Does anyone have their dream work space?

the pisser, I don't know if you're having technical problems, but if you are, what I often do is close the window, then re-open it, and just edit my old message, rather than type a new one...I'm easy to confuse, when it comes to this sort of thing...

Also, that's a very interesting building out your window...what is it? 

cardshark_14 wrote:

LOL! and a big ol' Glad to see that I wasn't the only one...

LOL! and a big ol'

Glad to see that I wasn't the only one... 

the pisser wrote:

the pisser wrote:  willcombs wrote: Personally, I think you're all nuts. A hezillion models and loads of space ... what does one do with all that? It's impressive to see a room full of models, but it looks more like a hobby shop than a studio. I imagine the process of accumulating so many models would be a waste of time and money. I have only one complete, three WIPs, and just four in the stash, and I currently paint on the 7'x7' concrete "patio" right outside my apartment. I build on the floor and I have no shelf space. I have one toolbox with paints in the tray on top and my equipment below, and a tackle box for parts organization/drying and such. Where I live right now, extra space is currently occupied by my bikes (bicycles) and maintenance stuff, protection, parts, etc. I wouldn't mind having a room with a formal workbench and some shelving for display/storage/reference (and a wall-mounted bike rack would be awesome), but I think I'd want a simple space large enough only for what I need, so I don't get carried away with it all. Nope, I don't have my dream workspace. But even if I did, I don't think I'd work any better than I do without it. I kind of like it even, because the lack of kits forces me to stay focused on the models I've got, and the lack of space also forces me to be clean and organized. wow! is all i can say there...where have you been for the last 20 years...have you not seen the aviation through out history.... maybe you weren't informed as a youth that talking out your butthole in the middle of a discussion is a recip

the pisser wrote:

willcombs wrote: Personally, I think you're all nuts. A hezillion models and loads of space ... what does one do with all that? It's impressive to see a room full of models, but it looks more like a hobby shop than a studio. I imagine the process of accumulating so many models would be a waste of time and money. I have only one complete, three WIPs, and just four in the stash, and I currently paint on the 7'x7' concrete "patio" right outside my apartment. I build on the floor and I have no shelf space. I have one toolbox with paints in the tray on top and my equipment below, and a tackle box for parts organization/drying and such. Where I live right now, extra space is currently occupied by my bikes (bicycles) and maintenance stuff, protection, parts, etc. I wouldn't mind having a room with a formal workbench and some shelving for display/storage/reference (and a wall-mounted bike rack would be awesome), but I think I'd want a simple space large enough only for what I need, so I don't get carried away with it all. Nope, I don't have my dream workspace. But even if I did, I don't think I'd work any better than I do without it. I kind of like it even, because the lack of kits forces me to stay focused on the models I've got, and the lack of space also forces me to be clean and organized. wow! is all i can say there...where have you been for the last 20 years...have you not seen the aviation through out history.... maybe you weren't informed as a youth that talking out your butthole in the middle of a discussion is a recip

willcombs wrote:

Personally, I think you're all nuts. A hezillion models and loads of space ... what does one do with all that? It's impressive to see a room full of models, but it looks more like a hobby shop than a studio. I imagine the process of accumulating so many models would be a waste of time and money. I have only one complete, three WIPs, and just four in the stash, and I currently paint on the 7'x7' concrete "patio" right outside my apartment. I build on the floor and I have no shelf space. I have one toolbox with paints in the tray on top and my equipment below, and a tackle box for parts organization/drying and such. Where I live right now, extra space is currently occupied by my bikes (bicycles) and maintenance stuff, protection, parts, etc. I wouldn't mind having a room with a formal workbench and some shelving for display/storage/reference (and a wall-mounted bike rack would be awesome), but I think I'd want a simple space large enough only for what I need, so I don't get carried away with it all. Nope, I don't have my dream workspace. But even if I did, I don't think I'd work any better than I do without it. I kind of like it even, because the lack of kits forces me to stay focused on the models I've got, and the lack of space also forces me to be clean and organized.

I am in the process of building a set of desks that we will both use. I'll post pictures when I've got them.

Will, what's wrong with 'to each their own'? It seems kind of 'nuts' to me that you feel the need to have multiple bikes. You can only ride one at a time, so isn't having multiple bikes just a waste of money?...after a while, doesn't it just seem more like a bike shop then a home?  

