Welcome to my Hobby Room!

Finally have a hobby room that is in the house, temp controlled and easily accessed. a basic 8x8 room with a large window on one wall.

in that 8x8 i have created a U shaped workspace.

This is the primary build area.

This consists of 21 HobbyZone Modules. For those that have been with me over the years, you know, organization has never been one of my stronger attributes. I plan to push myself each session to keep the area tidy and neat so it does not blow up into the black hole of the plastic realm.

A Side note on HobbyZone as a company. I had to jump through quite a few hoops to get the setup you see above. i went right to the manufacturer so i could get everything all in one place. As expected, when you have a decent product, you expect the occasional problem with stock.

Problem was....it didn't seem like they cared that i wanted to place a large order. Out of the 12 different types of Modules i was trying to order. i was getting this message on 5 of them. When they do not have them in stock you cannot order them. I was hoping to order all at once so they would all show up at the same time. If you know me, you know if i have to order piece by piece, i will place the initial order and then would never follow up and get what i originally intended in the first place. I wrote to the company, asking if i could give them a list and pay for the 21 modules i was looking for. that way they could take their time and fill the order and let me know when it was on the way..... Their response was 'we don't do things like that'. So in short, to get what i wanted i ended up having to go to 3 different sources to get the modules i wanted to fill the order. Could have been handled better.

Rant over...

That said.....

These modules are pretty well thought out, but i have found a few things that make it easier for my accommodations. i find that leaving out one of the flat drawers gives me a handy space for my sprue cutters, and leaving out one of the stubby drawers gave me somewhere convenient for my sanding sticks. Other than that everything is basically built up the way it was intended.

The left hand leg of the setup is for the 3d Printer. I went with the Crealty Ender 5, easy to use and has great reviews, plenty of mods available to make it even better in the future. But 3d printing is on a learning curve. No rush and i will tinker as i go until i get it doing what i want it to.

Now, the right hand side of the work bench is the Paint Station.

Spray booth was ordered from amazon. One of the conditions about me having the Hobby room in the house was not having it stink up the house when i paint. This is step one towards that end. The booth is pretty awesome, its got what looks like a 120mm pc fan at the back of it and an exhaust hose that vents it right out the window. It Has good flow and as a test, i shot some lacquer thinner through some of my air brushes and the wife said she couldn't smell it....winner!!!! Part 2 of the indoor modeling is converting a majority of my paints to acrylics. ( just because she cant smell the lacquer, doesn't mean i am going to push my luck all the time and keep using them lol) Slowly changing over to Tamiya, AK Interactive, Mr Color, and Vallejo right now. We will cover paints more in depth at a later date.

My Current airbrush setup consists of, a Sparmax ARISM air compressor, an Iwata Neo airbrush, an Iwata HP CS airbrush and a Sparmax MAX 4 airbrush. The air compressor is compact and quiet (medium hum, can still have a conversation while its running quiet). The Neo i have had for 8 years now and i still love it, i use it for anything from primers to clears depending on how i am feeling. The HP CS i have had about 4 years and i tend to hold that one back for the times i need a bit more fine control or delicate work. The Sparmax max 4 came bundled with the air compressor so i don't have a lot of time with it yet. But so far it has handled everything i have thrown at it like a champ.

Rounding out the last of the work station, i have a dehydrator.

i like the dehydrators with the adjustable temperatures on them. for plastic models you want to stay at or below 115f which would max you out at about 45c. anything more than that and you will risk warpage while curing your paint. I leave mine right between 30 and 40 and dont have any issues.

Thats probably enough gabbing for the morning, time for another cup of coffee then some build time.

cya soon