Where do you have your instructions?

[Andy the Sheep]

I'm among those who keep the instructions on the right hand of the table; I also share all the problems and hindrances already described, all of them with no exceptions!

[Waspie]

Mine are pretty well mobile. I clip them to the left side of the bench on a stackable tool chest as a rule but then move them if I need to look closely or get fed up turning to check on things.
I print off a copy of the plans and actually clip some pages in front of me for reference, eg. paint schemes, or pics of mods I want to try out.
I'm still at the chaotic stage rather than planned stage at this point in the hobby!!

[Guest]

Some instructions are more hindrance than help, so once reviewed left aside, others usually remain under the work being done.

This is more of an option in the scale you tend to work in, than when building an overengineered 1:35 scale tank with complete interior, though

[Gary MacKenzie]

work area is also a computer desk for a keyboard and mouse.
when modelling the instructions, if paper, are on the surface I am working on, BUT, If I have a pdf/scanned version it is on one of the two monitors that sit off the work area, and therefore not encroaching on the area I am working on.
Large 2560x1080 screen allows most of a page of instructions to be viewable at a decent resolution.

[BattleshipBob]

What a interesting thread, so

Thought I would give this a go

Fellowes copyholder, £12.20 free post on Amazon




Forgot moggie reminder that's it tea time

[Waspie]

The cat asks, 'where do I sit now'?

[Scratchbuilder]

Floor - well that is where you spend most of the time looking for the elusive part that is stuck to your arm....

[Scratchbuilder]

The cat asks, 'where do I sit now'?

Nooooo! "Ooooo look, new scratch pad....."

[BattleshipBob]

The cat asks, 'where do I sit now'?

Usually yes, but no, it's tea time or I use your crown jewels as a scratch post, ouch!!

[minitnkr]

I know that look. Had one just like her. A ferocious hunter. Tried to teach the dog to hunt for a month before giving up.

[Scratchbuilder]

I know that look. Had one just like her. A ferocious hunter. Tried to teach the dog to hunt for a month before giving up.

That is the Hannibal Lecter look, I get it off the pup just before she lands on me, slobber and all....

[BattleshipBob]

She's adored but that look is hard to ignore, at my peril lol. Some vermin got rid of her and her brother, within 30 seconds of meeting them in the cat home they were coming home with us!

[Guest]

Thought I would give this a go

Fellowes copyholder, £12.20 free post on Amazon

I have one very similar to that, bought it some 10 or 15 years ago for holding books open on my computer desk. It’s rubbish for that: those little pointy folding things you can see at the bottom in your photos aren’t strong enough to hold open a paperback A4-size book, which is exactly what I needed the stand for. Model kit instructions should not have that problem, and I must say I like the idea — if I had the room to put it without having to massively rearrange my workbench and long-ingrained habits there, I might just use it too.

[Tim Marlow]

I have one very similar to that, bought it some 10 or 15 years ago for holding books open on my computer desk. It’s rubbish for that: those little pointy folding things you can see at the bottom in your photos aren’t strong enough to hold open a paperback A4-size book, which is exactly what I needed the stand for. Model kit instructions should not have that problem, and I must say I like the idea — if I had the room to put it without having to massively rearrange my workbench and long-ingrained habits there, I might just use it too.

You need a cookbook stand to do that Jakko. Holding books open is exactly what they are designed for. Copy holders are only designed for a few sheets of A4.

[Guest]

This type of plastic one gives every impression of being intended for books: the bottom shelf is a few centimetres wide and it has those flip-up points that look like they’re there to prevent pages folding over by themselves. I guess they’re there really to retain a thick stack of loose pages instead.

A few years ago, I came across a wooden version with pieces of string with weights on the end, to go over the pages. That works well, for the most part, but you have to be careful that the string doesn’t cut into the top of the page