My Man Cave... err... Cubby

Rui S
"Not much" you say? IMO It's a great organized man cave. well done, Greg 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks! The biggest problem is that I constantly knock stuff off the workpad because I run out of elbow room pretty fast.😉

gorby
Small but very well organised Greg. I think you currently hold the 'smallest work-space' prize.

Spanjaard
it is a really nice place, and nicely organized. you have also your musinc, and even have a fridge!

Wojciech Kucza
Nice one 🙂 Well organized and compact. And a fridge, you can't go wrong with a fridge 🙂

Murad ÖZER
proper alright! 🙂

Greg Baker
Organization is a necessity when you don't have a lot of room to spread out. The shallow pull out drawers (meant for wine bottles) is extremely handy for tools actually. But I'm most proud of my army of little pink cap bottles. They're actually little plastic medicine bottles that you get at every pharmacy here in Korea. They're PERFECT for pre-thinned (Tamiya) acrylics - they even have moulded 20ml scales on them which makes measuring a breeze. A couple of squirts in the airbrush cup and you're ready to go! The trick was getting my hands on them. Even though every pharmacy has them... they're not really "for sale". They're just supplies for doling out medicine. So the looks I got when I asked for 100 were humourous - one lady told me if I was that sick I should go to the hospital! Luckily I made a friend, explained my interest, and got 100 for $10. My wife calls them my "little terracotta soldiers".😉

Greg Baker
One thing that bugged me at first was that, unlike my Tamiya bottles, I had to pick up a bunch to check my home-made labels while looking for a specific colour... until it dawned on me that all the little pink plastic caps are plastic...😉

Greg Baker
I got over my fear of asking stupid questions (at least where modelling is concerned) and I find I learn lots that way!

Spanjaard
when you finish a tamiya jar, clean it, and keep it. they are perfect for paint. and they take the same space.... 🙂

Spanjaard
but the pink cover bottles are also a good idea.

Murad ÖZER
yeah cleaning the empty pots is always a good idea, better than dishing out 3usd (at least here) per clean jars anyway. cleaning em can get messy tho...

Greg Baker
I keep the Tamiya jars too... but I find it a lot easier to load mixed paint with a squeeze bottle.

gorby
In the UK, Tamiya 10ml paints cost £1.60, the empty bottles cost £1.10! So yes, I clean out the old bottles as Spanjaard does. I wonder – if I take my empty bottles along to the shop, would they fill it for 50p?
But it's an interesting idea Greg, about the medicine bottles. A quick look on Amazon and 'Squeezable plastic dropper bottles' look ideal. They can be bought in a range of sizes and are dirt cheap. They look perfect for mixed paint.

I was advised not to, but I put a 6mm stainless steal ball bearing into all my Tamiya jars and it's perfect for mixing up the paint, saves having to stir it.

Spanjaard
I got a bah of steel balls that I got on eBay for next to nothing. Each of my tamiya ones have one inside. Alclad use to include them, last ones did not, so I added them myself :-p

Hister Farjas
GREat

John Thomas
Greg, your man cave is very nice and well stocked with all the goodies. I all ways find it odd that no matter how large our modeling area is, the actual work area is really small, maybe a square foot or so. My work area is about 45 SF under the stair to my basement

Bryn Crandell
Very nice. Love the space.

Greg Baker
Since Peter asked, I thought I'd update the pics to show off the growing collection and disappearing shelf space. Amazing to see the difference from 2 years ago.

Martin Oostrom
I remember that stereo! We sold those when I was a bit younger. It packs a very good punch for its size.
I wish I had your space for everything. My desk might be bigger, but that's it.

Peter Hardy
So the secret is ....... be tidy? Bigger stereo my arse, you're going to need a bigger arpartment!

Greg Baker
Tidiness is almost always the answer... at least according to my wife. However, she disagrees with your assessment of my space being tidy. The area is actually supposed to be a wine bar, so it's just off the main living room. So my wife found it necessary to hang a bit of a screen to shield it from view. Unfortunately the bigger apartment isn't really in the cards, so I'll just have to stack higher and deeper.

Holger Kranich
Now this is a nice man cave!

Spanjaard
room looking better and better 🙂

Daniel Klink
Wow!! SO well thought and arranged.. Cool. Like it very much Greg 👍

Tom ...
Photo booth, yes?

Greg Baker
Yeah, Chris was asking. It's amazing what you can do with a box, some white art paper and some second-hand industrial lighting from a flea market.😉

Richmond
That's a different looking light box, the do-it-yourself ones on YouTube, usually have 3 x lights coming through cut outs and tissue paper top and both sides.

