How do you model?

Definitely more than one. I currently have about 12 builds at various stages of completion.

I will simply get tired of working on one, lose interest and start on another.

Several are at a stage where the next step is going to require a degree of complexity and precision and I'm just not ready to devote the time and concentation yet.

Others I'm at a point where I have to decide which of several directions I want to go and I'm still indecisive.

Two kits have a major part I damaged and I'm not ready to spend the extra cash to buy another kit just for one part.

What is frustrating is I will get a strong desire for a new kit that is released, buy it, go "gangbusters" on it and then loose interest because of the next new kit!

I used to do only 1. Now I am training 5 g'boys to model and have 3-7 going at once depending on if they are in a school sport or not.

I just build one at a time. Id like to be completely focused on one project or else its likely projects are going to get delayed or downgraded somehow.

I seem to do about 3 at a time as of late, but I have completed 2 of the current 3, and the third only needs decals, front nose-glass, and antennas. So I started one new one the other day, and I am staring at a Dragon haalf-track with PE and individual-link tracks, but I am honestly kind of scared of it having never done indi-links or PE.

   Rudy

I currently have two going at the same but I have 3 others that are assembled and have some paint on them.  I need a modeling buddy who likes to paint as I seem to falter at the painting and weathering stage.

I'm into 1/200 scale battleships currently; I had several going (mostly nowhere) at a time but I've had to pull back and discipline myself as I wasn't finishing anything. I put away the others and am only working on 1 until I finish now.

The way I see it, one at a time is the way to go. If I flit about on several different projects I get bogged down and just end up with a stash full of partly finished kits.

One kit at a time.... whenever I have that time to do them.

I've tried the two at once approach and what a train wreck that was..!!! I have to build one at a time to get the best results.

I have two going ..ones in the hanger waiting for quick boosts exhaust stakes for my old  1/32 scale revell spitfire mk I. .and the current  other is a trumpeter p51 mustang lll. After these. .it's back to the trumpeter p 38. 

Pete

Multiple, I currently have a pile going. I like to start kits, but I'm not nearly as good about finishing them. What typically happens is I'll have them stacking up, years worth and then I'll get into a finishing mood and it will look like I am a model building machine cranking out 10 or 12 models in a short time. In reality that was just 4 or 5 years worth that finally got their turn.

I do a lot of extra stuff on some models which drags things out, resin, scratchbuilt, rigging (biplanes... I love biplanes, but I hate rigging). I might crank out a fairly straight forward out of the box kit in a month, but I'll drag out the more complicated ones for years. Get it out tinker a bit, then back in the box.

I've got a Lancia Stratos just about finished that I started back in 2007 or 2008. That thing has enough decals to choke a goat so I just get it out from time to time, put on decals until my eyes cross then back in the box it goes until the mood strikes again. 

Usually one at a time, unless I become frustrated or burned-out on a subject. I like GB's because it does keep you focused on just that one build, unless the GB's time-length is too long.

One at a time. I've got about 20 shelf queens though, so depending on how you look at it, I either do one project at a time or have several going at once.

Dave

Usually three or four in various states of incompeteness, once every couple years I finish one.

Retired a few years ago so I do whatever trips my trigger. I usually have two going at once. I sometimes stack up finished builds for painting due to weather conditions up here. 

When I model...I do my little turn on the catwalk...yeah, the catwalk...I'm too sexy for my shirt!

Anyway...I used to be strictly one at a time. Nowadays though, anywhere from 3-10...and usually in "groups" of either the same or similar. As an example, I've got 2 Fougas going (Special Hobby and Heller)...those are off to the side right now in their respective boxes. At the momment, there's 3 Eduard FW-190s on the bench. When I'm ready to break out the Fouga's again, the 190's and their parts will go into their own boxes, so I don't get things mixed up.

It does get a little chaotic at times, but nothin just a couple minutes of organizing can't handle.

Ideally one at a time but lately I find myself working on multiples, 2 to 5 at a time. I rotate the builds so parts, paint or decals dry while I work on another. I don't consider it an assembly line but I find that I can get more done this way.

Usually two, but sometimes three, occasionally a single kit.  Main reason for multiple build is paint drying time.  Even with my dryer box, there are times I can't work on a model for several hours due to drying paint, and if I have the time for modeling, I hate to waste it by doing something else.

One 'til done.

Every time I've tried to start or work on another, I always seem to lose parts somewhere.

Maybe my work space needs to be larger; I use an old aluminum office desk, about 7x 5 feet large. Not much room to have several builds spread out in any easy fashion. But then again, I don't like switching genres because I always wind up missing a step somewhere in the assembly-finishing process that I might not otherwise had I been fully concentrating on one model.

I build one at a time. With all the other things (work, family, life, etc.) I have set aside a night during the week to work on models. Depending on whats going on, I can sometimes get some time in on the weekends as well. It is a relaxing hobby for me.

i used to do just one at a time but for a number of years now I have several going at once. I like to do similar subjects at the same time for economies of scale in airbrushing. Right now I'm doing a couple of USN WWII aircraft with similar paint schemes. I will do a couple of early war german armour etc. Even if I don't have similar subjects to take advantage of spraying similar colours for a couple of models at the same time I like to multiple kits at once for the reasons cited by other posters regarding paint curing, glue curing etc. I build a variety of subjects: armour, aircraft, cars, fantasy, sci fi etc so I need a large number of paints. I think doing a couple of similar subjects at the same time probably saves some paint wasteage because if I buy a colour for a certain subject (say early war german panzer grey) and do a couple of models with it right away, it won't be sitting around for perhaps years until I get around to doing another early war german tank.

Usually 3 or 4.  I'm also retired and have to wait for the glue and paint to cure sooooooooo I work on more.  Get's a little crowded on the bench sometimes but I manage.

Jim  

I usually have 10-15 going at once.

I'm 15 years retired, so my modeling time is not limited to an hour or so in the evenings. Therefore, I can easily and efficiently have multiple builds underway. That facilitates allowing for cement, paint and filler to completely cure, while continuing to move those builds along.  

I agree with GM, there really is no way to get around sufficient drying time. Once I sprayed on a Tamiya primer coat, let it sit overnight and had a really magnified look at the primed surfaces, particulary in the fine surface details.

Then I checked again each day for several days, seeing how the engraved details appeared. I could visually measure a continuing evaporation of the primer for about 4 days, with the engraved details becoming more finely defined each day. After that last check the appearance didn't noticebly change, I felt the curing had been completed.

Also I use Don Stauffer's method for a drying box, that really made a big improvement in my overall painting efforts. Thanks, Don.

For decades I've been a consistent sprue washer before building, I know the kit production methods have changed and that's no longer considered essential, but out of habit I still do it. Before any painting begins, I always do an alcohol wipe of the surfaces, then a light tack rag swipe. I just about never experience any paint failures or lifting, if I do I feel sure I did something wrong, not the paints problem.

Patrick 

I have tried doing more than one at a time, but i just can't do it. So i stick to one at a time. Thoug i do have 2 on going at the minute, but one is just on hold waiting for some bits to finish it off.

Three or four. I believe in giving paint time to dry, minimum a week between coats. Dry to the touch, isn't dry. So it helps to have something else to do.

I model ships, which usually get a little tedious and deserve to be put aside from time to time.

One model at a time, it always gets finished

even if turns out like a dogs breakfast.