A quick tour of my shop and the tools I use.
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- A quick tour of my shop and the tools I use.
I’ve had a lot of people ask me to give a tour of my shop. Well now that it’s moved into my new room, I decided this would be an opportune time. So, grab some popcorn, maybe a cold beverage and enjoy the tour.
Links:
Gaahleri airbrush on amazon
www.amazon.com...
Tamiya paint bottle rack - www.typhoonpai...
.3mm solder - www.amazon.com...
Pin drill bits - www.amazon.com...
Bob Smith super glue - www.amazon.com...
Magnet wire for carb return spring - www.amazon.com...
Magnifying Visor - www.amazon.com...
Molotow pen - www.amazon.com...
Harbor Freight Airbrush 1 - 404
Harbor Freight Airbrush 2 - 404
Airbrush Cleaning Bottle - www.harborfrei...
Air Compressor - www.harborfrei...
Air Dryer - www.harborfrei...
Regulator - www.harborfrei...
Tamiya Extra Thin Cement - www.amazon.com...
Micro LEDs - www.amazon.com...
Badger Paint Mixer - www.amazon.com...
Sloan Strap Wrench - www.amazon.com...
TAMIYA 87085 Weathering Master C Set - www.amazon.com...
Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color, Black - www.amazon.com...
Tea Lights - www.amazon.com...
Wire red - www.amazon.com...
Wire orange - www.amazon.com...
Bare Metal Foil - www.amazon.com...
Magnets - www.amazon.com...
Tamiya Thinner - www.amazon.com...
Tamiya Retarder - www.amazon.com...
Airbrush Cleaner - www.amazon.com...
Pipettes - www.amazon.com...
Gel Pens - www.amazon.com...
How to do wood grain - • How To: Paint a woodgr...
Battery holder - www.amazon.com...
0000 paint brush - www.amazon.com...
Gaahleri airbrushes - www.amazon.com...
GAAHLERI GHAD-68 airbrush - www.amazon.com...
Quick Shine -
Q-Tips (A lot of them) - www.amazon.com...
NEOECO cleaning pot and tools - www.amazon.com...
American Diorama Figures - www.amazon.com...
0402 LEDs (very small / wired) - www.amazon.com...
Nice to see where the magic happens. Keep up the great work my friend 👍
Thank you very much.
That desk is very similar to one I had in my prior home. A work buddy had given it to me. It was too heavy to bring to my current home. Luckily it didn't have that typewriter spring platform. I used it as my ammo handloading table, as that was my main hobby at the time. 😎👍
I LOVE that desk. It is so stable. I like to lean my forearms on it while I paint, and it does not move at all.
Awesome setup! We didn’t see your stash though… secrets?
Thank you. I'll be honest, I have a few Star Wars kits, and huge Star Trek NG Enterprise, a 1/96 Constitution, and about 12 various car kits. Most of the car kits are in the typewriter drawer. Not a huge stash for sure. But I do have a few that are very cool. LOL
Awesome video and hobby room Mark... I know that desk inside and out. I had one for years that I got when I worked at a school and they were giving them away. You did not mention that they weigh a ton! Lol When I moved down here I left it in the basement where I had it because I did not have room for it in the truck. Wish I still had that thing... Lol
Thanks for the look around Mark. I have never seen that clean of a area in my house and most likely will never see it... I always say a happy desk is a messy desk... 😁
LLAP 🖖
LOL. It does have some weight to it. I try real hard to keep things clean. If I don't I'll never find it again. Right now I know right where things go. Now don't get me wrong. When I'm building there will be a sanding stick, file, knife, paper towel, and all the parts stuffed in that little empty spot. It does get a bit closed in when I first start a new build. LOL
I got a similar desk . Heavy as all get out . HAHAHAHAHA 😅
They really are. They are so deep too. I almost had to take the door off the jam to fit in the room too. LOL
Cool workspace you have. Laid out very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much. It took a long time for things to end up where they are LOL I really have to watch because it three minutes that desk can look like a bomb went off on it.
@@grandpamarkshobbies I know what ya mean on the bomb going off. Have a good week ahead Mark.
Lookin Good Mark! A empty drawer or flat surface isnt safe in my office, room for improvement and that will come in time.
