I can have the same problem and have several kits in various stages of completion.

Mike

I've always subscribed to the philosophy that "If you're enjoying a project, why finish it? You may not enjoy the next one."

Seriously, I get pretty distracted by other kits in the stash, especially if I get to a point where something's just not working, or if I feel I lack the skill to get past the next thing that has to happen. It's always easier to snip some sprue than to practice something over and over.

Happy modeling!

Mike

I never start another kit until the one I'm working on is complete. That being said I don't bored. I work better knowing I'm nearing completion and the satisfaction of a finished kit.

If I had a nickel for everytime I got distracted...hey! Ice cream!

I agree with "Black Sheep"- and I keep my stash small so I don't get distracted.  I can't imagine working on more than one model at a time.

Mea Culpa...

I can normally work on two. For instance if I am waiting on something dry on one, I normally work on the other one just so I have something to do.

Occasionally I get that way and what works for me is to build something completely different. Such as a sci fi kit, a ship, a car, a robot, who knows, theres even somebody here that just started to do dinosaurs. How cool is that. Anyway when I get back at what I do theres a freshness and something different on my shelves. Terry  

I just had the same experience with a fire truck. A Simba 8x8, a German truck specifically designed to put out fuel fires at the airport in Frankfort.

I started off OK, the frame and undercarriage were fun, but then I slowed down, to the point I was forcing myself to work on it. I lost interest but didn't know why.

Then it occurred to me, "The thing looks like a child's toy." It looked like a Fisher Price tonka truck. Then I REALLY didn't want to work on it. Then my USS Constitution came in the mail, then I REALLY REALLY didn't want to work on it.

Fortunately, my OCD wouldn't allow me to start one until the other one was finished.

(I won't ever understand you multiple build people. Madness, I say!!)

Gee friggin' whiz- DON"T DO IT!!!

I've always got about twenty kits in various stages of completion. It's a mess, parts get lost, stuff gets mixed up- I am trying to break myself of this habit. Seems the Group Builds here have made it worse for me, I always want to join a new one and start on yet another kit instead of finishing something.  

Yeah, I think that GBs are a HUGE contributing factor to my model building ADD... I am partway thru a project and then another most tempting GB comes along that I just happen to have a kit in my stash that will work perfect for... So then when I set aside some stage to dry, I pull out the next one and start down that path... Of course the GB excuse does not work for those still languishing projects from before I was on the FSM forums here, in IPMS, AMPS...

I am definitely guilty of the "squirrel" syndrome, (from the dog in "Up" who is also easily distracted. I currently have 5 projects that I am actively working on. I think part of it is the fun of working on something new, and part is getting to a tedious part of a project and just wanting to so something else to escape from it for a while. My 1/350 Tsesarevich was really coming along, and then a masking problem reared its ugly head, and the thought of fixing the issue got to be a headache, so I started work on something far less taxing, a 1/1200 Titanic with no railings, stairs or anything else. It has been relaxing, and I am enjoying the detail painting. Once that is done, I will go back to the Tsesarevitch. The guy who runs the local hobby store said that if you don't have several projects going on at one time, you aren't a real modeler!

Most of my unfinished kits stop at a point where the next stage involves something complex (like lighting), waiting on add on parts, indecision on painting, or integration into a diorama.

I never get bored when building or painting a model because I spend my time on this hobby when I'm bored.  I have quiet a few hobbies to kill my free time.  

Yep I do this too. I had a Otter 'mostly' masked with tape nearly ready for that final trim painting. At that point it just sat there for two months or so. This thread inspired me to go ahead and finish at least the painting part which I did.

Unfortunatly the decal sheet was destroyed so it will sit another month or two till I can get a replacement for the decal sheet.

I almost always obtain another model while working on something else. Then the 'new' model captures my attention for a while.

Sooo, everybody repeat:  Hello, my name is ________ and I build models.

I think you'll find that almost everyone has this problem.  It comes and goes, sometimes.  I have a few I have started years ago and never got back to for one reason or another.