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Bravo Zulu!
Nothing a decent modeller couldn't mess up in a session or two!

C/U this weekend, Chuck!

Guido

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Veritable Modelling Friends 2006, Germany

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Is this place in super-crowded Shanghai or is it somewhere in the Western world?

Hermill, is the house a brand new construction? I assume it's on the outskirts of the city, right?

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De quoi s'agit-il?

So, Chuck, you tell me how much you admire my workspace and then spring this? Now I'm the one green with envy! Looks great.

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I'm sorry Chuck but it's waaaaaaay to tidy and organised. You will have to do better next time

Thanks for the compliments, guys! Yes, its in a new house & is the result of 9 months of construction Chinese-style which I would never EVER go through again in this lifetime! You're right about giving me a few minutes to muck up the neat appearance - in between dealing with the installers last night, I was resuming work on Yamato while poring over plans & making a shopping list for my 1/72 Canonicus monitor build.

We moved from Shanghai at the end of January to Xiaoshan, a "suburb" of Hangzhou home of the famous West Lake, previous capitol to four dynasties & one of Marco Polo's favorite tourist spots. Rumor has it, it was the quality of the tea & the lovely ladies that sang in local teahouses that caught his interest... exactly the same attractions that captivated Chairman Mao a few centuries later. What I find more interesting is that Xiaoshan is the home of the world's first discovered boat dating back to 5500 BC & found on the shores of Xianglu Lake just a few minutes from here. I have to say its much more relaxing walking out of my bedroom & seeing bamboo on the hillside behind my house than the hundreds of concrete boxes that surrounded my apartment in Shanghai's Puxi. To give you folks a better idea of life here, I updated my profile to include my website so you can have opportunity to check out the neighborhood & some of what I do to stay sane over in this strange land.

As Guido knows, the welcome mat is out for anyone who may be passing through this way. Its a fascinating place to visit, & not a bad place to live & work if you are blessed with an abundant amount of patience. As Tom Bodett likes to say, "we'll leave the light on for you."

Regards,

Chuck

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Very very nice setup! Something to aspire to when I finally have a dedicated work space...albeit much smaller!

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I dare ya, I fact I double dare ya to post pictures as I bet my Kitchen is just as Nice as your's

Now I have 2 rooms where I could make a really nice work station and I have the extra desk and what not to do it. Maybe in another life time or something but the kitchen is comfy, water is handy and a refer full of beer helps.

Now the Bread Box is a great place to store paint and the lighting in great.

Note the Grey Pot on the stove is full of Parkerizing Solution, just some highly toxic chemical I use from time to time....it is normally out in the garage but I just finished a batch of bolts.

I'm speechless.

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It's quite a clean kitchen you've got.

Here is where my modeling work will take place until my workshop is built, i refurbished the desk that was in my garden shed.





The workshop shouldnt be too long in coming to reality as i have most of....

The closet


and her crystal cabinet


Happy modeling

John

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Hehehehehe , not just yet Karsten I will but not just yet, say that’s a nice pot you got there

Reminds me when I was 15 & rebuilding a '61 MG Mk1 Midget my older brother had given my twin brother & I as our first car - it was a basket case after sitting in his garage for years & needed to be completely rebuilt.

To my mother's horror, she arrived home earlier than expected one afternoon & found me boiling the brake master & slave cylinders in her large soup pot while trying to rid them of the years of accumulated grime (I had run out of mineral spirits...). The rest of the kitchen was in rather pitiful shape as well since I had borrowed the kitchen table as my workbench was already covered with parts. Needless to say, the day sort of went downhill from there...

Chuck

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"China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Here is where I spend most of the free time , it's not much to look at but it does the job.

cool... that coast guard blackhawk dio looks interesting!!

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Currie, I actually saw that light/magnifier at the local Office depot for 100 bucks. Is it actually worth it in your opinion?

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John Paul Jones

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Dravian, Yes the lamp/magnifyer is definetely worth it. i got mine in a sale at Office Depot.

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Hello friends

Here is 2 pictures of my model room, like you can see it's tight on my table
and on my back there are some tools which are very useful but messy... so voila .

The date are not good because I reset my camera whit out replace the date

Happy modeling and sorry
for my bad English

Marc P.
Montreal,Quebec
Canada

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