LOL. Thank you.
Looks very good and organized
Thanks. It can go from that to "What Just Happened" in five minutes. LOL
Very nice sir!!
Thank you very much.
Nice setup. I have the same headband magnifier. Works very well.
Thank you. I love that magnifier. It is so handy to have the second magnifying glass.
Very cool video brother! Makes me want to reorganize my bench! Mine is a organized mess!! I'm afraid that I'll find Jimmy Hoffa or Amelie Earhart!!😂😂
LOL. Thank you. I do have Amelia Earhart's airplane somewhere down there in the stash. LOL
Haha well organized for a hoarder like me. I got also 2 old desks from a charity shop for the unheared price of €15,- or $15,- Make a paintrack myself for tamiya and Green World Stuff paints. 1 Big open box with primer and the 2 K Clear cans and 1 plastic container with my bottles Zere and Spash paints. A few empty icecream plastic boxes for my files,sandingstuff,knifes and small tools. 1 Big " litre Glaas jar for the handbrushes and a selfmade standard for 4 airbrushes. That is iot. More i don,t keed. Ahh yes my Handmakes paintbooth made from a 2th hand kitchen extractor. Total worth in materials inc Led strips about $35,- and 1 hour of build.
I'll tell you straight up, there's nothing better than the things that are hand built, or found to fit what we need. Just like what you've done, that's the best way to do it.
@@grandpamarkshobbies very true with that. Just a pair of expensive shoes don.t make you a good dancer. And for me the surch,the find,the haggeling about the price makes it even more fun and appreciated what we got
That is a great analogy. I do like to haggle. LOL
Have you seen the new airbrush's and dual compressor from Harbor Freight? The reviews are excellent. Evidently they are really hard to get. At the HF in Pocomoke, Maryland has both types of airbrushes and compressor in stock. They are the Black Widow brand.
I just checked out the instructions and it does have an interesting trigger. I'll keep my ear to the rail and see what people are saying about it.
Awesome work space Mark, cool look into the behind the scenes 😎👌🇦🇺🤝🇺🇸🏔🏔❄️🌨🌨🦘🦘🦘
Thank you.
Nice workshop. You have everything you need close to where you are working. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
Well looks like you have a great place to work in. I am now suitably chastised, So I'll be spending tomarrow (OK the rest of the week)😏 reorganizing my -mess- er, Bench, its long overdue.
LOL Glad I could help.
I love those old metal desks, I started out on one like that and I still have an old Underwood typewriter and they are very heavy. For my workbench I'm using a old solid wood office desk I got when our office switched to particle board Ikea type desks. Looks like you're going to have a nice set up when you're done.
I was very lucky. It's hard to find these desks anymore. It's wide and deep.
Back in an older house we owned I had a model RR in an upstairs room with one of those huge metal desk, was a great to build on, when we moved I left it there.. Was too heavy to do that again lol. Great workspace Mark, nice organization..
It is a beast for sure, but so much real state that I would have a hard time setting up without it now.
Looks like a nice shop you have there, Mark! One more thing you need is a lock on the door. "Oh, Grandpa Mark has one of those! We'll just borrow his!"
Ha Ha. I probably should. Thanks for watching.
Hi Grandpa, that was a excellent tour of your work area, I have one desk which I try and keep tidy, but most times I do fail at that, I do want to re-make my Tamiya paint shelf, I would like to get a spray booth one day, I only use acrylics, bedt regards from Australia, Les
I totally understand how things get a bit messy quicker than I can guess. I will be upgrading my spray booth to something a bit more user friendly and I'll run the exhaust into a water bucket filter.
Excellent shop tour ,everything to hand thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you.
Very cool gave me some head scratching ideas forgot all about the tooth pick dispenser. That’s going on order very soon. I will post a shop video soon. Need to declutter 😅. Thanks for sharing ready for the next one
Thank you. I have to admit that I love that toothpick dispenser, but the Q-Tip holder isn't worth it.
I'm not seeing shelves for display of all those great models you've built (and to be built).
There's still a bunch of things that have to come out of the room before I can bring everything in. I'll do an update when that happens. Most likely this fall.
