Hey, why not, here's some pics I took.

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Everyone else is doing it, but I've got more pics then them. And convienently under each pic is a discription with background info.

Enjoy!

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My stereo. On the bottom. Got it for $70 from a pawn shop, it's in excellent condition, though it's missing the remote, so I use a universal on it, which also operates the TV, Dish, and VCR(not in pic). Below the Dish reciever is a Radioshack switcher, so I can use PS2 and Dish on S-Video since my TV only has one S-Vid port.
Ontop of the Dish reciever is a clock I made, and a rotor from a 13B, my dad's RX-7 infact. The clock fit right inside it. The little Mazda thingy is a spark plug box. The little dalmation between the clock and the rotor, I got it when me, my mom, and my bro were hit at about 45mph by a Ram delivery van totalling the MPV. The blue thing is a Mazda 6 pen. Ohh, and the wood clock, it's called a CD Vault clock. There was a plain CD that goes on it, but it was too normal, so I use a PS Underground cd just for the hell of it. Note the Rev-It-Up stickers next to the stereo reciever.

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My bed and stuff...closer pic coming up.

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My Presario under my bed...I set it up again several nights ago. The 2 rotor housings from my dad's RX-7. The desk(or lack there of) is 2 shelfs and a thinner piece of wood, one side is on one of my bed shelfs, the other side(under the monitor) is on a shelf box and another box with crap in it. It's sturdy though. And on the monitor, the volume control nob, I put a 1/18 scale Viper wheel in it's place cause it's cool. And it works.

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My model car collection. More cars then anyone else here. Most are Maisto 1/18 scale...Maisto makes great stuff, and thier cars has suspension and are easy to work on(cause I mod em).
The cars, from left to right:
Top shelf:
Panel Cruiser(it was cheap enough to buy...)
Mercedes C-Klass sport
VW Beetle
Mini Cooper
Next shelf:
Woodys(with Porsche front wheels...I use to race my cars and zoom em on the floor, and I broke many wheels)
GTO
Mercedes S-Class(I got a Diablo engine to fit in there, it's cool)
Jaguar XKR(with Jag S-type wheels(thanks to my bro...he has the S-type, and we switched the wheels, and it looks better))
Mustang Mach III(with Diablo wheels...I had to fix it up with Erectorset pieces, but it works and rolls and all)
Porsche Carrera(with '89 Carrera wheels, they fit right on too(Maisto cars use a lot of the same part sizes and stuff))
Corvette ZR-1(with C5 wheels attached with nails and stuff, still rolls. It was one of my first models and I ramped it and abused it)
Corvette C5(with Porsche Boxter wheels)
Next shelf:
Chevy Nomad(with different wheels, kinda like a drag racer whatever)
Dodge Viper(with ZR-1 wheels)
Lotus Europa(made by Kyosho, it was $15 on sale, and Kyosho makes quality stuff)
Honda S2000
Next shelf:
1993 Mazda Miata(lowered with lower profile tires, a rear body strength bar(behind the front seats, across the car), new exhaust system, and some engine mods)
Porsche 356 Spyder(with old VW Beetle wheels and stuff)
VW Beetle(with Beetle Cabriolet doors and a wierd suspension set up, and a Porsche 356 engine in the back)

Also, there's my VCR, Mazda autoshow bags, ohh, and my Microsizers RX-7 RC car(on the VCR).

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The junker models. The ones I've used and abused by ramping, crushing(the Mustang), and other stuff.
The drawer that's open is my Mazda drawer, with brochures, letters, licenseplate frames, and other Mazda stuff. It's full. I'm going to make a new drawer for more stuff. To the lower right side of the pic, those are my Car and Driver/Road and Track mags, along with coin collection books. There's my Mazda T-2000 model box, and under it are the 4 New Beta Mazda videos I got from the M-store, even though I can't currently play them. They were freebies.
Ohh, and the shelfs with the models, yes, they are supported with Lincoln logs and stuff, but it works very well and it's sturdy.

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My bed area. This is where I sleep, watch TV, or play PS2. Where to start? I donno. I'll just name the stuff.

