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Gettin' a model room again!
Hollowpoint
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Posted: Friday, August 27, 2004 - 02:11 PM UTC
Got some great news last night and just had to share.

My oldest daughter has gotten a job as a live-in nanny for a family here in town -- so she's moving out! We're going to shuffle rooms a bit ... my younger daughter is moving into the oldest's room and I get the empty bedroom for myself.

Until now, Ive had a bench in the garage, but it's just too doggone hot in the summer and cold in the winter, so I've been working at a small desk in our master bedroom -- and running out to the garage for kits and supplies.

The whole family is happy -- especially my wife, who is sick of trying to sleep while I paint and watch the History Channel to the wee hours of the morning.

This should be fun. I used to have a model room/den when the kids were younger and still bunking together, so I do know what I've been missing. I'm looking forward to being able to hang my military art and posters again. I'm also planning to move a TV and the computer in there.
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Posted: Friday, August 27, 2004 - 02:32 PM UTC
Congrats Bob!
I'll tell you, I know what you have been going thru. I'm like you, I have a table set up in our bedroom that I do all my work on, and every thing else is out in the garage. Having your own modeling room is awesome! Make the best out of it and enjoy!

Cheers,

Garry
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Posted: Friday, August 27, 2004 - 02:44 PM UTC
Finally joy at last! Pretty soon after you get everything moved in and posted on the walls you know shes gonna come back home and say " I miss you guys, can I live here again?"

~Chip :-)
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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 12:39 PM UTC
I don't understand. You mean you let each girl have their own room? My hobby room, video game room and home theater room are a neccessity. Everyone else shares the last bedroom
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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 01:35 PM UTC

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I don't understand. You mean you let each girl have their own room? My hobby room, video game room and home theater room are a neccessity. Everyone else shares the last bedroom



:-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 01:49 PM UTC
You think I'm kidding? I have a room dedicated to my models.

I have a home theater with a 54 in HDTV with the AV surround stereo setup, which is set up so that the TV is still visible from the hobby room.

I also have a room where I have two Lazyboy recliners in the middle of the room. If you turn the chairs towards the west wall I have a 32 in tv with a Microsoft xbox set up. If you rotate the Lazyboys to the east wall I have a 32 inch TV with a Sony Playstation 2 set up.

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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 04:30 PM UTC
shermie,
do your Lazy boys have the fridges built into them.............looking for a son I dont cost much :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 08:17 PM UTC
Congrats, isn't it a great feeling?

I just got mine when we moved in last Dec, but as all you homeowner types you all know, there are always 497 things a homeowner needs to do. So it wasnt until this summer I finally got it set up the way I want it.
It's got 2x 6ft banquet tables forming the sides of a U with a shorter card table forming the base. I sit in the middle. CO2 airbrush setup under the table braced to the leg, paints in front of me, general supplies behind, aftermarket under the table behind me. Bar stool for open reference book to my rt.

The 6X8 ft kits in progress shelving unit takes up one whole wall and is filled to the ceiling.

I used to build in an apt with an infant and had no place to leave things out. Most kits got built up until the next part added meant that the box lid would no longer close. I'm working my way , slowly, through thte backlog.

There are a couple of poor quality pics in the gallery.
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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 11:02 PM UTC

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shermie,
do your Lazy boys have the fridges built into them.............looking for a son I dont cost much :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)



There is no fridge in the chair but there is a fully stocked bar with mini fridge in the room
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Posted: Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 11:23 PM UTC
Great news Bob...
but what happens when your oldest comes home to stay over???
Still, she must be used to the modelling by now...lol.

Can't wait to get home and start mine...."yes dear I know...the kitchen first....and the bare brick chimney breast in the living room...I know...and...I know".....lol.

The house needs a lot of work but the modelling room is reserved...

Cheers
Peter


:-) Congrats
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Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 12:18 AM UTC

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but what happens when your oldest comes home to stay over???



We have a nice hide-a-bed couch she can sleep on.

I haven't decided yet whether or not there will be a bed in the model room -- probably won't have enough room.

The kids pretty much tolerate my hobby and feign disinterest. They did, however, come ask Dad for help when it came time to build a model or diorama for a school project. I've scratch-built Connestoga wagons, Ohio riverboats, medieval castles, etc., with them -- and they've always gotten A's.

It's funny how much they've learned just by being around my stuff. A couple years ago, my oldest brought home a new boyfriend. He was looking at some of my models in a case in the living room and pointed at a tank, remarking, "Check out that Tiger!" My daughter rolled her eyes and said in typical teenage fashion, "Duh, that's a Panther."

I was so proud
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Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 01:00 AM UTC

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but what happens when your oldest comes home to stay over???



We have a nice hide-a-bed couch she can sleep on.

I haven't decided yet whether or not there will be a bed in the model room -- probably won't have enough room.

The kids pretty much tolerate my hobby and feign disinterest. They did, however, come ask Dad for help when it came time to build a model or diorama for a school project. I've scratch-built Connestoga wagons, Ohio riverboats, medieval castles, etc., with them -- and they've always gotten A's.

It's funny how much they've learned just by being around my stuff. A couple years ago, my oldest brought home a new boyfriend. He was looking at some of my models in a case in the living room and pointed at a tank, remarking, "Check out that Tiger!" My daughter rolled her eyes and said in typical teenage fashion, "Duh, that's a Panther."

I was so proud



"Duh, that's a Panther?" That's funny. :-)

Cody
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Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 10:10 AM UTC
Bob,you did neglect to mention

CLOSET SPACE!
If you have a stash,there is nothing better than having it nearby,no garage trips
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tom
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Posted: Monday, August 30, 2004 - 07:40 AM UTC
Congrats, on your room change.

I have always had to have a model room just to hide out when me and the wife were fighting, or just to be alone to think. Or quite time away from the family to do models.

I have a room where no one goes to touch my work while it's drying like my little girl when she was about 3-4 years old. I keep my stash in the closet so the wife doesn't see how much I spent.

It's just that piece of mind knowing that when you leave that room it would not get destroyed by somebody.

Have fun setting it up the way you like it instead of how your family thinks it should look.

Happy Modeling