@@grandpamarkshobbies Fyi a video of 2023 Akron, sometime last fall:
ua-cam.com/video/Gm5Fs9ptPmY/v-deo.html
Thank you. Do you know when there will be another show in Akron?
@@grandpamarkshobbies I'm hoping as the date approaches, that SME channel will let us know.
Kreg's Corner channel may also be a place we find it. Kreg usually leads into his videos with copies of flyers he picks up along the way.
Counting backwards the 7 months age of the video I sent you, that would put Akron somewhere in the October/November range, but I'm guessing at this point.
I just subd to his station and will be watching.
Nice setup Mark. It’s amazing how much work gets done when your not stopping to look for tools and parts!
For sure. It's taken me a long time to train myself to put things back where they go instead of just dropping them onto the desk and going to the next step.
Nice setup, nice to see people’s work area, gives me ideas for what might work better for mine. Thanks!
Thank you very much.
I wish I was that organized. The move from California has been a challenge to get reorganized.
Thank you. It took me a long time to be able to get this set up the way I like it.
That's a professional setup there, Mark!!!
Thanks. Once I get it all wired up I'll be able to rock and roll. LOL I hate extension cords.
Well organized!! Fun video Mark.
Would love to see a video of how you display all your models.
Thanks. Right now all my models are spread out all over the place. I hope to have the rest of the shop ready in a month or two.
I wish I had one of those government desks and a couple of the Emeco chairs that go with it, the durned things are built to survive armageddon.
I couldn't believe that they just left that here. It is awesome. Those old 4 post caster Oak chars were so nice. With the huge coil spring underneath so you could lean way back. Yep, those were great.
@@grandpamarkshobbies I meant the aluminum "Navy" chairs but those old Oak ones are cool as well.
OOOOOO LOL. I do like those chairs too. They are about indestructible.
Lookin good! Did I hear 1/8th scale roadster? Is it a big deuce?
Thank you. No, look up Red Demon. It is such a cool kit.
Very nice and well organized shop.
Thank you very much.
Some of the old typewriters were over 20Kg, tidy work area
After messing with this desk I can believe it. Thanks. I try and stay somewhat tidy so I don't get overrun. LOL
Nice man cave. Thanks for sharing. 🏁
Thank you.
Micro saws. Have you ever chopped a model before?
I did, it was a long time ago. It was an old pickup truck. I also changed the spindles up front so it would sit lower in the front than in the back. It came out good.
Nice setup there bud. I have shop envy. lol
Thank you very much. It's taken me 50 years to get the shop I want, and I still have a long way to go.
Nice update to the shop Mark
Thank you very much.
Cool Mark - thanks. Your're going to have to make another video once everything is in place. Wish I had the room you do. I think you may want to build a table with a 4X8 plywood screwed down on it or on a couple (3) saw horses with 2X4's around it for warpage for the gas station and McD's if you have that much room behind you. A nice painted back drop too. Wish you would have turned around to show where the town will go. Next time maybe...
Thanks again for the tour!
Thank you. Yes, I will most likely have a 4foot by six foot table for the station. If I turned around there would have been a stack of totes that have to move out so I can get the station set up. LOL
@@grandpamarkshobbies Understood !!!
Nice shop. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you very much.
I've gotta say Mark ... looking up your schnoz was not what I was expecting to see when the video opened up! Holy nostrils Batman! LOL!!! I'm loving that old office desk!!! I have an old gray steel desk like that, but the tops aren't leather, more of a resilient rubber product, that resists spills and such ... it's pretty dang durable. Hey man, best to you with your new location!
LOL. Yeah, I just couldn't get a good angle. I always think of that top is like a big flat layer of hocky puck material. LOL
@@grandpamarkshobbies Yeah, pretty close to it. Remember, in these nice sturdy industrial type of work items, they were made - at one time at least - to be real kick-ass, tough items. It is hard to do them any real damage.
They really are able to take a lot. I work at a university in maintenance and you can sure see how nice these are compared to the junk that we get today.
Great tour of the work area Mark, Thanks, Ron
Ron, thank you very much.
Awesome shop Mark
Thank you very much.
That’s a sweet work station for sure!
