How many kits working on at once?

I have the best of intentions when I start a kit. I always have every intention of finishing the one I'm working on before I dig into the next one. Unfortunately, as with all good intentions, seldom do things ever go the way we imagine.

At the present time I have 14 different projects going on, all automotive. After going to a regional IPMS even this weekend, I can say for sure I will have at lest one more project started before sundown today. 

Hans von Hammer

 

detailfreak:

 

                                    No less than 10,and located in strategic parts of this aluminum house trailer.

                                                                    Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

 

 

Just bought one of those m'self and shelving is going up in strategic places in both m'  War Room and the livingroom...

Gotta love a wife that's gonna allow a 1/48th scale B-29 diorama in the livingroom...

She's a keeper Hans!!!

detailfreak

                                    No less than 10,and located in strategic parts of this aluminum house trailer.

                                                                    Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

Just bought one of those m'self and shelving is going up in strategic places in both m'  War Room and the livingroom...

Gotta love a wife that's gonna allow a 1/48th scale B-29 diorama in the livingroom...

1 partially due to space but mostly being a newbie I think that's all I should concentrate on at a time.

It depends upon available space. I have enough space for 1 build at a time at present. As soon as I rethink my studio I'll have room for 3 or 4 but no more than 4 at a time.

                                    No less than 10,and located in strategic parts of this aluminum house trailer.

                                                                    Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

This is my habit as well. I work on one until it gets to a point where it has to set and dry and there's nothing else I can do on it. That's usually when it's about 90% or more done and all the subassemblies are done.Or, if some finishing touch has to arrive in the mail. At that point I'll bust out the next thing in the queue and work on that until I can go back and finish off the other one.

About ten years ago I had about six things going at once and all of them had been in work for a long time. I got tired of not finishing anything so I worked at those orphans one at a time until they were all done. Since then, I've been on the one-at-a-time bandwagon.

I don't see anything wrong with having a bunch in work simultaneously if that's what you like. I think it's okay if you never finish one if that's your bag, paint cockpits and put 'em back in the box? Cool. Only ever open the kits up and fondle plastinc and never build anything? That's cool too.

Manstein's revenge

229...

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just today started an horten 230

Normally just one at a time. There may be occasions when I am working on two....  if the "scene" includes two pieces I will sometimes start another prior to finishing the first.

Manstein's revenge

229...

LMAO!!!

I have 3 going right now. Don't like to wait.

229...

bsyamato

actually 7

8

Let me see...

Monogram P-47D bubbletop in 1/48;

Monogram Zero and SBD in 1/48, for that Monogram t'ing of ours (Godfather fans?  Anyone?  Anyone?);

Monogram and ICM P-51B's in 1/48, which were due for my club's December meeting;

Monogram Tom Daniel's Red Baron rod, for another online build;

Hobby Boss' 1/700 Arizona. 1941 version, which I'm converting to her sister, the Pennsylvania, in her state around 1935;

Hasegawa 1/700 Essex;

Aurora's SBC in 1/48;

Monogram TBD in 1/48;

Life-Like/Pyro Hawker Fury, in 1/48;

Lindberg's Curtiss F11C Goshawk in 1/48;

Aurora's Boeing F4B-4 in 1/48;

and a pair of Monogram P-36A's in 1/72;

and about 30 or 40 toy soldiers in 54mm, in various states of completion.

Short Attention Span modeling....

actually 7

iraqiwildman

How many kits working on at once?

@ Last count? 24...

I have settled into 3-4 at a time ,beginning with research/conception/procurement , fabrication , primer , colors , clears , weathering/final finish. Moving the kits in tandem through the steps results in a series of stop/starts as paint and glue dries ,and an opportunity to keep things moving and different as I work from kit to kit. I do a plane , a fig , a m/c , and some sort of vehicle, its gotta be challenging for me to keep interested.

I like to let things dry for a good long time, this method ,and number of kits seems to work well.When one kit is at the 'point of no return' with the finish in sight , I turn my full attention to it, in an attempt to power through the 'fear of finishing' syndrome ,but that's another thread...

OH , boy oh boy you fellas sure played  "GOTCHA " on me . My gosh , my shop looks like a very busy boatyard , shipyard , auto body paint shop and heavy metal(armor) parts storage .  How did it get this way ? you might ask. Well I have some minor client builds (ship related) Some of my own , (updating and repairs where needed ) And lots of stuff to work on while paint or glue dries .  Also some what if,s floating around . Whoo , that does sound messy doesn,t it ? I just have to keep occupied when I get to a certain point . I have worked this way for way to many years , so , I have to ask , How do you get back to one at a time ? That sounds very relaxing .          tankerbuilder

Wabashwheels

 I'm doing two P-51B's simultaneously and seriously have mixed up and painted the gear doors Twice!  Rick

I'm also doing 2 51's (Revell & Tamiya), for a GB but also for my own kit comparison.  And I can now see how you could get the pieces mixed up.  Although the plastic is a little different in color.

