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musicwerks
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Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011 - 04:02 AM UTC
My man cave and workroom. I am from Singapore, lands pace and flats are small.









Cupboard to keep flammables, the smell of chemical is strong when I open the door


'M4 Carbine' to ward off unwanted visitors
WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011 - 04:34 PM UTC
Keith ,, Now thats what i call i very nice mans space .. nice sorted mate ,, i don't think its my eyes but there looks like there;s still space on those shelves

Kiong .. Here's some of what i use to keep the bad guys away
Its either this one

Or this one

Or my fav one




Phill
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Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 05:05 PM UTC
Here are some photos of my man cave. Oneof these days I'll straighten it up...






PantherF
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Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 09:52 PM UTC
Please tell me some of those are built!! If not I see someone in worse shape than I am in with kits still to build, but ... has a very nice workspace too.


~ Jeff
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:42 AM UTC

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Keith
Kiong .. Here's some of what i use to keep the bad guys away
Its either this one




Phill



Phi, WTH is this weapon???? It looks completely angry~!! ( the first picture)
WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:55 AM UTC
Brian matey that would be a M14 EBR with a 3.5 x 12 x 50 scope on top ..shoots real nice ..one of my favs

Phill
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 11:08 AM UTC
I thought that would be it, It was highly customized though I would imagine. I had an M-1A at one time and regretibly I sold it in the hopes that some day soon I will build an AR in 308.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 06:00 PM UTC
Hello ,

I admire the weapons boys ,very nice.I 'm envious.

Thanks to our gun laws in the land of Oz we do not have the chance of owning those little gems .

Nowadays all my weapons are locked up in Battlefied 2 (XB360)so many weapons choices ,limitless ammo and I don't have to clean them

Here is the setup I have to work with .

this has been a combination of 20+ years to get together.
Annnnnd,I'm on holidays for the week so I cleaned up a little




















WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 06:31 PM UTC
Brian that EBR is pretty much stock except for a lightened trigger and there is a AR in 308 out there ..sorta ,,I believe there is a M16A? in 7.62x39 Russian ..but i know for a fact that the AR10 (very first AR ) is 7.62 NATO and this i just found out ..copied this from Wiki .
TERAB rifle

The "Terab" rifle is a clone of the Norinco CQ manufactured by the MIC (Military Industry Corporation) of Sudan.[13] The manufacturer's website lists it as a 7.62×51 NATO which would make it more of a copy of the AR-10.[14] The Sudan has a background in military usage of the AR-10, having employed it as its standard service rifle from 1957 to 1989.

Though i wouldn't touch any version of the M4/16 family in 7.62x39 as i have not yet seen anything good written about using this ,heard about problems ranging from bad mags and feed issues .bolts not liking the steel shelll cases ,extractors breaking cause of the steel shells , at the end of the day ..wouldnt worry about using that caliber.
Hunt down a AR10 mate and your sorted

Phill
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 07:49 PM UTC
Guys, as you can see, in Australia it's generally too warm for carpet in the mancave, but you'd be amazed how far small parts bounce when dropped on tiles such as Mike's, or in my case, concrete . . . .

Regards

Rob
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 07:52 PM UTC
Aawwww, Michael..
After looking those pics, this amount of man cave envy could kill me right now.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 08:28 PM UTC

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Guys, as you can see, in Australia it's generally too warm for carpet in the mancave, but you'd be amazed how far small parts bounce when dropped on tiles such as Mike's, or in my case, concrete . . . .

Regards

Rob



Thanks Rob and Kimmo,

I too have spent many hours looking for parts on the tiles.
Its called a maglight torch and persistance to finding the part.
The tiles are excellent for keeping down the dust monster .

Kimmo, I have an understanding wife who lets me close the door and enter another world .

Michael
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 11:01 PM UTC
Here is a photo of my current work space. Note the Maglight flashlight for when I drop parts (probably 2 or 3 times per modeling session). I sit on the floor (for some reason I prefer it).
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 11:30 AM UTC
Gary you need to buy yourself a plastic chair runner thing from staples, and put it on the floor.. SHAG CARPET???? you must go insane looking for parts!!
wedgetail53
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 12:14 PM UTC
Mike

Yeah, I agree - one of the most important pieces of equipment on my desk and never very far away is a small and very bright LED torch. I've found that the best thing to when I drop a part is to freeze and then listen very carefully - most times I can get a general idea of where it's landed by the sound it makes.

Regards

Rob
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Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 01:11 PM UTC
Hi there, here are photos of my modeling room. The room includes a building station, a painting station/airbrush/paint booth section and a photo booth.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj5/tigerdio/IMG_1577.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj5/tigerdio/IMG_1570.jpg
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http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj5/tigerdio/IMG_1575.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj5/tigerdio/IMG_1576.jpg
GaryKato
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Posted: Friday, October 28, 2011 - 07:14 AM UTC

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Gary you need to buy yourself a plastic chair runner thing from staples, and put it on the floor.. SHAG CARPET???? you must go insane looking for parts!!



Took me 3 hours last night to find this.
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2011 - 06:47 AM UTC
Hay gang thought I would share a pic of my newly re done work bench, It has made better use of the space I have.


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By sudzonic at 2011-11-05
jasmils
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Posted: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 04:52 PM UTC
Well here's mine.
The new Arms Corps Models Workshop!


jasmils
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Posted: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 04:53 PM UTC
Two more.

outback
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Posted: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 07:46 PM UTC
Where's the undercover customer parking? Where's the cute receptionist to make coffee? Needs work mate.
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Posted: Thursday, July 05, 2012 - 11:15 PM UTC
shane there are problems with the EBA that she's not happy about. last i heard!
also i recon i could find room in there to gonk out. its not that small.
hahahahaha
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 05:54 AM UTC
Well! I have seen some work benches and stashes:

Clean.
Messy.
Dirty.
Out right immaculate.
(stash) big.
(stash) large.
(stash) hobby shop size

and a few like mine.

(3) shots:

all of my little work area across from my bed, really small apartment.

Work Bench
Work Bench
Work Bench

@ Sal: you still have the same booze bottles only less now

Bob
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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 01:04 PM UTC
Our house is 900 square feet so i my work area is the dining room table which means everything has to be hidden--I use machinist tool chests that are cheapo's, not the real, real thing but serve the purpose concealing everything......

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Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 01:32 PM UTC

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@ Sal: you still have the same booze bottles only less now

Bob



Actually since the retirement party back in May there is a hell of a lot more Scotch I just have it in the basement or out in the garage. Wife gets all...well u know when I drink booze so I usually stick to

And my daughter just complained tonight that my stash is to big. Only 40 un-started kits not including the figure kits, geee what is she thinking