SPA Modeler

...at my grandparents' cellar. Date likely late 70s - early 80s

That’s a pretty nice set up. Much nicer than what I had as a kid.

You even had a stash back then

Nope. Those are empty boxes.

Never had a stash as a kid or in my teens.

neat. For a few years, I have a bsement "bench" at my "growing up" house. My Dad had build some 2-3 foot wide shelving along one wall. In those later years of mispent youty, I took over a 5 foot or so section. Even made a small spray booth out of a cardboard box, some old Erector set parts for bracing and a small fan motor from an old phonograph. I don't recall what magazines I had read, but that was when I started putting the instruction sheets in a binder and keeping the extra parts. I do wish I had that stuff now!

I used to have a decent sized metal bin filled with spare parts from car kits and another filled with tires. Wished I still kept them to this day.