If that comment bothers you I'm sorry, but that's basically what you just said to all of us.  It may not work for you, but some of us like to have a lot of space. If you don't want to have a nice space in which to work, fine, but its not very nice to criticize those of us who do.  I'll get off my now.

Good night all. 

Personally, I think you're all nuts. A zillion models and loads of space ... what does one do with all that? It's impressive to see a room full of models, but it looks more like a hobby shop than a studio. I imagine the process of accumulating so many models would be a waste of time and money. I have only one complete, three WIPs, and just four in the stash, and I currently paint on the 7'x7' concrete "patio" right outside my apartment. I build on the floor and I have no shelf space. I have one toolbox with paints in the tray on top and my equipment below, and a tackle box for parts organization/drying and such. Where I live right now, extra space is currently occupied by my bikes (bicycles) and maintenance stuff, protection, parts, etc. I wouldn't mind having a room with a formal workbench and some shelving for display/storage/reference (and a wall-mounted bike rack would be awesome), but I think I'd want a simple space large enough only for what I need, so I don't get carried away with it all.

Nope, I don't have my dream workspace. But even if I did, I don't think I'd work any better than I do without it. I kind of like it even, because the lack of kits forces me to stay focused on the models I've got, and the lack of space also forces me to be clean and organized.

I got my work desk back in order today. A few final touches and storage options are still in order, but I can work now. Here's what I had before - -

Just the corner of the workbench with nothing but a hard a@@ed stool to perch on. An hour up on that thing and I was done in. Now, I've done some re-arranging, thrown out some clutterstuff and here's what I will be going into the next modeling year with - -

This is really all I've ever had, and it was my desk from before. I merely hung onto it and it has been used for other in the last few years. Some say it's too small, but I find you only use 12 square inches, anyway. The rest is just space for your tools to clutter up. There is a bigger room here which I share with my wifes sewing endeavors. I have space for airbrushing behind me, plus the workbench is still there to the left. But now I have a dedicated modeling space... a bonafide "Man Hole."

This desk features a slide out drawer, magnifier and the CD player with speakers. This is really an old computer desk, and I do the real work on the pull out section. When Im done working, I just slide the tray in and leave all the stuff on it. Nothing gets lost and it stays protected. Oh sweet joy! This is something you may want to look into.

The magnifier is just a simple one. I will be putting a flouro lamp in there next. These are perhaps one of the most underrated tools you can have. I got this one for $10 off eBay foe Xmas to Myself and plan to get a magnifier visor soon, as well. If you dont have one of these, get one. The CD player? It's really an old guitar loop trainer, but it works. Hey man, you gotta be jammin' at the bench. Ill get an MP3 player soon and get that going, too. Crank up that Jethro Tull! 

All I need now is a 'fridge.

MaxPower wrote:

I have one half of a large room. There is a bookshelf with glass shelves and a "L" shaped computer desk coming out from the wall with a desk for modeling right behind them. It forms a nook I can easily roll around in (fake hardwood). I have my guitar there with the amp sitting in a fireplace. My computer has good speakers that I have spread out so you get good sound. I play my MP3s, surf the net, screw around on the guitar then model for awhile topped of with a little  Bioshock or Flight Sim X. Everything thing is right there. Even a bathroom. The only down side is the cat litter is close.

and you don't have a carpet monster  you have  the litter box to sort through  when a part flies      man   i think i would rather buy a whole new model  if just one part flies into that

We all started small.

Aint it the truth. I never had much space for modeliing, and after the ex'es Great Plastic Annihilation, something just popped in me and I didn't pick it back up. All that is to change in the coming season. We're celaring some space, Im buying a few tools I dont have or have allowed to get scattered and Im back in the groove. I figure I owe it to m'self, now.

Currently, here's what I affectionately call "The Hole." Really just a corner of the workbench.

I have one half of a large room. There is a bookshelf with glass shelves and a "L" shaped computer desk coming out from the wall with a desk for modeling right behind them. It forms a nook I can easily roll around in (fake hardwood). I have my guitar there with the amp sitting in a fireplace. My computer has good speakers that I have spread out so you get good sound. I play my MP3s, surf the net, screw around on the guitar then model for awhile topped of with a little  Bioshock or Flight Sim X. Everything thing is right there. Even a bathroom.