Thanks. I try very hard to keep it a somewhat organized mess. LOL
Nice shop..... can't wait for the update 😁
Thank you.
@@grandpamarkshobbies your welcome 😁
That is a really nice work area. I think that desk would survive the apocalypse. 😅
Thanks. Yeah, this is about the sturdiest desk I've ever worked with. LOL
@@grandpamarkshobbies Just don't accidentally kick it while barefoot, you could break a toe
LOL. Right. It sure isn't moving.
Very nice workplace!
Thank you very much.
Thank You for the --- New --- shop tour ----- in spotting how / where you paint your models ---- I'd like to know more on how you did it --- what you are using --- and the big thing ---- are the many fumes / over spray that gets on things around you ----- haven't done a spray booth yet --- and it would be inside in a enclosed room ----- So ---- I would like to see how you did yours ---- and what you are getting as over spray on to things around you ----- Hope you had a Good Memorial Day ---- Hope you have a Good Week also ------ Rodney
Thank you. First off, I do not use anything in the spray booth except Tamiya paints. Since I don't vent to the outside I am very cautious on what I'm doing. I also will be using a bucket filter that I'll be making this weekend. That will make sure I'm not making any dust. My spray booth (for now because I'm going to build one this summer) is nothing more than a big tote. I have a bathroom exhaust fan hooked up to the back (That's why I only spray acrylics I don't want to catch any vapors on fire) In front of the fan on the inside of the booth I have a 1 inch furnace filter that fits about 1 inch from the back and goes to all four sides. Then attached to the fan I have the fan hose. This will end up going into my filter bucket. (there are some good videos on UA-cam on how to make them) I do not get any overspray as I work inside the tote and everything goes to the filter. The Tamiya paints don't really have a smell, but the airbrush cleaner kind of does. Not like lacquer paints or anything, just kind of a cleaning solution smell. All in all I think it's the best setup for me. I hope this helps.
Thank you ---- Sounds Good ---- I take it the one you will make this summer will be of the same principle ---- Will be watching for the new one ---- From about this time of the season --- I'm outdoors ---- vegetable garden and turn to working on my cars I have collected over the years --- Late Fall through Winter I'm back inside ------ Enjoy your videos ---- Rodney
The one I make this year will be a bit different, but mostly the same (if that makes any sense) It will allow more light and fit the filter better. I have to struggle with outside and time in the shop, so I totally get that.
What is LA assum ?
LA Awesome is a strong cleaner / degreaser that I get from the dollar store. I use it to strip chrome and paint off kit parts.
@3:56 what is 'pe'?
PE stands for Photo Etched. It is very thin metal parts that are all on a thin sheet of what I think is brass. It is for small thin parts like ships railing or fine mesh parts or things like that.
Nice work area.
Thank you very much.
Enjoyed the tour..
Thank you.
Cool setup brother 😊
Thank you.
@@grandpamarkshobbies yw brother!
Pretty nice setup. My work area is NOWHERE near that well organized.
It's taken me years to get it all set up like this. I do try very hard to keep it that way and to clean up after every work session.
@@grandpamarkshobbies Where as I have bodies, parts, tires, tools, paints, etc... all over the place. Sometimes, I'm more than a little surprised that I can find anything that I'm looking for on my bench. I REALLY need to clean it up and organized.
Best way I found to do that is to move the whole shop into another room. LOL I found things I didn't know I lost.
@@grandpamarkshobbies While I would normally agree with you, I unfortunately don't have the space to move. Especially as my work bench is also my computer desk. LOL
LOL. I totally understand.
Pretty nice set up. I'd love to have a desk like that. Good storage space for things. And you can never have to many tools😁
Thank you. I am so happy they left that desk. My old house I was using an old door on saw horses. LOL
@@grandpamarkshobbies I have a 3' piece of scrap counter top I use😁
Perfect.
@@grandpamarkshobbies Good afternoon Mark, I just received your shop card. Thank you again; it's most appreciated. It does appear to have had an interesting journey though. Looks like someone tested some white paint on it with a squiggly line across it😆😆 No big deal, as I do thank you for sending me one👍
Oh no. I'll get another one out to you. That's just not cool.