Do you ever go back and tweak things?

I don't redo any models. That is my story, and I am sticking to it.

Except (you knew that was coming), I did let the late Jeffrey Harrison talk me into refurbishing my first model, using old methods. And I did have a couple of jets that just bugged me for no reason, I would look at them and wonder what was wrong, I just couldn't see it. Then one day I realized that one of them had an unfinned drop tank on backwards,,,,,and the other one was facing correctly. I have no idea of how that slipped past me during the original build. I went ahead and fixed that. When I was placing that model back in the display case,,,,,I glanced at the other culprit. It had two MERs full of bombs on it,,,,,the port side (towards the viewer) was fine, the other side had no yellow stripes on any of the six bombs. I must have been in a hurry during final assembly. I painted up some more bombs and glued them on that jet.

But, as for "the red doesn't look right" on my VF-31 Phantom,,,,,,I don't fix those things. Most of those older models were built with kit decals or the aftermarket that was available back in that day. I just build today to the best of my ability and move on.  psssssst, don't tell anyone, but if there is no current decal available for a squadron, I just go ahead and use the old decals from sheets I find in the collector's stores, even if they are yellowed a bit,,,,,,,,,,I figure that if I built it when the sheet was new, it would be as yellowed by now as some of my models built back then are, anyway.

Rex

I'm never satisfied with my builds and I'm still in the learning stage, and have far to go.   However, each kit I finish is better than the last one,  so I tweak the past builds to come up to my newly learned standards.  I find this mode of building/ re-building satisfying and easier on the wallet than starting over on a new but same model.

ruddratt

Rarely, but it happens.

My after build tweaking is more often a matter of getting tired of seeing an easily fixed flaw, rather than new information.

I have to say once it's done,it's done.I have not gone back and tweaked.

If I miss something with the paint scheme or markings, I'll go back and fix it, or build another if I really enjoyed building the kit initially. Build issues or techniques go forward to the next build.

Rarely, but it happens.

Cdn Colin

Have you ever gone back and revised a completed model after receiving new information?  For example, an antenna that the instructions said to install, but then you see an actual photograph of the subject, the antenna is not there.

I'm wondering if anyone goes back and revises their completed builds, of if you leave well enough alone.

i have more problems knowing when to stop tweaking a build, especially the weathering. after i did a few oil washes i did go back and added washes to a couple of vehicles which kicked them up into awardb status in a couple of contests. but that was unusual. i'm more inclined to buy a second one and add all the lessons learned.

I agree with Sprue-ce Goose. Save all the new info with all the old info and build a better one next time. I'm always adding new info to my old build files whenever I get some. Never going to run out of projects.

Jim 

I just leave it alone and the new info for any future builds where it would be relevant.

So far, my experience has been that the information would require more work than it is worthwhile for me.

Usually, it is easier to either build a duplicate kit or buy and build an updated kit.