On Display

My wife is kind enough to allow me to keep some models and action figures on display in the living room/dining room. In the far corners are some of my aircraft models on a pair of Ikea curio cabinets bracing the window, with several extra glass shelves added.The big entertainment unit on the left wall has a mix of models I built, with action figures and die cast vehicles.

Here are the Hutch units close up (actually, the left one is Starsky) - The left hand unit is various World War Two aircraft and modern jets. Up on top is the ol' "Cannonball" O-gauge train my great-grandfather built, serving out its retirement.

These hutch units came with only three shelves each, and I "upgraded" them by adding some custom-cut glass shelves.


The right hand shelf is all Nazi, all the time. WWII "Luft '46" models, plus some actually-built WWII German planes. A fairly even mix of 1/72 and 1/48 (but never on the same shelf!). The middle wood shelf is all different marks of Messerschmitt-109s.

The train is Great-Grandpa's Scratch-built O-Gauge Camelback.

(Below) The ol' fashioned entertainment unit has models with a movie, comic book and TV theme, plus a few die cast vehicles.
The Smart TV is mounted on an arm so I can tilt it toward the dinner table.

Moving on to my "home office"...

Yeah, it's a mess. I'm a guy. Here's a view from the door.

(Below) Here's a pan view looking in the opposite direction from above, for orientation. I have a shelf unit dividing the room in the middle, with my drawing board behind it, and more wall shelves in the corner.

(Below) My kitbashed starships are all on shelves right in front of me as I surf the Star Trek bboards.

(Below) Behind me, an ecclectic assortment of sci fi ships and figures looms. Okay, it's a big mess too. On top of the right hand glass cabinet is another of Great-Grandpa's O-Gauge locomotives, a rather huge 2-6-6-2 articulated Mallet. The two glass cabinets were surplussed at work and I got them for free. They're a natural for keeping my figure models dust-free.

(Below) On the other end of the room is my drawing board (which, sadly, doesn't get used much any more), and - yes - more shelves! Some more aircraft and random models on the far wall, and the shelves over the board are for the "canon" and "fanon" Star Trek ships, including resin kits and Polar Lights Enterprise conversions.

Again, I've gone for maximum wall coverage with room for more models. I've recently replace the right side 12" shelves with 16" deep ones - And I'm still running out of space!.

The Stockpiles!
A true modeler never wants to be without a kit to build. I'm good till I'm 300 years old.

Viewed from the door: From my workbench on the right (with essential TV/DVD/Cable), the sci fi section extends to the back of the room. On the right side of the room are the airplane models. Way in the back, under the workbench, are some extra Star Wars kits.

The view from the back of the room, looking towards the door.

The airplane section (with sci fi resin in the foregraound).

The Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror section

It even extends around the back corner, by the furnace. I use this for new stuff and overflow, so subjects vary.

Up in the attic, my stash of Star Trek kits that I bought up when Ertl announced it had dropped the Trek license. Most of these were destined for kitbashing into rilly kewl new starships, although I seem to have slacked off on that. Yeah, I overdid this too.

But that's not all - I have many boxes of "extra" model kits in storage in the basement and the attic - doubles that I bought to build multiple versions; old kits that I don't feel like building any more. Hey, it's a hobby.
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