good hobby desk lamps?

Oh to be young again and have perfect vision...

I have to use an Optivisor when modeling, and the Quasar Lighting System has been wonderful at putting plenty of light where it's needed:

http://www.micromark.com/quasar-lighting-system-for-optivisor,8608.html

Another vote for Ott lamps; you cant get anything better. Sometimes you can get them at Michaels, and use your 50-60% off coupon. Worth the money, if your Mk I eyeballs are on *this* side of 50. I am seeting up my new workshop in the basement. Got couple of commercial-grade LED bay lights (Lithonia Lightning), at 50% off at COSTCO (usually $200 each, so got 2 for the price of one). Anything I say to describe them will be an understatement. Pure cool bright white light flooding a large area. Again, pricey but really worth the price. Finally, I have an old arm LED lamp with a magnifier that I use once in awhile. 

Same here, got mine at JoAnn Fabrics, with a 60% off cuopon.

Recently picked up a Varilux at Walmart for $40, use a 5000k led as a filler, the varilux is a natural light type, bulb matches my research on the ott lights - worth a look if you are shopping. Great light, which my old eyes seem to need more of these days..

I am not sure I understand the concern about building with sunlight-corrected lamps, since we very seldom display our models outside in sunlight.  Usually my models are inside at home, under fluorescents, or at a show with some mix of incandescent or fluorescent lighting.

I recently went to Michael's and found an ott lamp in the clearance section for 19.99 down from 84.99 .what a great lamp 

Not sure it's a right or wrong thing Don, personal preference really. I find I am a detail junky, probably carry-over from my N scale days and certainly why it takes me some time to complete a build!

More about the journey than the destination for me, and my eyes respond better at higher k, I can work longer with far less strain than I could under "regular" lighting. Optivisor is a close intimate friend as well, never could get used to magnifier lamps