Topics tend to come back around in the modeling community. And for the past month or so, it seems like the crosshairs have landed on airbrushes. Please allow me to contain my boundless enthusiasm. See…discussions about airbrushes…or any other tool or material (or hell…any kit) will inevitably result in someone wandering in and dropping this gem:…
Category: Bench
Out with the Old
Labor Day weekend. The family out of town. The house to myself. The heat of summer starting to (kind of) relinquish its grip. The perfect time, in other words, to give the bench a good, deep cleaning. Because over the past few months, it’s become an absolute mess. In the process of my cleaning, in…
Bench Mk.II – Ready to Commence Flight Operations
A final push, an interlude to drag the $*@#*$@#% Christmas tree inside, and at last, Bench Mk.II is ready to go. Mostly. You can follow the earlier progress HERE and HERE. But let’s move right along. Here’s the finished product. The benches themselves are brand new – Gladiator Cadet 66″ workbenches scored from Amazon with…
Bench Mk.II – Moving Along
Slowly but surely, Bench Mk.II is coming together. More shelves are up and the stash is being, er, stashed… Nearer the bench proper, the paint racks have gone up. These racks, like the shelving, are built from Elfa’s hanging shelf system, and some spice rack baskets. Overall, they’re fantastic, but the thinner paints (Vallejo, Alclad)…
Bench Mk.II – In Progress
When I came back to modeling in July 2010, I put my bench together with two folding tables bought on the cheap and whatever spare bits I could scrounge together. I mean…I made a paint rack out of unused shelves, PVC tees and Diet Dr. Pepper cans! And a light mount out of an unused…
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