Jack Riggar
Workbench
My workbench is in my garage. It was built by my father many years ago for my mom who was a jeweler and artist. She had her own business doing commissioned jewelry, paintings, and various sculptures of glass and other mediums. I can remember spending many hours as a teenager working on models in our garage, occasionally exchanging ideas and constructive criticisms. I owe a lot of my creativity to my mom and dad.
I do my airbrushing right where you see me sitting, but with both doors open for cross ventilation, and wearing a duel filter respirator. Some day I hope to build myself an airbrushing booth - when I "get around to it".
I also have another workbench for heavier work directly across from the model bench for my drill press, grinder, saws, sanders, etc. There is also a table and easy chair where my wife Susan spends time talking about things. Sometimes she and my two daughters partake in various crafts projects of their own, including a model or two.
I always only work on one project at a time, so I don't tend to build up too big of a collection of kits. I like to invest in tools, gadgets and accessories more than kits. My place of repose, palace of quiescence, abode of placidity, has also been the scene of temporary bouts of Tourette's syndrome over the likes of a tiny piece of photo etch snapped from the tip of a pair of tweezers, if you know what I mean - and I know you do!
However, I always manage to return to that heavenly place that modeling brings me to, where my mind floats away and the fallout of a work-a-day world goes by the wayside.
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