Garage Organizing - part 14 -- Hillco Bin & large scale models in tool box

This is a large hardware bin.  I later filled it pretty much full of miscellaneous hardware that was being stored in other places in the garage... (forgot to take a picture after)

The bin in the previous picture is the gray one with the Hillco fastener warehouse sticker on it (Hillco is a well known local fastener store).

Adding more models into the toolbox with the larger scale cars in it.  This is a Maisto 1/18 scale 550 spyder.

Used the rest of the available space to put 1/43 scale models in it.

Garage Organizing - part 13 - hardware storage bins and RH back wall cabinet drawers (next to air compressor)

Some miscellaneous hardware in the all black hardware storage bin/cabinet

The previous picture is of what's in the black hardware bin/cabinet.  It will live above the red bins in drawers.

  

Back wall, the right hand most lower cabinet drawers (3).  The bottom drawer.  Mostly air tool related... (the old iron is for when you need heat like working with "glue on" edging...)

Middle drawer.   The two lower drawers are deeper.  Corded tools, a couple of battery drills and heat guns

Top drawer.  This drawer is shallow.  Mostly smaller hardware & screws...

Sunday, May 10, 2020 -- Marina Del Rey

The red tide is still pretty strong...

As on most weekends, the boating activity (and the bike path activity) really picks up...  Not a lot of other outdoor activities are "open" still...

Garage Organizing - part 12 -- stuff being stored in the aluminum ice chest

Using this old ice chest (made of aluminum) to store stuff... 

Mostly brochures in the bottom (very heavy)

A few issues of Cavallino magazine mixed in...

Unbuilt Testors Model 

I might have started on this one in the past... 

This one is partially built (I last worked on it about 25 years ago) 

The ice chest if full and is going to live in the bottom shelf of the tall corner storage cabinet.  Like almost everything else in the garage, it's on wheels...

Garage Organizing - part 11 -- More large scale models & a drawer in the corner tall cabinet

Larger than 1/18 scale (1/16?) pressed steel model of the car in the driveway (Japanese model).  It's so big, it won't fit in the toolbox where I'm attempting to put a lot of the larger models...

Studebaker pickup (1/18 scale).  Pretty amazing level of detail (I think it's a Franklin Mint model).  The side view mirror looks like it will break off if you look at it too hard...

Franklin Mint Microbus.  Very heavy...

Documenting what's in the shallow pull out drawer of the corner storage cabinet...

Large scale model cars storage...

Saturday, May 9, 2020 -- Ganahl Lumber & Marina Del Rey

Went to Ganahl Lumber in Torrance (the nicest Lumber Yard/Hardware Store I've ever been in) to return some stuff.  Noticed these in the hardware aisle.  May come in handy if the gate to the back yard droops again.  So far, my repair has been holding up and hasn't drooped...

Not too uncommon to see helicopters at the ocean lately.  Some are police, Coast Guard & News choppers.  Some don't have any marking so possibly private?  Since the beaches are closed to people, this is another way to get out there (besides the sail boats...).

Garage Organizing - part 10 - Romex & Large Scale Models

This is left over romex from when I rewired the garage (25 years ago?).  I'm going to give it to someone at work who is having a remodel done on his garage soon.  It's kind of sad that I've been storing it for all these years & never used it... (it's fair to wonder "what was the point?")

1/18 scale.  I have a bunch of larger scale models with no place to display them.  Will pack them in one of the tool boxes for storage for now... 

This is basically the car in the driveway, even the color.   This large scale plastic model is old and is about 1/18 scale (maybe a little smaller, like 1/20 scale?).

A wind-up car in plastic, but old (made in USA).  It's sitting in the toolbox that other large models are being packed into...

Super high detail 1/18 scale model of a McRae WRC winning Subaru (this is a "high end" model).

Garage Organizing - part 9

Moved the Halliburton suit case & a large model kit above the corner storage cabinet (it's on wheels like nearly everything in the garage).  This is an efficient use of space for the larger items that don't really fit in other places...

Used even the space between the joists for storage.  This stuff will get blocked by other stuff so having these pictures will help in the future...

This aluminum tank also needs to go back in the garage.  It's not able to sit on it's brackets because of this pipe.  Will remove it.

Used a pipe wrench to remove this short piece of pipe.

Now with the pipe out of the way the tank will sit flat on it's brackets.

This looks like it was used as a fuel tank for a hot-rod.  It's on the small side (maybe 7 gallons?).  It's aluminum so it's very light.  When I got it, I was thinking of converting it into a portable compressed air tank but I'm not so sure now...  I have a steel portable compressed air tank but it's very heavy and cumbersome.

Friday, May 8, 2020 -- Marina Del Rey

Perfect weather day.  About 70F at the beach...

Some people are riding with masks and some are not.  My take on it is that as long as you don't linger near anyone, the chances of spreading the virus are pretty minimal while riding a bicycle...

The red tide is still pretty intense...  You can barely see anything below the surface (visibility must be just inches...)

Garage Organizing - part 8

Moved the Snap-on tool box base in front of the window & placed a Kennedy tool box set above it to maximize the use of the vertical space.  Ultimately, I'd like to keep the front area of the flat file horizontal surface clear, like in this picture.
I also moved the blue shelf unit up higher and placed a narrow Kennedy tool box and base under it, again to maximize the vertical space use. 

Decided to move the old metal tool cart here for storage for now.  It's on wheels and can be moved out easily.  Also used the top surface of the tool cart to store a metal cutoff saw and a Wilton vise, for now.

This was taken before I put the Matco tool box in the garage, but it shows some of the other stuff that's waiting to be put back (not counting the stuff under the blue tarp).  Still some work to do & it gets harder as the limited space in the garage gets used up...