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Here are the Hutch units close up (actually, the left one is Starsky) - The left hand unit is strictly 1/48 scale World War Two aircraft. The top shelf is Japanese aircraft. The second shelf
is US Army Air Force.
The 3rd shelf is all Spitfires. From there down it's all German.
Shelves 5 and 6 are the Messerschmitt collection. There are
about 35 more 109 variants in the basement waiting to get built.
These hutch units came with three shelves each, and I "upgraded" them by adding some custom-cut glass shelves. The O-Gauge trains on the top shelf of this and the next unit were hand-built by my great-grandfather for his huge train layout some time between 1939 and 1959. And hey, how about that antique "Mister Machine" toy? |
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The left hand shelf is for the German WWII "paper projects" or "Luft '46" models. Well, except for the top row, which is actually-built WWII German planes. Most are 1/72, with the two bottom shelves being 1/48. Note the Dickle "Saurian Brandy" bottle on the top shelf! It's an original, but the leather is in poor shape. The train is Great-Grandpa's Scratch-built O-Gauge Camelback. |
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This is the central entertainment unit. Sci fi vehicle models adorn some of the shelves, while action figure collections and toys
populate the rest. Top center are the Art Asylum Star Trek (original series) figures. Below them the Johnny Lightning Trek ships,
and some 1/18 die casts of the world's coolest cars below them. To the right of the Trek figures is the Moore "Buffy" figures. Below Buffy, some Japanese "gashopon" collectibles of Gerry Anderson sci fi vehicles. Under them, some various monsters. To the far right, various anime action figures and some of the MacFarlane movie figures. At bottom right lives some of the Johnny Lightning "Hollywood on Wheels" die cast cars. |

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You can see I like to surround myslef with the fantasy element while I'm working. I'm referring, of course, to the "girls with guns" calendar off to the right. My kitbashed starships are all on shelves right in front of me above the PC. The top shelf has the only from-the-box plastic kits. |
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Behind me, an ecclectic assortment of sci fi ships and figures looms. Okay, it's a big mess.
That's the 12" Mr. spock action figure from ST:TMP on the top shelf, and
a very old 12" Spidey. 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. I've completely covered the wall with shelves here so there's room for more models - barely. |
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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 on the far wall, and the shelves over the board are for the "canon" and "fanon" Star Trek ships, including Starcraft resin kits and Polar Lights Enterprise conversions. Again, I've gone for maximum wall coverage with room for plenty more models. Those empty spaces won't be for long. The bookshelves on the right (which are behind the door when it's open), I cut right into the wall structure to save space. The average wall is just the right thickness for paperbacks. |
Left picture - Viewed from the door: From my workbench on the right (with essential TV/VCR/DVD/Cable), the sci fi section extends to the back of the room. On the right side of the room are the airplane models.
Right picture - the view from the back of the room
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