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My new hobby room

Hi all

As some of you might have noticed, I haven't actually held my promise of making quick progress on the Aston Martin project.
Which doesn't mean that I've been totally inactive.

For years I've been thinking about my hobby room and what to do with the temperature changes between summer and winter. Up until now the hobby room was situated in the attic.
Although my hobby room is heated in the winter it can get quite chilly during the nights and mornings where in the summer it can get really hot. As in up to 35+ °C.

Not ideal for me, but also not so good for the kits (especially the decals...).

So I've decided to move my room and the kit stash to the cellar.
The space is considerably smaller than in the attic, but the temperature and moisture is more constant, which should be good.

Below are some pictures of my new hobby room (and (old) stash).



To celebrate my new hobby room I've treated myself to a new airbrush. Important for me was to have an airbrush with a fan spraying pattern for priming and clear coating the car bodies.
Apart from that I hope it will ease the painting for the larger kits I have in my stash.


After seeing some positive reviews on YouTube concerning this gun I've bought the Mr. Hobby Procon Boy LWA PS-290 airbrush from Airbrush Services Almere here in the Netherlands.
As you an see this is a trigger type airbrush.
Please note that the airbrush is normally sold without the black grip (and the quick release connector).

With the room coming to completion I can finally pick up were I left off with the Aston Martin (and all the other unfinished projects...).
So hopefully, new posts will be following shortly.
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Location: 6071 Swalmen, Nederland

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