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  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Sunday, August 4, 2019 4:46 PM

keavdog
 

Oh wow!  Send me the plans for your paint rack. 

I don't have any plans, as I already had it all planned out in my brain housing group, but here is how I did it: As I don't have any wood-working tools, I bought everything pre-cut at Home Depot, which made everything a lot easier for me. The only bad thing was the cost (about $70 total, including a box of woodscrews) - I bought all hardwoods (I think they're all maple), as I was afraid the pre-cut pine would bend too much under the weight of the paint bottles. But, anyways, the rack is 3 feet by 3 feet by 3.5 inches deep. Each shelf is 1.5" deep, 1/2" thick and 3' long, and the spacing is 3" from the bottom of one shelf to the bottom of the next, EXCEPT for the second shelf from the top shelf, which is 5.5" (so I can store tall bottles, like you see in the picture). I also added backstops to each shelf to keep the paint bottles (and whatever else) from falling off the back. The sides & top shelf of the rack are 3.5" deep; each subsequent shelf is 1.5" deep, which is just deep enough for just about any bottle of paint out there. I drilled out all the holes for small wood screws for each shelf so that I wouldn't crack the wood by just screwing the screws straight through - two holes for each shelf on each side, then three screws (one on each end, plus one in the middle) for each backstop on each shelf. 

So, twenty-two 3'x1.5"x.5" strips (for all the shelves (including the bottom-most shelf) plus the backstops), three 3'x3.5"x.5" planks for the sides and top-most shelf, and a box of 500 woodscrews.

I hope this info helps you get one built. It's very sturdy once it's all together. It'll hold a LOT of bottles, plus a lot of other modelling stuff. And it will easily sit on a workbench (like mine), or mount to a  wall.

Gary Mason

 

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Monday, August 5, 2019 9:03 AM

Here is the workbench I built out of two nightstands and a piece of melamine. I'm building a booth to go on the left side to vent out the window

 

  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:12 PM

Cool! Now THAT is budget-minded modeling!

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

  • Member since
    February 2011
Posted by GreySnake on Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:08 PM
Here’s my work area. The desk was a $10 find off Craigslist. It has plenty of drawers to store supplies.
 
Also have a bookshelf next to it to store in progress works and my paint for easy access.  

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Thursday, August 8, 2019 7:35 PM

Can't remember if I posted pics of my new workroom since we moved about 2 years ago so here it is.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MRKjsgdHPcKAz5Gt8

Jim  Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

  • Member since
    February 2016
Posted by lowfly on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 10:32 PM

Not sure how organized this is but here is my little slice of heaven.  Very limited space in my house so i converted an unused closet to be my work area.  Cabinet on the left is an old bathroom cabinet. i try to keep it as neat as i can but im in the middle of a speed build right now so not all that neat. 

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