  As "Pink Floyd" sang, The Wall!

The aircraft builds displayed here were built before Ezra was born.  The Monogram Visible B-17 was built with a complete set of internal components of PE, my very first try of purchasing and building with PE.  I had no idea what the hell I got myself into!  Lol!  I now really enjoy working with PE.  A photo of this build was entered in the Digital Readers Gallery.  

This was to my very shocked mind, my first display in FSM Forums Digital Readers Gallery.  Anyone interested in sharing their builds on FSM Forums Digital Readers Gallery, should do so.  You just never know the outcome of the editors choice.

Another discarded stand from Sheetz. I have no idea what was displayed on this very weird looking and strange looking stand.  As you can see, I don't even no what to make out of it and how to use it as part of my display area.  At the very least you can see Ezra's very old school rubber band powered balsa wood aircraft.

Above my bench which used to be a study desk for my son during his high school years is another display stand from Sheetz that was used for candies at the cash registers.

As you can see, I have my very coveted hobby of football cards displayed and added to my hobby of building WWII aircraft.

My bench.

My equipment storage area.

Other builds on my refurbished Sheetz gas station breakfast sandwich stand! Lol!

Tojo72

No way,that's too scary, have you lost any due to crashes

 

Now if I may Tojo72, when I'm building kits with Master Ezra, he sits on my lap.  When he was 3, it was all good.  Now that he's 4 and growing like a weed, I can't have him on my lap anymore so we squeeze our butts in the computer chair and build in that fashion.  As the term goes; "No excuses, just make it happen".  Lol!

Your friend's, Toshi & Ezra

GMorrison

You are a humble man so I'll state the obvious.

Your grandson will be so full of memories of time spent with his grandparents that it couldn't be overstated.

My one grandfather predeceased my birth by a couple of years. He was a true model builder, something my father never really picked up on, so it passed to me.

My other grandfather had a sign on the door of his mancave (figuratively speaking) that read "DO NOT DISTURB". he'd come out for meals and sports on tv, but never invited us grandkids in.

 

 

Bill

 

As for the passing of the torch, you are one of the very prolific kit builders on FSM Forums as well as the many fine veterans that have WIP posts.  I can only stand back in awe by everyone's build and hope when I grow up to be a big boy that my WIP kits will look as half as good as the members builds.

Your friend's, Toshi and Ezra

No way,that's too scary, have you lost any due to crashes

Many years ago Mrs. Toshi was employed at a gas station/fast food service called Sheetz in Streetsboro, Ohio.  My daughter and niece were also employees as well.  When Mrs. Toshi made a 5 year tenure with Sheetz, all employees and a guest, receive a all expense paid vacation of 2 nights and 3 days at Seven Springs Ski Lodge in Pennsylvania.

Thats where the head quarters for the owners of Sheetz are.  At Seven Springs, we were lavished with food and drinks including alcohol of which Mrs. Toshi and I do not partake in.  I was very impressed as most companies will not pay for alcohol beverages.

Instead, we enjoyed free entertainment with performances of live bands, craft making, free massages, and just generally taking in the beautiful view and enjoying ourselves.  

One day Mrs. Toshi was told by her manager that a display stand needed to be tossed out in the garbage area.  Some other responsibilities of Mrs. Toshi was food preparation, cashing in registers for customers, cleaning of facilities, stocking of products, and upkeep of the Sheetz proprerty.

The display stand was utilized for breakfast sandwiches for early risers that needed to go to work, fill up in gas, and get a quick bite to eat.

This display stand was painted in a god aweful blue.  We brought home this stand and I proceeded to sand down the rack, primer the stand with Rustoleum gray primer, and I finally AB the stand with a NEO by Iwata and a air compressor purchased at Harbor Frieght and Tools.  

I utilized Model Master flat black and as you can see below, the breakfast sandwich stand is now a refurbished display stand for my Tamiya 1/32 Corsair with other notable builds from Zoukei Mura to Italieri.  

Your friend's, Toshi & Ezra

You are a humble man so I'll state the obvious.

Your grandson will be so full of memories of time spent with his grandparents that it couldn't be overstated.

My one grandfather predeceased my birth by a couple of years. He was a true model builder, something my father never really picked up on, so it passed to me.

My other grandfather had a sign on the door of his mancave (figuratively speaking) that read "DO NOT DISTURB". he'd come out for meals and sports on tv, but never invited us grandkids in.

Bill

This is my storage area of my work space and the modeling tools necessary for a build.  My area is very modest compared to other FSM Forum Members.  Some photos I've seen are just absolutely unbelievable.  One day when I grow up maybe I can attempt to purchase a home and have a finished basement with space.  But for now this works really great!

The actual size of my mancave is approximately a 5x15 space.  The bench as GMorrison swears by needs only to be a few inches of work space horizontally and vertically.  I do agree with GMorrison's logic.  

A closer shot of the Y-Wing fighter.  And the same for the X-Wing fighter.

The Bandai X-Wing fighter is another AB Kit by Ezra.

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Check out the Bandai Y-Wing Fighter.  Ezra actually AB this kit.

This was a solo build without my boss Master Ezra.  Lol!

Another build with Ezra.

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