Starting to get my hobby room organized

This subject is covered quite extensively in the movie "Flight of the Phoenix" I recommend the original with Jimmy Stewart and not the remake.

 

Yeah, loved model building. Maybe what got me into ww2 (perhaps comics too). Each model would come with an exquisite history of the type, and even some battles fought. Puttting together a battleship with x amount of guns, made a 12 year old wonder how such a war machine could ever be defeated.
My issue was the painting. The cost to buy all the different schemes was prohibitive...
Me and Pa made a large scale spitfire. You could take off the wing machinegun panels, the wheels/landing gear raised, rubber tires. But we never painted it. Played with it a lot... You could buy fireworks here back then. And when I got older, planted many lady fingers (FLAK) all around it. It lived a good life.
Sacrificed a few Corgi's to firecrackers. Sigh.

 

If you are building dozens at a time....well that is a lot of airplane glue to be smelling....better cut some windows into that hobby room to keep you on the ground. Perhaps you should assemble them in a more challenging way....glued with wheat paste....that is what she said.

 

I don't care, either or is fine with me. I've never much cared what any one else thinks anyway. Hell, the best part of having boys was the excuse to get to be a kid again myself, and play with the toys. My sons and nephews have always commented on the fact that I always get the best stuff for presents. The females, (wives, sisters, and mothers) always ask how I know the right thing to get. The answer is simple. Buy what I'd like to play with.

 

Indeed MrPrice. I too bought the kidlet what I'd enjoy. Not even as a 8-12 yr old, but what i'd like to play with as a 35 - 40 yr old...Bought this hand recorder that you could record and then mess with the playback. ..Well the ex was snoring like a Kodiak Bear one night, and decided to record in order to show what she really sounded like at night. Bad idea. She reacted like a Kodiak B****. Slapped that right out of hand, and proceeded to terrorize. Lucky to have escaped with minimal injury. Should write a book.

 

A pillow over the face and gentle but steady pressure Pops...