My PS2 sits on a wooden vertical stand I made in tech 2 years ago. Works great. Ontop of the games, that Playstation mascot I got for free is standing on a Mazda Testdrive display box that came in an issue of Mazda FUEL mag(it's the blue thing). Infront of it is the 1958 Mazda T-2000 three-wheel truck 1/32 model I got...it's pretty cool, though I'm not good with plastic models so it's missing pieces. A Jaguar car is ontop of the bed of the truck. Behind it is a plaster car I got from my aunt. The black thing under the front wheel of the T-2000 is a computer fan that blows down into the deflector which flows air directly into the PS2 through the port in the back. It really cools it off during long playing times, but I don't use it cause it makes wind noise. Attached to the fan is a RX-8 neckless thingy to hold an ID or something. My dad got it for free, along with 4 others. Gotta love the hanging monkey...he came from my aunt as well and is hanging on the fan wires. The wires go to the Thermometer/Humitidy meter and goes to that lever switch on the other side of the light. The light is good, I use it when I watch TV or play PS2. It's got a box label from something my dad has, it says MazdaState and stuff, and the orange is a Rev-It-Up wrist band(note the other ones, one on the PS2 holder, the other on the Lava lamp). The 2 RX-8 rotor things came with that neckless. There's a Kawasaki Ninja model, and the RX-8 magnet I got from an issue of Mazda FUEL. The blue thingy next to my PS2 is a Mazda Rev-It-Up canabeaner(SP?) with a clock/stopwatch. There's my Boston 3 piece speaker set that I got from my dad. I use it for the TV and radio, and it's great. The sub is on a shelf under the bed. I also use an Altec Lansing 3 piece speaker set on the other side of my bed for surround sound when I need it. Did I mention I wired up everything in my room? It's fun. The Lava lamp is a must. I use it when I sleep. My cat Cosmo often(like this morning at 6:30 AM) jumps up on my bed and will stare at the lava going up and down and he leaves little nose marks on the glass. That super shiny rectangle is a Mazda MPV graphic thingy that changes to a Miata when you look at it from different angles...part of that whole "Body of a minivan, soul of a sports car" thing they had. There's my Universal remote from Zenith, and my 1/24 scale RX-7 RS and Miata. PS, the can of spray is a must ;). Ohh, and that lever switch, that also powers my B-series grill hanging above my window which has a light behind the Mazda wing emblem. It's tyte.

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The look down from my bed. There's my Mazda 6 Showroom poster from the M-store, and next to it is another little poster from the M-store. The thing above my lightswitch is my Rotary Engine Clock I made, from wood, in tech last year. It uses the same clock parts as the CD Vault clock everyone else made(that I made years ago, it's in the pic aswell next to the rotor). I got a lot of people asking me what the hell it was and how it works and stuff, it was cool. No, it doesn't spin. It's next to impossible to get the curvature of the rotor and rotor housing the right side. It is 1:1 scale, I traces 1 of the rotor housings and the rotor from the real thing. And there's my Rev-It-Up bag. Ohh, and the light switch, the original owners were idiots and cut the hole for the switch too big, so I have to use a bigger cover to go over it. The black part is a GE switch cover I stole from tech(along with other things like a CD drive and stuff. Nothing major. :) ).

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The end of my bed. There's the showroom MazdaSpeed Protege poster courtesy the M-store, with a smaller poster from the M-store on the closet door. The Yellow Opel rug was something my mom made for my dad, my dad use to autocross an Opel GT in the '70s. And there's one of my Altec Lansing speakers.

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My cats. Cosmo is on the top level, and Shayna is on the middle level. They are on a cat tree I made in tech last year, me and my mom carpeted it. It saved us hundreds of dollars, but it took a while to make.

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Here's Saydie. She's not doing too well today, she started limping on her left front paw...we checked it out but there's no sign of anything wrong, so we will see if she gets better or what not.

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Here's Honey. In Sing-sing. She always goes under the kitchen chairs. She's not too happy either cause she went to the vet this morning cause she's got skin allergies and stuff.

And that's about it for now. Any questions/comments.

Thankyou for reading that incredibly long post. :D
 
Thanks! Really, it's only cool because I've made it cool. Normally, it would just be a small room. It's like 10'X8' or something. It's like Japan...I can't build horizontally, so I build vertically. :) And my parents are really tolerant of me stapling and putting holes in my walls to a cirtain extent. Some time today I'm going to put up my last M-store showroom poster, one of the Miata. All I need to do it put a hanger on the back of the cardboard thing its on.
 
I got better pics of the animals, I might upload them later. Thanks.
 
Eh, I've been in nicer homes. We keep ours pretty nice. Right now we are redoing some stuff. We got our new back door put in several days ago...me and my dad got the storm door back on today. We are going to be putting in new kitchen flooring, counter tops, cabinents, and painting and some other stuff. This house was built in like '62...the original owners were wierd and screwed a lot of crap up before we got in this house some 20 years ago(before my time, and my bro's).

I can say that I love my house and can't see moving ever. I never have moved, and I see no need to in the future. We have like the biggest house in our nieghborhood that hasn't been added onto(across the street is a house that nearly(probably did)double it's size and there's not much of a back yard left. Luckily we are on a corner which is cool, we are at a sorta high point, and we are very close to a grocery store and I-270, while being in a quiet nieghborhood in Unincorperated STL county. Only problem is, there's no DSL here yet.

Ohh, and Sadie isn't limping anymore...she probably pulled a muscle or something but she's ok now.
 
It doesn't have to be "palatial". I meant how it's a nice, comfortable home & you guys are making it nicer from what you just described. I was also talking about how your parents allowed you to fix up your room like you did.
 
