Well, Lex asked if members would do a separate thread showing their modelling environment, stash, etc. So, here goes with mine.
When my wife and I went separate ways last November, I looked for suitable accommodation that would be secure, within striking distance of work yet still provide ready access to my daughters who are both living with their mother (they do occasionally stay with me when it fits in with their school commitments). In February, I found a 2-bedroom apartment in the outer eastern suburb of Ringwood. As I am almost invariably the sole occupant, it has become a Man Cave of sorts. The photo below shows the line-up along one wall of the kitchen/lounge area, with my workbench neatly fitting into an alcove. The bookcases in the middle are populated primarily with tomes on aviation, military history, sport and science fiction. And then there's the trio of Billy bookcases purchased to replace the Bertby units I had back at my previous address (which I sold via Gumtree, an Aussie evilBay of sorts). Actually, almost all of the furniture in the photo started its days as an Ikea flatpack. Perhaps I could tell everyone I share an apartment with a bunch of Swedes ...
Below is a close-up of the Production Area. I've actually had the workbench since the 1980's, so can safely proclaim that every model in my collection started its journey upon its relatively stain-free surface. I have an assortment of storage items to keep paints and accessories in some vague semblance of order, and those little Ferrero Rocher containers are a boon for keeping kit parts and decals secure with the partially constructed model they relate to. The smaller ones comfortably fit a twin-engined item the size of, say, a Mosquito, whilst I have a handful of larger ones for anything up to a B-17 in size (not that anything bigger than the Type 432 in the RAF GB is currently under construction anyway). You can also make out the blue air compressor which dates back to the days of having a Paasche VL airbrush in the 1980's. The compressor has never missed a beat and, for something that old, isn't horrendously noisy. Unfortunately, the Paasche disappeared somewhere between moving out of my parents' home and into that of my former spouse.
Haven't shown the stash here as this is contained within a handful of plastic storage containers housed in a wardrobe. Most of my yet-to-be-builts are no longer in their original packaging, with many assigned to individual resealable sandwich bags. Started this when I was a kid and repeated it when I got into 1/144 around 2007. True, it cuts the resale value if I decided to sell any of the things down the line, but space has often been at a premium. And I do have aspirations to build everything I've bought before I'm committed to Mother Earth. As this totals 300+ aircraft and AFVs and I'm fast approaching the big six-O, probably wishful thinking. Or simple downright insanity.
OTB ...
GB14 - CAC CA-19 Boomerang (KdK), PZL.37 B II Łoś (Amercom)
Shelf of Shame - Don Schmenk's F-100D (F-Toys) from GB9
