LyleW wrote:I am hopelessly cluttered. Our little granddaughter, Ella, was downstairs the other day and in my room. I asked her, "What do you think?" She replied, "It's messy!" I said, "Where?" She said, "All over!" You have to love 3 year olds.
Yep! You gotta love three-year-olds!
Now, let's talk about 'hopelessly cluttered! I think I can redefine that term: here's what I'm dealing with. These are updated pics of my Hobby Room, aka Maddog Manufacturing; taken just a day or so ago. First is my 'clean' workbench:
And yes, that is 'clean'! I'm hoping to get more of the in-progress models off the upper part of that shelf area on top of the desk. That desk is very bright now that my wife has replaced all the bulbs in my lamps with LEDs...
Here is my spraybooth with the new 'exhaust system'. The tape is covering the holes leading to the motor so fumes don't get inside:
That also doubles as my photo booth for some of the larger models.
Now here are the shelves above my workbench holding my Soviet Navy, Soviet Air Force, Japanese Navy and so forth:
That is only half that wall on that side of the room. The other half of those shelves is here, stretching to the Hobby Room door:
Finally, here is the East wall, opposite of the wall where my workbench is:
The only thing not showing in that pic is the small corner shelf unit holding some of my other models. That's because they are still covered by other boxes.
I finally was able to clear out a lot of boxes that had been covering the lower shelves so now you can see my civilian ships and some of my other command vessels and such as well as most of my US battleships. This is an indication of how many models i was able to finish without replacing them with new purchases. Most of the boxes I was able to remove were empties from completed models; or boxes holding spare sprues that I was able to condense down. Now this is the first time in years I've had the chance to show my entire shelf unit on that side of the room. You can certainly see how 'hopelessly cluttered' I truly am!
Now you all can see what I'm dealing with and why there is no room for Dora, my German armored train or the Saturn V to be displayed. This is why I envy all you guys with these awesome, spacious and organized rooms!
Hey, if anyone is ever in Southern California, feel free to look me up for a free tour of this monstrosity. Pics are impressive, but there's nothing like seeing all this in person; or so others have told me after seeing this room.
Okay, enjoy the mayhem here were all the magic and stupidity happens at Maddog Manufacturing!
