Where I Display My Kits

UPDATED 05/16/21

Display Room

I am lucky enough to have an entire bedroom upstairs to use for whatever I want.
I am going to turn it into a display room for my built kits.

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This is what it looked like before we moved in.

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Here are some before and after shots.
If you don't want to scroll down and read about all the steps as they happened, you can
check this page to see a visual progression of the project.

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And this is what it looks like after we pulled all the wallpaper off the walls, and piled all my boxes of crap in the room.

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As you can see, under the wallpaper the walls are not in
the best of shape. I am going to have to skim-coat
most of the one wall before painting.
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This is the mountain of built and unbuilt kits before
I started getting some on the shelves in the basement.
Nov 28 2019
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This was the easiest wall to get to, so it is where I am starting.
I was just going to patch and skim until I discovered a lot
of the plaster is loose.
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So, I decided to cover the wall instead.
I screwed luan to the wall to give me a nice clean
surface to work with. It will also help to keep the plaster
from loosening any more than it already has.
March 1 2020
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Got the walls scraped down and prepped.
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Started the first scratch coat of mud.

April 19 2020
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Finally finished the first coat of mud.
January 2021
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Finally finished the first coat of mud.
February 21 2021
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The walls are finally primed!

May 16 2021
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The walls are finally painted!
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May 16 2021
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The walls are finally done!

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