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These are a
few pictures of my model kit workshop- I tried to make the entire room as
"polished" as I could (due in part to my wife's strong and repeated
requests due to it's location right off of the family room- and also
include as many workshop amenities as possible in the context of a more formal
(or as I've been told ) civilized space. The work bench area has granite
countertops as well as a homemade multi drawer cabinet matching the rest of the
custom cabinets on the back wall area- with a power outlet strip and computer
jack nearby as well for occasional Online research (or checking the ARC
website!) I am embarrassed to admit to the TV set- but there's nothing like
working on a model while watching the Flight channel on cable.
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The back wall
display cabinetry has file drawers built into the base cabinets for my
individual aircraft folders and shelving for the modeling library. The rest of
the decor is simply more living room oriented- leather textured walls and wood
decor for that "men's club" feel - tons of task lighting over the
workbench to prevent shadowing over the workspace-and as much easily accessible
hand tool storage as possible.
I have created a
separate "paint closet" (fig 9)-literally within a closet- that has
compressed air supplied to it from the garage compressor and a filtered vent
exhausting outside- both designed to keep the noise generated by them as low as
possible and keep the dust from flowing freely into the space. There is also a
paint "dryer" within the space as well- made using the filters and fan
motor from a kitchen vent hood blowing air heated by 2 lightbulbs thru a
large plastic container to keep drying items dust-free as well (fig 10).
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Thanks to ARC for the opportunity
to post my pictures....I hope everyone enjoys them- now that it's done I can get
back to modeling (finally).
Keith Hudson
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Fig 9
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