My New Modelling Room.

[Phoenix]

Cheers Chris,

You're coming up with some great suggestions     

All best wishes

Kevin

 

[Phoenix]

Hi All,

Hope your weekend is going well 

Yay .... I've now got a workbench 

I've also learnt something. After crawling on the floor under the worktop getting the units level and adding the brackets to hold everything together, when I get a big layout upstairs I'm not having anything under the baseboard.

My back and knees hurt, I've got about a million bumps and bruises on my head, shoulders knees and toes (cue for a song  )

Every point motor, bit of wiring, electrical connection, shuttle, power pack, lighting control, etc will be on the top, and I don't care how many trees, hills and buildings it needs to hide them       

Seriously though, I now have every sympathy for anyone who has to go under their baseboard to fix anything     

The plug boards are now fitted in and wired and all the cupboard and drawer handles are fitted



Also the magnifying light is now in position. It goes back against the wall when I don't need it but easily swings out when I want it



There was a slight gap between the two wings of the worktop so I filled it with plastic wood to be sanded down when dry



All done, and looking better than I expected 



Although I will have a big cutting mat in front of me, the top is light bare wood, so I got some stuff to treat it.

All looking good so far .... soon be modelling   



I'm pleased with the wall units at the back. They come with loads of hooks. boxes and holders



Between them I will put up a load of shelves to keep my little boxes of bits, to replace the unit I had before



There is more space here, so instead of 4 boxes, I can fit 6,



This means I won't have to go as high with the shelves, so I can reach the boxes easier     

Soon be modelling     

All best wishes

Kevin

 

[crewearpley40]

It's all coming together nicely Kevin and soon be usable and now advice is to enjoy a Sunday lunch , roast,  rest the joints and sink a couple or more glasses of / pints

[Phoenix]

Quick addition 

These are the boxes I have, mostly scenic bits, and I'm not sure if I need all of them 



All best wishes

Kevin

[crewearpley40]

Kevin

You may never know when you may need them even for other things in life. Flooring up, cabinets etc.  Looking good. Have a well earned meal and drink

[Malc-c]

Quite inspirational... If things go to "plan" I should be moving around this time next year, and I hope to have one room dedicated to modelling and other electronic hobbies, and those units and work surfaces look really good

[Bealman]

Excellent, Kevin. Truly a wonderful work area.    

It's right what you say about working underneath stuff, though.  Unfortunately it's too late for me to fix my situation these days!

[Trainfish]

Good to see you have a space for everything, even the emergency bog roll     

 

[Phoenix]

Hi All,

Thank you for your comments, and good luck with the move Malc. It's great to have a dedicated work-room as you have a blank canvas to work with. Where I was before I had to work around a spare bedroom and try to fit what I wanted between beds and bedroom furniture.

Here I can do what I want     

Today started well, with plans made to get things done, however it all went a bit 

I got the first coat of wax on the worktop last night, and this morning on went the second coat. The plan then was to work on the shelves in the wardrobe while the wax dried 

The 12mm ply for the shelves was due to arrive lunchtime, which it did. However there must have been an ordering malfunction in my head       

Instead of 2' x 4' boards these arrived, the metric equivalent of 4' x 8' which would not even go through my front door 



Oh bugger .... I had to set up an outside work station 



Luckily it was a fairly bright day and not raining, so I cut them down to manageable sizes 



They are now in my hall, and after a quick shower guess where I'm going     

All best wishes

Kevin

 

[crewearpley40]

Looking good Kevin

You have had the same thoughts as mine of yesterday!

Enjoy. You could take a notebook and pen and jot notes. Happy modelling

[Phoenix]

Looking on the bright side this morning ..... look how many baseboards I've got     

All best wishes

Kevin

[Phoenix]

Hi All,

Good news, everything is now finished, and all my bits and pieces are stored and staqcked, mostly in the same general place as I had in my old place. 

I'm now ready to start on the new larger harbour layout, and due to my    oops  moment ordering plywood I can go a bit bigger than 2' x 4' if I need to. 

I will start a layout thread, and put some pics of my new room up later, meanwhile here is a picture of a toad sitting on a tiny pony 



All best wishes

Kevin

 

 

[crewearpley40]

Hi Kevin

Glad the room is nearly or finished.  After all that sorting i think you will agree a couple of pints and a meal is called for.

Have a great weekend whats left of it!

[Bealman]

Ok, I'll ask a dumb question - why is a giant ugly big toad sitting on a pony?

Reminds me of cane toads which are horrible things here. They're migrating south too. None so far where I live, thank heavens!

[Phoenix]

Hi All,

Everything is done now 

The room went from this .....



via this ....



to this ....



I got the worktop finished and started fixing the shelves up. I was loosing a lot of little bits, mainly people doing a runner down the back of my previous worktop so I put a self adhesive trim along the back to stop this happening here 



Then the wall organizers went up



All looking good so far 





Up the other end of the room I have cupboards that hold a lot of stuff. I also have from my old place a really useful white unit that makes a firm bench for the little table saw I bought ages ago. The saw has been fantastic for cutting the worktop and its units to fit together.



Far easier than if I had just used these 



Here you can see there is a gap of about 6" between the wall and the cupboard to keep some things tucked away.

With all the plywood I had mistakenly ordered I built shelves in the wardrobe



So all the carpentry was done. Now back to the workbench. When the sun is out there is plenty of light coming in through the window.



However in the evenings or on dull days it is not so good. The room only has a ceiling light with a 100w bulb, and as this is behind me it casts shaddows on the bench. 

So I got two of these to make things better 



I fixed them on the ceiling, linked together using what I learnt on the forum, but with proper big electric rather than little 3v LEDs for little buildings 



They light up the workbench really well, and with the magnifying lamp I can actually see what I'm doing 



So there it is ..... a new workroom ready for Harbour layout version 3       

All best wishes

Kevin