The only down side is the cat litter is close.

jwb wrote:

I got mine and more! We added a garage on to our house, and behind it a bonus room. That bonus room is now the "Man Cave". Modeling space at one end, my recliner on the other, a couch, a computer, a plasma TV, we'll be adding shelves and my airplane prints soon! 250 sq ft. of styrene and Sports Center!

Umm, Jon - didn't you promise us pictures of your finished Den of Manly Activities - I mean, workshop - when it was finished?  Consider me a tardy progress dog.

 For myself, after years and years of planning and replanning (to tell the truth, I've been designing my ideal modeling workshop, over and over, since I was in high school), we finally built an addition on my house.  It's the house I grew up in - a Cape Cod - and the addition came close to doubling the square footage.  It was a vast simplification of my earlier dream plans (which included 2 stories, a balcony and a cupola for stargazing) and in reality consists of a huge main room, which is full of built-in bookcases (no, they're full of books) and a smaller room (8x15), which we call the work room, since it was intended from the start to be where I built models.  This was finished in late 2000.  What's in the workroom now?  A treadmill, a television and TV stand, my son's X-box Live, and a small couch across from the TV, where he sits as long and as often as possible playing X-box with his friends.  And I remain without a workspace to build models.  Everyone still refers to it as the "workroom", except for me - I bitterly refer to it as the "game room".  I do have a very small area down in the (unfinished) cellar, but since we're at the bottom of a hill and frequently get water down there, it is very dank and everything eventually gets mildewy.  And doing anything about making it useable is very low on the priority list, so I'm sans workspace for the foreseeable future.

I figure, though, as soon as I find a job I will be able to in good conscience devote some time to modeling, so I'll just use the kitchen table, like I did when I was a kid.  That should give the need for a real workspace a hefty boost on the priority list.  Especially when I start up the generator and start airbrushing in the kitchen. 

KINGTHAD wrote:

This is a old shot of my work space. It has changed alot but for the better. Thad

Wait you have a locker in your basement?!  Oh man, that'd be the perfect place to store kits for drying.

 This is a old shot of my work space. It has changed alot but for the better.

Thad

thony,

That paint carasel(sp?) thing is sweet. Did you make that yourself or buy it somewhere? 

Regards

Jeff 

I ordered it some time ago from www.micromark.com search under paint storage.I imagine you could improvise with some sort of rotating spice rack.

anthony2779 wrote:

It's not my dream space but it does work very well.It is in the utilities side of my basement.It's definitly better then working on a snack table in my apartment,and having to put everything away at the end of each session.So I am thankful

anthony, I was in your situation too, being in the corner of a basement.

I had a hard time dealing with all of the spiders, centipedes and other nasties and creepies.

But, we do what we have to. Its surprising what we modelers will put up with. jaja

Mike

Here is my workspace!  It's a spare bedroom in our house.

 These are 33 1/3 RPM records that were put out by Revell in model kits.  Some of them are the Japanese Zero, Dolittle's Raid, and P-47.

Now you see it.....

Now you don't.....

and up close....

It works for now. Trying to talk the wife into letting me finish part of the basement so i can have a better workshop!!

Anthony,

That paint carasel(sp?) thing is sweet. Did you make that yourself or buy it somewhere? 

Regards

Jeff 

It's not my dream space but it does work very well.It is in the utilities side of my basement.It's definitly better then working on a snack table in my apartment,and having to put everything away at the end of each session.So I am thankful

Dream space, no, far from it.....but it does the job.  My only beef is having to go outside to my paint booth.  I actually added a den to the garage side of the house, but my wife told me she would rather I stayed in the hobby room with her while she does her scrapbooking (everybody say Aawww, alltogether)

jwb wrote:

DesertRat wrote: Not even close for me! But with a 2 bedroom apartment, i'm content with what i have now It took me 20 years! Hang in there!

Naaa, i ain't worried! Through the natural progression of life and career, one tends to make more income, get a bigger home, do a little better. I'm sure something bigger and nicer will come in time. In some ways, my small little corner is in many ways perfect for learning the basics all over again

We all started small. I once had half of a table in the closet of the spare bedroom. There was barely enough space to set the kit on top of it! Then much later after we had kids I managed to have this oversized footlocker in the basement.

Which could be secured to keep the munchkins out of. It took empty nest syndrome and a new larger home to get a truly defined manspace. 

DesertRat wrote:

Not even close for me! But with a 2 bedroom apartment, i'm content with what i have now

It took me 20 years! Hang in there!