(HOBBY SHACK)My New Place to Bludgeon Styrene

[BUCKY]

When we sold the old house, I was informed that I couldn't put my hobby in the spare bedroom at the new house.
Well, I had dragged two outbuildings down to the new homesite, so I decided to use one of those for a new hobby
lair. Mrs. BUCKY appropriately named it Hobby Shack, and chose the colors for the sign. Following is a journey of
me whipping this building into the Hobby Shack.

It started out as this pale yellow color. It matched the old house very well, but didn't fit in here:



This is after I added the railings:


I started out by painting the trim and the porch railings white:


I then started with the light gray, which matches the new house. Notice Mrs. BUCKY's sign:


This shows the difference between the yellow and gray:


One side complete, except for the doors:


A good coat of dark gray on the porch boards:


At this point, things are going smooth.

More Hobby Shack to come.....................................................

[Jcon]

Such a cool project!!!

[Tuffone20]

Very nice!!

[BUCKY]

Thanks, guys!

[tubbs]

cool, had to be a pain dragging that from one point to another. hope you live in a warm climate. may get cold in the winter. great looking project. can't wait to see the inside. always like to see other people's work areas.

[BUCKY]

There's a guy down here who moves these buildings for a living. He has a trailer that does 90% of the work, and it has a remote control! LoL I actually had him bring two buildings to the new place. Didn't take long, as we only moved twelve miles. I do have a good heater for the Hobby Shack, and it's insulated fairly well. Nothing will freeze in there. We're in the southern part of Tennessee.

[topside]

One of the kids from my old SoCal neighborhood just moved to somewhere around Lynchburg and loves it.
He was a helluva commercial & residential contractor but finally escaped Calif.

[BUCKY]

I'm about 75 miles from Lynchburg.

[BUCKY]

This next series of pics date back to last year. I've done quite a lot of work to the Hobby Shack, but just now am to the point where I have a little time to update the thread.





I started trimming the doors with two shades of gray and white on the facings.
Following is the results:

Gotta do a repeat on the side doors:

Got this side done:


This basically completed the outside.

[Jcon]

Love your Shack!!!

[BUCKY]

Thanks, Joe!

[mopar]

Nice hobby shack Bucky. Do you have any interior pictures you can share?

[BUCKY]

Sept 20, 2024 10:23:35 GMT -5 mopar said:

Nice hobby shack Bucky. Do you have any interior pictures you can share?

I do, actually. Ran out of time to post them Tuesday. LOL
They are coming up next go around. HAHA

[BUCKY]

I have two of these showcases:


One is 5 feet long, the other is 4 feet long. They each had the metal brackets which help up
glass shelves. Not being very stable, a shelf actually fell to the bottom of the larger showcase.
Lucky thing that I didn't have any built models in the case, yet. 

My remedy:

PVC pipe and fittings!!!



I fashioned a few different frames, using the pipe, fittings, and gray paint.


I installed the framework inside the case, and added the glass shelves. Not much danger of
these crashing down!!!


This is the larger case. The smaller one looks very similar, but naturally doesn't hold as many 
models.

More inside stuff in the next post.

[Jcon]

Awesome fix on the shelves!!!