Garages part two

The first post on garages got so much response I thought it would be neat to start a new string.

I don't have enough space for the garages I used to have - so a miniuture will have to do.

Working with a friend on a speedster late at night. Not the greatest experience, but close.

Michael

And here is where I work on my car (..the one that's covered in the picture).

Andreas

Michael ....where would we be able to get one of these?

I picked mine up at BugOrama, originally it had a 1:43 Volkswagen inside.

The box is marked MiniRama and the Chinese manufacturer is "Hongwell Toys Limited."

There are three dioramas available:

A Mobile gas station servicing a 550 Spyder.

An F-1 team servicing a race car.

Garage shop servicing a Volkswagen.

cool Michael, I was going to say hey you look like that guy from the puppets in Space back in the 60's. Or 2 GI-Joe's working on a Speedster. LOL :)

Andreas, bitchin garage man. You can collect hundreds of cars with that!! I can only imagine that the house is 250,000 square feet with about 100 bathrooms.

Now here is a house with 9 two car garages along the side and 2 two car garages in the front for a total of 22 cars or more if they are double deep. South of Houston, Tx. Probably 250,000 square feet. Currently for sale.

Is that a house or an light industrial factory unit with domestic pretensions?

Seriously, why would you need that much space? After putting in the 40th bedroom it would get v. boring. I'd have to start making up new uses for rooms;
(1) One childs playroom for each day of the week - with duplicate sets of toys (that way each toy room gets trashed once a week instead of daily).
(2) Live-in quarters for the in-laws, and their in-laws, and their inlaws... (actually scratch that one, I actually gagged at the thought of living with them).
(3) Pre-screening / cleaning room for car, dog, children, etc. - ensure that ALL the muck that is carried on them stays out (may come in handy in a few years when my daughters start dating).

Anybody have any others?

Jim.

The house has been under construction for a few years but not finished and put up for sale. They built a smaller version next door that is only about 1/2 the size. I'm not sure of the actual size for the big house, and it looks like a regular single family dwelling from the front. Judging from the nine 2 car garage doors on the side, I just estimated the length at about 700 feet and the width at 200 feet for a single floor area of 140,000 sq ft, and I assume that there are at least 2 floors for a total of about 280,000 sq ft. It does have it's own 3 phase electric distribution line that feeds electricity to it and based on my summer electric bill for a house that is 1/150 the size of this one, I estimate the monthly electric bill at $23,000.

Here's my sorry excuse for a garage...degraded to little more than storage now. Wife says I've got to get rid of stuff as she won't let me move it all south...

Brian

To Simon and Brian's points, mine is sufficiently messy to feel comfortable, but this one is a lot cleaner than my last garage when I was building the Speedster. Although not as nice as my last place (which my son Chris now has) it is OK for general maintanence and little projects.

Got about the same set-up in South Carolina (and it's detached, there!), but it doesn't have any tools yet.

I like the vehicle behind the left seat, my wife uses one to get around town!