Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: red181 on September 20, 2011, 12:14:51 am
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Certainly not me, had to chuckle tonight when I realised just how messy I was! :embarrassed:
Foreground, Orca being rewired, as mast lights failed, very fiddly job as all the wires run inside the mast for 4 lights, On top of that is my Thunder Tiger Mini Titan cobra RC Helicopter, it hates me, and keeps breaking!, behind that, under the mess, is the restoration of a 4 foot aerokits Fireboat, behind that, my P28 hull, waiting for some love, and then the back of the Huntsman, waiting for a new prop, and over on the right, the wings from my seaplane, only got this Sunday, cant fly it, but love the idea of taking off, and landing on the water!
Can anybody beat this! :}
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LOL !!! A bit deja vu by the look of it :embarrassed: I try to do one thing at a time, but right now that is blowing my mind on 1/96 rigging. Looking across the workbench I have various diameters of 'rope', various glues, tweezers, three Xacto knives, a scalpel, razor saw, micro-drill, drills, cutting block, several containers of halyard blocks sheaves and many other tiny fittings, numerous reels of wire in different sizes (copper, brass, stainless, and fuse). Then there are all the Humbrol pots for touch ups as I go - with brushes etc. Needles, riffler files, tweezers, cutters, scissors, pliers, magnifying glasses . . . I could almost fill this page. Oh, I nearly forgot - the boat !
The big workbench is completely covered, and I'm 'only' doing rigging. {-)
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YES ME when you have been around Paul {-) {-) {-) {-)
Peter
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I work on the assumption that it's not a mess if you know where everything is and nothing will change it.
Looks an ordered array to me well done. ok2 ok2 ok2
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not me..........I can find more things on the floor than my work benches, lol %% %% %%
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I try to keep everything in it's place. I put away my tools when I finish most times. This comes from being a technician & our tools cost a lot so I check that all my tools are accounted for before the vehicle leaves the shop. People are not very good at returning tools left in their cars, don't ask me why, they can be honest about most everything else. Mick B.
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I have to be organised.... my workbench is in the lounge now :( and with 3 inquisitive kids its a case of tidy as you go
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Me. %)
Everything in it's place. Can't abide clutter. Every job is then a clean start with sawdust vac'd and tools put back as we go along. (something to do with the Mrs behind me !) :}
ken
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WoW kenny...that's far to posh for me, lol <:( <:( <:( <:( <:(
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Oooh dear that's so virginal not even a speck of dust or stain on the bench top when do you plan your first build on it?
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Visitors who think my workroom is a disaster area are not familiar with my unique system. :}
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How come the word " Organised" has not been picked up by the internal naughty word checker !!! I thought that Organised was tantamount to blaspheming.. :}
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Kenny, is that an H/H VS Musician guitar amp on your shelf? I had one of those a couple of decades ago, until it got nicked. Did you get it cheap? ok2 ok2 ok2
I am anally tidy when working on models, as I don't have much working space (about 100 x 75cm). My tools, paints and bits and bobs are all in boxes/bags around and under the desk and I'm continually getting things out and putting them away.
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Oooh dear that's so virginal not even a speck of dust or stain on the bench top when do you plan your first build on it?
When he can find the tools and materials he has put away. %)
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I am kind of tidy...I start building things nice and neat then go a bit mental when I have time off work and can get a good run at something,
like working on my Type22 in the living room {-) {-)
(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg282/gingyer/T22/IMG_0074.jpg)
It is lucky I stay myself %) %) %)
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Kenny, is that an H/H VS Musician guitar amp on your shelf? I had one of those a couple of decades ago, until it got nicked. Did you get it cheap?
Got it in one.
Well I thought it was a bargain when this scruffy man came up to me and sold it for a few beers. {-) It's for sale if you want to re-live your youth.
Thanks for the compliments everyone but that was when I cleaned it out ready for boat construction. It looks normal now, just like a busy workshop. The electronic test gear has made way for paint pots and glue and semi constructed pieces. O0 I had to get another carpet off cut as I ruined that one.
ken
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flippin heck ken, thats not a workshop, its an operating room :) I count 10 mains plugs, I have multiple extension leads and double plugs, currently running a vac cleaner, dremmell, extra light, soldering iron, fret saw, and a mill!, from one plug!! :embarrassed:
Looks like I am still in the lead then, for the biggest mess {-)
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Me, but, because I'm nut's, loco neurotic de la cabeza(crazy, obsessive) {-) %%
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Looks like I am still in the lead then, for the biggest mess {-)
Your bench is immaculately tidy compared to the four rooms, hallways and a garage we use at the MMB headquarters... I would show you, but it's top secret ;)
Andy.
