My Modeling Cave Coming Together

[AeroplaneDriver]

Four months after moving I finally got around to doing a little organizing in my Modeling room (or Studio as I insist SWMBO call it).

Up to today my stash of 250+ kits was stacked up taking up about 1/4 of the floorspace.  Today I migrated it to an unused closet in the back of the house and did some general organizing and tidying up.  I still need to get another couple of electrical outlets installed and get some more shelving sorted.  The cheapo fake wood shelf in the back right corner is temporary.  I also need to get some more of my aviation art collection framed for the walls, but that will have to wait a month or so because the owner of my local framing shop took about a month off for the holidays. 

Still more to do to it, but it's starting to feel like I'm fulfilling my long time dream of a dedicated Modeling Man Cave!










Found this picture in a thrift shop for $3, advertised as buy it for the frame...I just had to have it to hang in here.

[PR19_Kit]

FAR too tidy to be an actual modelling room........................ 

You must have your real workspace hidden away elsewhere. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

FAR too tidy to be an actual modelling room........................ 

You must have your real workspace hidden away elsewhere. 

Give it a few days. 

[kerick]

Watch those horizontal surfaces! They attract junk like magnets!
Room looks fantastic! I'm envious..........

[Rheged]

This, I assume is the before  picture of a before and after sequence.  Please may we have a photo in about six months time?

It looks very well laid out at the moment.

[Pellson]

Far too few shelves. Mark my words - there is no such thing as an undershelved hobby room. 

[Gondor]

Far too few shelves. Mark my words - there is no such thing as an undershelved hobby room. 

I agree. It may look nice and tidy with what you have built so far, but build a few more models, collect a few more books and you rapidly run out of space!

Gondor

[NARSES2]

It does look good and it's definitely a studio rather than a room 

[Old Wombat]

Watch those horizontal surfaces! They attract junk like magnets!

Tell me about it!

[tigercat]

Before long the temporary shelving is permanent and you're working out how to squeeze extra shelves into all your unit .

[loupgarou]

It's a studio, not a modelling room!
It's horribly tidy and neat! 
Not a man-cave at all! Where are the piles of half-built models, tools, junk etc?
And the beer cans forgotten in the corners?
Lot of work before it's a proper modelling space.
And you have already installed a carpet for the monster....

[McColm]

Too tidy,  have you thought of hanging your models from the ceiling?

[Joe C-P]

Yes, why aren't any hanging from the ceiling?   
Also, how do you manage to avoid the inevitable build up of dust?    



JoeP

[sandiego89]

Yes, why aren't any hanging from the ceiling?   

I have become a huge fan of wall mounting.  Here is my garage wall. Great use of space, easy to bring them down for dusting or "research".  Simple J hooks for the heavies, simple picture hangers and fishing line for the small aircraft.   

[AeroplaneDriver]

I'm not a huge fan of ceiling hanging.  I do want to do some wall mounts though.

Also happy to report that after finishing a build it is far less tidy.