Only one at a time,sometimes I might be wating for paint or supplies or AM to arrive,and then I will start something else,but mostly one at a time.

like wildman, I have a few going.  my brain works in two ways, PAINTING or BUILDING.  It cant switch over so fast.

When I build, I build for historical interest.  So far I have about 10  1/72 T-34s  and a few 1/35 T-34s of varying years and types.  They are all done and waiting to be painted.

Once my brain switches to paint mode, I can do all of them and get better with each one. 

Same goes for my house projects, building or painting mindset.  Dont know why I work that way.

I usually have one kit at a time i am building because, like others, I get immersed into that particular vehicle for a short while, learn all about it and focus on only it.

Yeah i have 3 on the move at the moment and to be honest i'm finding it a little frustrating because i havn't had a completion yet for this year....but i will get there

Numbers vary, but I tend to be working on multiple projects at once.  I'll work on one project on a given night if it's at a point where I can spend at least an hour on it ( such as the sanding or decals phases ), but there are times when only 10 mins or so of work can be done at a time ( waiting for paint on small areas or putty to dry, especially ) and I still want to keep working on something with the time I have left that day.

I especially have extra time when dealing with gloss paints.  If I worked on one project at a time, I'd often have 3 days to a week between sessions with nothing else to do while waiting for the paint to cure, so I end up starting or working on something else while I'm waiting.

I usually work on one kit at a time, although I currently have a 1/144 scale Dora that I'm building off and on, and a T-34

99% of the time,it's one at a time for me,sometimes waiting for an am part or a figure,I might start another kit,but thats it,and hardly ever more then one.I can't chew gum and walk at the same time.

Aaron, that's OK... acknowledging the problem is very important!  Just repeat after me...

"Hi, my name is Aaron Skinner and it has been three days... no, actually two days since I started a new kit."

I've recently stumbled onto a workflow that I think works really well for me - one aircraft and one armor build on the go at any given time.

This way I can hop back and forth and things dry or as I procrastinate on sanding or masking or whatnot.

I've tried multiple aircraft builds before and find, despite my intentions to stagger things I end up getting one of them so far, then stopping and getting the other one caught up. Slows me way down, too. Since I'm a dork and track all my builds and stash in Excel (also keeps me honest with aftermarket stuff), I know how long each build takes. 

Building solo (or with armor accompaniment):

• Tamiya P-51B - 22 days
• AM SBD-3 - 33 days
• Eduard 109E-7 - 36 days

Building with other aircraft:

• Hobby Boss F4F-3 Wildcats - 33 days (keep in mind, these are builds for the kids, not hyper-detailed, not weathered at all)
• Zvezda La-5 - 58 days
• Eduard Yak-3 - 53 days

Now...that Eduard Yak-3 especially...is a VERY simple kit. If I'd done it solo I bet I could have crushed it out in 20 days. But it took me nearly three weeks longer than the way more complicated Accurate Miniatures Dauntless. All because I was building it alongside other aircraft.

I'm with Don. I usually have several projects going at once usually with staggered starts so I have something to work on while paint or glue or filler is drying on another, etc. Plus I suffer from Newplasticitis so new kits tend to rise to the top of the to do pile, pushing aside older in-progress builds. But I'm trying to be better. Acknowledging the problem is the first step...

Cheers, Aaron

If they are related- say, take the same colors- then I do work them in parallel.  However, ordinarily I work on two, but with staggered starts, so one gets to painting stage while I am still doing assembly on the second.  That gives me something to do while waiting for paint to dry (I ordinarily use enamels).  When kits have the same paint, however, I can mix up a larger quantity in the airbrush jars and do the two models from the same mix (I use a siphon feed airbrush).

Now, that is not counting the kits on my "unfinished" shelves, where I store kits I have gotten discouraged on and am taking an extended sabbatical from. Or the sailing ship models- I never finish a sailing ship straight through- I always take breaks and work on simpler kits in between building periods.

Borg R3-MC0

I try to maximize it to two builds at a time, one in the building stage, one in the painting stage. This way I can always do some modelling but I do not get a large backlog.

Good idea, I am going to try this on my next 2 builds.

I will probably end up with 229 builds going on at once.