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The Bench is back up!

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chukw

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Faced with the imminent collapse of my studio's bookshelves, my dear wife consented equipping my man cave with new, custom shelves, incorporating a display case. Before I could stop myself, I suggested it would be a good time to paint the room. Wait- what the heck was I thinking? The results- are shown below.

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Here's a shot of the shop in it's glory days- note the sagging, warped IKEA Billies- bad news!

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Not a bad layout, but disorganized and cluttered. No lighting in the open display corner.

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My happy place! The Me509 can be seen in the focal center of the room. ;)

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The 4th corner of the room- all those balsa free-flight planes were built from sheet stock and tissue paper.

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Another view of the eye of the storm- it should look familiar, in a way.

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Some of my first balsa peanut planes.

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Various denizens and artifacts fill the countless nooks and crannies.

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Stripped to the bone! The work crew will be here this week to slap on some paint and put in the new shelves- and then it will be time to piece all that stuff back together!

Stay tuned- and cheers!
chuk
 
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Awesome man cave. Small time pain for long time gain when those snazzy new shelves go up and the new paint makes the room feel bigger. Gotta love it.
JAmes
 
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Thanks, everybody! Yeah, it has a sense of regret, John- but the next round will be better. Moon, my brothers accuse me of using my check-book toolbox whenever we need something done- and at this point my life, they're right! I'm two left feet and all thumbs on this kind of work- and don't have the time to do it. A friend who owns a contracting firm that does high-end kitchen and bathrooms for new and renovated homes is getting done. He has a cabinetry shop that does amazing work- our guest bathroom looks fantastic.

I shudder to think of sorting out all the bricabrac and getting it all back together. Some stuff will have to go- some balsa project not pictured are just scraps now. When we moved from NC I put all the big, damaged ships on the Weber and had a heart-wrenching bonfire!
 
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Wow, couple of those shelves look like they are about to let go, even w/o any books on them! Looks like you picked a good time to take care of it.

Cant wait to see the new setup.
 
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Looks like you have a very nice spot to work in. New shelves are always exciting aren't they.
 
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Oh Man!

That's a relief. When I saw your title, "the Bench is down!" I thought your bench had got knocked over like mine did. I had visions of your kits and parts scattered over a large area. I'm really happy for you that that isn't what your thread topice heading was referring to.

Good luk getting it all finished to your satisfaction.

Cheers
 
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Thanks! Oh, I'll be posting more pics- and things are lookin' good!

One "lucky" thing happened during this- I went to move my compressor off it's rubber mat and found a puddle of oil that hadn't quite made it to the carpet- whew! Of course, now I'll be taking that leaky beauty to Coast Airbrush in Anaheim to see if they can fix it. I'm pretty sure it's a Sil-Air by Werther of Italy- anyone familiar with this line? It's very similar to the Iwata Power Jet, right down to the handle on top. It's got a ZEM compressor module, but any markings on the case are long gone from this second-hand unit.
 
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We use Sil Air compressors in the sim. Big honking ones, but ....
They are aq good brand from what I have seen.
James
 
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Looking good Chuck, a lot of work to be done I guess. But if it's finished you have a great looking man cave (y)

Keep us posted!

One suggestion; when your new cave is finished I wouldn't overload the shelves with to much books and models, a garage sale would be the thing to do :evil: Just sent me a PM with the place, date and time!!

:yipee :yipee

Erik
 
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New workbench :ro: Can't wait to see some pictures of it finished! :snoopy

All the best! :drinks
Dusan.
 
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Before I could stop myself, I suggested it would be a good time to paint the room.
Click to expand...

Actually I'm very interested to see the new paint scheme - is it to be RLM 74 75 76 with mottles ??!!!! :D
 
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I reckon your work room is bigger than my flat. Now you know why i don't keep anything i make. :laugh:
 
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