A while back I bought Trump's 1/16 King Tiger. I had been in a slump for months and this really brought me out of it. I was plodding along, having a good time. Then, in early March I had back surgery. When I came home from the hospital I was pretty much restricted to the 1st floor. With my man cave being in the basement, I brought up Tamiya's F4F Wildcat kit to keep me company as bringing up the KT would have been way too much. While building the Wildcat I discovered that these winged things are good fun to build.
Now here I am, able to get around like before. When I come to the modeling room, I have the KT sitting there staring at me, but all I want to do is build more aircraft. I've been forcing myself to work on it in hopes that the armor bug bites once again, but so far that's not happening. While I still find working on the KT enjoyable and relaxing, I'm still being drawn more and more to the few aircraft kits in the stash.
I guess the good thing is that I am out of my slump and enjoy building once again. I can't bring myself to box the KT back up in hopes of getting back to it in the future. That doesn't work with me. If I box it, I might as well chuck it. That ain't gonna happen with a $400 kit. So, I guess there's only one real solution to this problem. I need a second modeling desk for the aircraft kits! Now is that a typical modeler's reaction or what?!
All I have left to do now is get rid of the furniture to make room for the desk, find a suitable desk and then, of course, convince the wife what a good idea this is. Yeah, right. ![Black Eye [B)]](/emoticons/icon_smile_blackeye.gif)
Oh well, if it comes down to it, I'll just say it was the pain pills talking. And I could always try grabbing my back and hope for the sympathy thing to kick in. Wish me luck boys.