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I thought 'organised' is what happens when SWMBO'd decides the 'modelling area' needs tidying up, and then you can't find anything when you need it <:(
Like others, my system might look a mess, but I know where everything is until 'She' organises things <*<
Mark
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i start off with good intentions, then within the hour its gone rapidly downhill
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Every time I go to my workshop, which has about 2ft sq working area, and about 8ft of cluttered worktop I think I must tidy up.
Then I pick up a tool or summat and all thoughts of tidyness fly out the window!
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It's not so much being untidy but where on earth to put everything!! The loft is just as bad, there are more in the lounge and a 48" Sea Queen on top of the fridge freezer. I keep telling the family that you can never have too many and if they were more interested they could have some as well :-)) :}
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It's not so much being untidy but where on earth to put everything!! The loft is just as bad, there are more in the lounge and a 48" Sea Queen on top of the fridge freezer. I keep telling the family that you can never have too many and if they were more interested they could have some as well :-)) :}
(http://s3.postimage.org/2xtnb3ybo/Workroom_005.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/2xtnb3ybo/)
(http://s3.postimage.org/2xu0jeq9w/Workroom_006.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/2xu0jeq9w/)
(http://s3.postimage.org/2xuc465qc/Workroom_007.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/2xuc465qc/)
Nice grit blasting Cabernet
Peter
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Certainly not me :embarrassed:
(http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq277/rbm109/Nobby/P7110019.jpg)
I start out with good intentions and then sort of expand into the available volume...Boyle's Law isn't it? {-)
BTW this is the dining room so, gingyer, you're not alone.
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This is about as organized as I get.
John
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HS93, you could actually see the cabinet ?, He really suffers from a severe lack of space. Generally THE BOSS finds the smallest space possible for us. The worst is when she decides to "tidy" up, then it takes weeks to find anything, that is if it didn't take flight in the "cleanup". Mick B.
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HS93, you could actually see the cabinet ?, He really suffers from a severe lack of space. Generally THE BOSS finds the smallest space possible for us. The worst is when she decides to "tidy" up, then it takes weeks to find anything, that is if it didn't take flight in the "cleanup". Mick B.
Hey I'm from liverpool I spot everything are the two Veron launch's built ?
first dibs if you are selling one
Peter
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Hi Peter,
That's an interesting question in light of the posts regarding the Kitshack RTTL.
One of mine is a box with about 50% of the pieces and an original plan (which I wanted), the other was bought a couple of months ago as an unmade 'original' from the chap selling the re-made kit. I'm pretty familiar with Veron boats and some of the 'original' parts are in exceptionally good condition and not imperial size timber. However, it was reasonably priced and I kept it but it does confirm that the source of the re-made kit is very likely to be the one I purchased which he had bought a few months earlier on ebay along with some copied plans (purchase history can make interesting reading!)
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Hey I'm from liverpool I spot everything are the two Veron launch's built ?
first dibs if you are selling one
Peter
I''l take the yellow beetle, top right, just incase a clearout is coming up!
I started to tidy, was off work today, so helicopter is fixed :-))
Prop arrived from Propshop, fitted to Huntsman, I even got a quick blast on the lake with it, ballistc is an understatement, but thats another story, in another thread :}
Orca mast wiring has turned into a full rewire, coming along though, and tomorrow night the 4 foot Fireboat is going to visit HS93's immaculate workshop, to make as much mess as we can! %%
2 done, a few to go!
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Hi,
Well I for one am totally organised when I am working on one of the many boats.
However the my partner would disagree and say that I am dis-organised.
I always buy three of any one tool. When I cannot find the third tool it's time to tidy up... 8)
Regards
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I don't even know how many Stanley Knives I've got - some bought, some "Acquired" but never all seem to be in the same place at once. I know one is orange (the spring-loaded one), and the one with a lino blade is black, but there are several grey ones either at the front or back of the garage, or in various tool bags/boxes,or in the garden shed, and at least one indoors.
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Orca is now back together, with a real nice smoking engine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wLQvMgW24&feature=related
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Orca is now back together, with a real nice smoking engine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wLQvMgW24&feature=related
Very nice but what has it got to do with this topic?
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first post, all the projects making the mess in the picture, then how they are progressing, its my thread!! ha ha :}
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so as things are starting to get organised in my workshop, its time to go and mess someone elses up!!, and I certanly did that the other night, took one of the other project over (from the picture dickie d!!) and made a mess that anyone would be proud of :embarrassed: