Sprue Cutters Union

I've been highly delinquent in my participation the Sprue Cutter's Union. But I'm trying to catch up on my entries, and I'm starting with #21: Where the magic happens. This installment asks about the space where you do your modeling. Without further ado, I'm proud to introduce you to one of my creations: my workspace. A great workspace is one of the most coveted things in modeling. You see "Share your workbench" posts (like this one) fill up with modelers showing off their benches/desks/corners/garages/etc. I've been working on building out my own space for a while now and it's coming along nicely. In fact, I'm pretty proud. I probably over invested, but damn does it make for a comfortable space to while away the hours. Hope you enjoy. My space In our house, we have a small extra bedroom that I was originally using as an office. I didn't want to give [...]

This week's Sprue Cutter's Union asks: How does your spouse (significant other) view your hobby? Quite simply, she's very supportive. She listens politely when I tell her intricate stories about how I managed to properly sand resin casting plugs without damaging the detail next to it. She has lovingly supported me taking over the office room and turning it into the modeling room. She doesn't get too irritated when I wait until she falls asleep so I can head back to the workbench. Hell, she even helped my daughter buy me a cool kit for Father's Day. Best of all, she doesn't tease me about this, the nerdiest of pursuits! I can't talk about how my wife thinks about the hobby without publicly thanking her for her loving support. She's far too good to me. --- Here's the rest of the Sprue Cutter's Union crew: Kermit's Bench David Knight's Weblog Mattblackgod's [...]

  I'm jumping into the Sprue Cutters Union (SCU) with this entry. SCU is a "blog carnival", a collection of bloggers being challenged to answer the same questions on a weekly basis. Join us! This week's question: What will never make its way on to your workbench? I'm still very new to this hobby, so I'm not going to rule much of anything out, genre-wise. I might not be that interested in civilian cars, but then again, rusty, old, busted cars might be fun some day! That said, there's one clear answer to this question: scantily clad female figures. I can comfortably say that I will never be doing figures like the one featured in the most recent Weathering Magazine:   As I wrote about in depth, this is an unnecessary and fairly sexist subject that creates a pointlessly difficult conversation with my 6 year old daughter. As I said over [...]