Yea lol. Looking back I can't believe they let me put all that stuff up. Though no damage has been done unlike my bro's room...one of the times he got super pissed at my parents he put multiple holes in the walls. He also would crush Hotwheels in the bathroom doorjam(the 2nd bathroom is off of his room instead of my parents room, though there have been thoughts on changing it around) and now the door won't close. :)
 
Thanks Viper. I have about 6 more models that are broken and not up there cause I ran out of parts to fix them with. :) I do need to get more Mazda models, but I've had bad luck recently...Gate discontinued the 2nd gen Miata(I ordered it, waited several months, then E-mailed Ashville model co and they said that it was discontinued and they never got the shipment they were supposed to get), and I think Kyosho discontinued the 3rd gen RX-7. AutoArt is supposed to make a RX-8 model, so I'll have to get that when it comes out. And the M-Store discontinued the Mazda 6 model they had a week before I was able to order it.
Here's a site that I think made the Mazda 6 model, they have the Atenza which I might order.
http://www.jcollection-models.com/japanmarket.html
 
There is some sunlight on my monitor right now but is it me or does your room need dusting? ;)

Don't we all know what it is like (or was like) to keep your room tidy. I don't have anything in my room that I can't clean with the vacuum cleaner. Makes for easy and fast dusting!

Cool room btw!
 
Viper, I actually get most of mine from regular stores. Target, Walgreens(though the selection is usually all PT cruisers all the same color...), Wallmart, Toys R Us, K-B toys, Spenser's gifts, and some other places carry Maisto 1/18 cars, and I got most of mine from those stores. I have ordered some from the net, mostly from Exoticar. 1 time from Ashville(and it failed and they didn't tell me untill I E-mailed them), and I think 1 time from Scale18.com or something.

Walmart Supercenters often carry harder to get ones, and also(along with other walmarts) carry the 1/18 scale models that you assemble(though the only ones like that I've seen are Beetles, Audi TT, and some other more common ones).

For more rare model cars, the best place is at the Autoshow. There's usually a stand that has them. Last year at the STL show(this year I went to Chicago for it) I found the 3rd gen RX-7 by Kyosho, but it was $60(Exoticar had it for $50 plus shipping) and my mom wouldn't loan me the money for it. A missed oppertunity.

About the dust...yea the cars are dusty. I don't really care even though I start sneezing and coughing with dust when it goes airborn.

Codename, I need to get new curtains. I never was a fan of Nascar, but my mom got me them anyway about 10 years ago. I think there was a comforter, but I donno what happened to it. And I'm still waiting for Mazda ones at the M-store. :) Like that's gonna happen. Ohh well.
 
Your room r0x0rz to the max0rz!!! :D

It's covered in Mazda posters as well...:eek: Heh, that cat thingo is cool as well, I've seen em before, but never seen cats on em...:lol:
 
Heh, thanks. I was just hoping that the cats would like it, and they did. The wood work on it was really the easy part. The carpet sucked. We had to cut it and bend it and then staple it on with a crappy staple gun. Then we had to hammer the staples all the way in so that they weren't sticking out for the cats to get hurt on(though the staples are really just on the bottom of the platforms). It took a while to do.

I put up my Miata poster yesterday. I figured that I'd just screw using a backing or frame, so what I did was just put it up on the wall, and put push pins around the poster, but not through the poster. It's great! The poster is nice and secure on the wall and it was easy to do and cost me nothing.
 
wow nice room lots of posters man. all i got is a poster of a rx7, a stagea that has a rb26, supra, 300zx, 3 r34 skylines, vielside skyline, a cefiro drifting, topsecrets skyline, top secret s15 200sx (drift), and a chaser its pretty plain.
love ur car models and dat rotor clock or sumthing is just .... :D
 
Damn, I would have loved to of had that bedroom when I was younger. Except I would have to add naked chick posters on the wall and put in a drum set and a Marshall half stack though.:D
 
Guys here's a better pic of under my bed. On the right on the shelf is something called a "ball pot", which is clay rolled into balls and put ontop of eachother to make a bowl. Mine is a Mazda logo one, though it didn't turn out too well...

The grill is from a newer Protege, I have it hanging from 2 screws on the bottom of my bed that hold the planks. It's good.

Anyone spot the crushed Corvette? :)

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No you don't. Your 6 mil are ones that you've bought, driven for a month, and then trade in for something else. :)
 
Originally posted by MazKid
No you don't. Your 6 mil are ones that you've bought, driven for a month, and then trade in for something else. :)

:lol: I have a good excuse for every car I've ever sold.

I've got slightly under 220 model cars; I've been collecting since I was ten. Most aren't in very decent condition, and most are everyday cars like the BMW 7-series, Dodge Dakota, Jeep Grand Cherokee, et cetera.
 
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