Do you work on one kit or multiple kits.

All 20 about 3 weeks.1/48 scale .1/32 scale  about 1 month or more.A time schedule is not the goal.Enjoying the building is what it is.If you are a contest modeler then you can work on 2 projects for that year.Super detail.The second project is for backup .

If you are working on 20 kits at the same time how long does it take to finish a kit?

I am many, many projects deep.  Fermis! Salute!

One advantage not mentioned is long curing times for glue and putty can preclude the 'sunken seam syndrome' after the paint is applied.  But as noted, the "danger" is in distraction and lost interest.

Still, whatever 'floats your boat' as it is a fully customizable pastime!  ;^P

Regards, Robert

I work on 20 super detailed projects at the same time.Just set your self up with a multiple shelf arrangement that houses each model.Pull one down and work on it At a time .Also have a separate airbrush area .

JohnnyK

 

 

falconmod

I think I have 6-7 going at the moment.

 

 

 

 

How do you keep  the parts from so many kits from getting mixed up?

 

 each one has it's own box.

I am working on a 1/48 scale B-58 Hustler and a 1/48 scale B-24J.  On the plus side, I could sand the cured putty on the long fuselage seam on one kit while the fuselage seam  putty was curing  on the other kit. I could go back and forth. On the negative side I am now all hung up on trying to duplicate the look of the finishes on the engine pods of the B-58. That is taking all my time so I am not progressing on the B-24J at all. It just sits there. Frustrating. Maybe I should put one kit aside while I finish the other one.

At this time I have 3 going 251/1 handmag 1/32 UH 1D AND A 1/35 m1a1

I typically build one at a time but have done multi-kit builds on occasion. Typically when I do a multi build, it is the same subject - a quartet of Wildcats or Airacobras, a five-spot of P-40s, or a couple of large-scale Spitfires, and then I built an A-4, A-7, and F-8 last year.

Bish

 

 

JohnnyK

 

fermis

 

 

 

 

 

Please explain what that is a photo of? Are those multiple builds of the same plane?

 

 

 

 

 

This might help explain.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/177859.aspx

 

 

 

 

6x BF-110's

1x FW-189

1x CH-47

3x SAAB Gripens

Also have a 1/48 A-4 on the go.

The A-4, Gripens, and 189 were worked on at my airport, during down time, waiting for the snow to pile up enough to bother messing with it. The 47 is waiting on decals. The 110's are the only ones actually getting any attention right now.

JohnnyK

 

fermis

 

 

 

 

 

Please explain what that is a photo of? Are those multiple builds of the same plane?

 

 

This might help explain.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/177859.aspx

Multiple kits.  I must have six or seven going now.  Mainly to move forward while i wait for something to dry, etc....

One reason i havent seen mentioned is because i hate cleaning my airbrush, so if I have a color that needs to go on multiple kits I plan it out that I can kill two birds, as they say.  A few weeks ago I had the flat black out and pre shaded three kits plus hit some areas on my SR-71 Blackbird that I wanted to do.

So oddly enough, I do multiple kits because I'm lazy lol...

That must be the oft-discussed but never seen Me-610, Messerschmitt's proposal for an ultra long range escort fighter!

But seriously, I have the attention span of a squirrel, so am unable to work on mutiple kits at once.  I tried the "production line" method before, painting three Luft '46 planes in one go.  But the intricacies of mottling caused me burnout, and all three still sit in their boxes, all half painted.

2 kits max right now. I am getting back into modelling after a 5 year hiatus so I don't want to get into to many different problems all at once like gap filling, bad fits, warped pieces etc. Right now I am starting with what I catagorize as easy or crap-kits that are good to learn on but won't hurt if I mess up. 

When I hit my stride I could have up to 4 going and would mix it up as well so I would have armor, aircraft, a robot and maybe a car as well. It definitely helped by mixing things up when building and painting. It especialy helped when I got to point on one kits where I couldn't do anyting because of waiting for paint to dry or needed a break for having to do too many of the same subassemblies on one kit. 

Space is an issue right now so I have to plan very carefully right now.  

fermis

 

 

I usually work on 2 to 3 for all the reasons listed above, but also because sometimes I build models grouped by their having a relationship. For example race cars that ran against each other, or warships or planes that fought against each other, or planes flown by the same pilot, etc. I even once built a Klingon Bird of Prey and US Navy destroyer together because they were in the same scale, had interesting camouflage and performed similar roles in their respective forces.

The only downside to multiple kits is that it occupies a lot of workspace and mine is limited.

I work on more than one at a time, or rather, I start one, hit some speed bump on it, start another, get hung up with something on that one, start another, and on and on.  And that's why I have a Shelf of Doom with about a dozen or more stalled builds.  I don't join group builds anymore, or take part in my club's monthly theme builds, either.  I'm focusing on finishing thos stalled builds.

Well, I cracked. I was working on just the one kit when I hit a sequence of steps that required a lenghty period of curing before I could proceed to the next step. So I started two other models. They have similar colours so it should be easy to paint.

I used to work on multiple kits at once. After many years of doing that, I ended up with lots of projects in progress and very few completions. Nowadays I’m trying to clean up that backlog by completing those side liners one at a time and knocking out a complete build here and there in between. Slowly it is whittling down that batch. So nowadays at most, I’ll work on whatever my primary project is, and tinker with a sideliner when there is down time in the primary.

GMorrison

1 major 2 or 3 secondary

 

Once I get close to the finish line with #1, I put all my energy into it until it's complete. Then #2 usually moves up.

Usually working on 3 or 4 at a time in different classes. One at a time usually brings on boredom.

Jim  

Retired In Kalifornia

Heller Caudron 635 or 714? I'd built the latter c.1991, nice kit.

The 714.

 I like the Heller kit .... I just need to stop messing it up !

At the moment I have 5 on the bench

1: Heller 1/72  Caudron

2: Revellgram 1/48 P-61 Black Widow

3: Monogram 1/25 Slingster dragster

4: AMT 1/25 1925 2-in-1 C cab fruit truck ( This kit leaves a LOT to be desired. I don't recommend it for beginner's )

5: Glenco 1/240 USS Oregon. This has been on the bench since I got it in 2007

I also have an "assortment" of kits that get rotated on and off the bench..... Too many to list here ( maybe another 5 or 6 .)

Just one at a time.  I never feel in a hurry to finish something.  Taking my time is part of the relaxation of building a model.

I have never worked on more than one kit at a time.  My TBI is a factor to this.

Your friend, Toshi

I almost always have 2 to 4 kits going at the same time, usually in various stages.