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  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Los Angeles, CA
Builders log
Posted by corvettemike on Sunday, August 5, 2012 2:38 AM

How many of you keep build logs on your projects. Mine are in a 5 subject spiral notebook that I tab off with little tape flags that have the build name written on it. I keep track of stuff like if I needed to make a grab handle the drill bit size, rod diameter, product number or if I made any major modifications I sketch a diagram with notes. Custom mixed colors are notated and any brands and colors I used along with swatches of the color in case I need a touch up at some point. I also stuff my reference photos and W.I.P photos in the section on that build along with the origional instruction sheet. Here's a photo of a page from my T 34/85 in progress.

Rise my brothers we are blessed by steel in my sword I trust...

Arm yourselves the truth shall be revealed In my sword I trust...

Havoc Models

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, August 5, 2012 7:44 AM

I keep one on a portable computer.  It only covers what the kit is, and what I do with it after building.  I like to keep track of which contests I enter a particular model in (I forget from year to year, do not like to repeat entries).  Biggest problem is remembering to enter a new kit when I finish.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Sunday, August 5, 2012 9:34 AM

I've only kept a log for one build. It was more of a session log.....date, start and stop times, and what I did during the sessions. It was on Academy's 1/32 F-18D that I built for my bro during his first tour in Iraq (he was a WSO with VMFA(AW)-332 "Moonlighters" at the time). When he got back, we compared logs (mine is bigger!!!Stick out tongue). Turned out, that at the same time (with time zones factored) as I was building the GBU-12s for the model, he had dropped a pair of em, getting 50+(confirmed) bad guys.

I also keep a log of finished builds...just scale, company, type....so I don't forget any for the "year in review" thread.

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, August 5, 2012 1:59 PM

not me,sounds too much like work !!

  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Smithers, BC, Canada
Posted by ruddratt on Sunday, August 5, 2012 2:09 PM

Never really crossed my mind to keep one. Adequate bench time, especially at this time of year, is a rarity anyway, so I would need to use that time actually doing instead of writing about it. Something to consider though for the winter months.

Mike

 "We have our own ammunition. It's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes pretty pictures....scares the hell outta people."

 

G-J
  • Member since
    July 2012
Posted by G-J on Sunday, August 5, 2012 5:47 PM

I don't keep a log, per se, but I've created a little database so I have a history of what I've built.

On the bench:  Tamyia Mosquito Mk. VI for the '44 group build.  Yes, still.

On deck: 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, August 5, 2012 10:21 PM

I used to keep a log of what NASCAR stockers I've built and when, but quit that over 8 years ago. Too many models tossed over the years to even think of going back and building a history.

Glenn

  • Member since
    July 2007
  • From: Southern New Jersey
Posted by troublemaker66 on Thursday, August 9, 2012 3:00 PM
Never felt the need to. Maybe on a monster build I may jot down some measutements but,probably not...

Len Pytlewski

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