Chris Greathouse
But it turns out beautiful pictures, Homemade too... but we know Greg is a crafty bugger, well done.

Greg Baker
I actually have plans to add more lights to both the sides and the front, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I confess I didn't check out how anyone else has done it, I just did what I thought best with what I had (or had easy access to).

Spanjaard
imaginative, accurate, spot on, scratch built.... typically Greg 🙂

Guy Rump
Impressively organised room and innovative photo booth 🙂

Matthew A
Could do with a mini fridge - every time I go to use the zap thin glue it's gone off

Michael Hickey
Wonderful little snug man cave you have yourself there Greg.👍

Peter Hardy
You got a roof over your head now Mck?

Chris Greathouse
@Matthew, There is a mini fridge under the bookcases in pic 2

Michael Hickey
@Peter, Yep, been in the new house for about 3 weeks now, still settling in, I need to make myself a new paint rack. Just can't find all my power tools yet, maybe this weekend.🤔

Matthew A
I ment I could do with one. Now I can't find fridges listed under tools. Should I get a Bosch seeing as they used to be Junkers.

Alec K
Sweet model room and light box Greg. I think I had that stereo (or very similar) in my shop at some point!

Holger Kranich
Can i see a fridge there? Perfect!

Wounded 1
What are the bottles with the pink tops in photo 3?

Greg Baker
Those are little plastic bottles that I got from a local pharmacy. They're 20ml squeeze bottles, usually used for liquid medicine, but I use them for pre-mixed Tamiya acrylics. I don't have many with pink tops anymore though, because I've painted each one with the paint inside. Has the dual purpose of letting you know at a glance which bottle you want, and also what the paint will look like on plastic.

Wounded 1
Gotcha...I should transfer mine but go through it too fast to do it.

Es-haq Khosravi
Perfect! Lovely pictures on the wall too!

Ho Ko
Looks great! got some good ideas ...

Slavo Hazucha
Nice..! What is the brain-like structure in front of the mirror? 🙂

Chris Greathouse
I'm interested too!

Martin Oostrom
Don't you know? That's Greg himself. He's a body less brain, creating the most wonderful models by willpower alone, in a desperate quest to find a way to recreate a body.

Chris Greathouse
Ha!

Matthew A
You mean he's not from Canada he's from Arous!?!

Greg Baker
LMFAO! A good guess... but not quite. That "brain-like-mass" is actually a "storm cloud hat" that my wife created for my son's last Halloween costume. It's 100% scratchbuilt, using a cheap wide-brim "witch hat" and the stuffing from an old blanket. She designed and implemented the costume, and all I did was solder a couple of connections for the wiring and I airbrushed some stormy shadows into the otherwise white fluff.

She's become quite famous at Elliot's school for her scratchbuilt creations... so I've uploaded a few for your consideration. Personally, I'm torn between the Tintin and the R2D2.

Matthew A
R2 is "Impressive, most impressive." (Just watched the despecialized version of TESB for the 4th time this month)

Chris Greathouse
Dude.... Your little man is all sideways... try the pictures again. 😛 Cute costumes!

Bob Hall
That's awesome ! I Miss Seoul ! Isn't a Pizza School within 10,000 miles of here ! Kim-chi Rocks ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greg Baker
Heh... fixed the pictures... Scalemates really needs a basic photo editing function...

Bob... there's a Pizza School about 100m from my front door... and I'm such a good student. 🙂

Bob Hall
I Hate You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

Chris Greathouse
I take it, it's a pizza chain in Seoul? Any better than pizza places state-side?

Bob Hall
Very,Very unique type pizza !!!!
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Bill Newcomer
WOW! Never even imagined some of those combinations. They look appetizing though. 🙂

Bob Hall
You have NO Idea ! Greg knows what I'm Talking about !

Chris Greathouse
And Bob... Seoul is only about 6800 miles away, and Google maps says there are 16 Pizza Schools... So... 10,000 miles huh? 😛 Just a quick ride away 😛

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Bob Hall
Rough estimate LOL , was Stationed there 3 times ! Oh the Food ! (Homer Simpson drool MMMMMM) !

Chris Greathouse
It'd be wasted on me, I dislike most foreign food. But I'd love to see, hear and experience Seoul. But I'd be all about that Pizza School 😛

Kerry COX
It is wonderful what we create for the indulgence of our hobby. I just love the bar fridge. !!! Awsome. 👍 🙂

Holger Kranich
Very very nice man cave!

John Thomas
Very nice indeed

Alec K
Snappy young man you have there 👍

Spanjaard
Congrats to your wife, she is certainly talented. Never been in Korea , would love to

Matthew A
I've friends in Korea but can't fly due to ear trouble (not big enough to flap?)