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  • Member since
    April 2020
  • From: In Missery,Missouri to most folks
Have you ever.....
Posted by Digger on Saturday, April 11, 2020 10:31 PM

 I am sitting here at my desk looking at a model that I would wish it would finish itself up for me.Two years ago,I picked up this kit of the M-40 from AFV.Know that they had good detail.Along with this kit got the SKFZ184 Elepant.Both are for my wife since she plays world of tanks with me and is the commander of our clan.I built the elepant 1st and it was a good kit.Fit was great.It was by revell of germany.Now this M-40 tho is something else.It is not to bad of a kit but simple put.It is over enginenered.Had to scatch build a few part or add spacers along redesigning parts to make them work.Finially getting to see the light at the end of the tunnel but don't want to move to the light in case of another 2x4 waiting for me.lol...

Have you ever had those days that you just want to give that build the finger and a baseball bat.If so,well you know what to do.....

  • Member since
    November 2019
Posted by Humper on Sunday, April 12, 2020 6:56 AM

 The ever present shelf of doom is awaiting a new arrival!!!  lol

 IDK, most often persistance will pay off but sometimes i just gotta say "ta hell wit it!" and add the entire kit to the parts bin.

 Happy Easter, stay safe

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, April 12, 2020 7:12 AM
Sometimes you fight thru stages where there doesn't seem to be much progress,its all sub assemblies,or wheels, or indie tracks,where it doesn't feel like your accomplishing much.But just when I feel that I can't take anymore,stuff starts coming together and it starts to look like something,then I feel a lot better and regain my enthusiasm

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Sunday, April 12, 2020 7:42 AM

To be honest, as much as I enjoy building (and finishing) kits, I don't think I can remember ever building a kit without feeling 'Will this ever be done?????' a few (or a lot) of times.

In my case, I do most of it to myself by a) being too much of a perfectionist  b) often buying aftermarket stuff which can be fun, or can just be too much, and c) having a preference for expensive, complex kits.

I'm always telling myself that next time, let's grab a simple kit and just have fun putting it together. Then the demon visits and I somehow find myself online ordering that complex kit I've been dreaming about for years, with too many AM goodies.

Anyhew, nice to know I'm not the only one.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, April 12, 2020 8:26 AM

Humper

 The ever present shelf of doom is awaiting a new arrival!!!  lol

 IDK, most often persistance will pay off but sometimes i just gotta say "ta hell wit it!" and add the entire kit to the parts bin.

 Happy Easter, stay safe

 

My shelves of doom is overflowing.  More than a dozen kits up there.  I have two models on bench currently that I think "one more day", but tomorrow never comes!

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    April 2020
Posted by RickS on Sunday, April 12, 2020 9:00 AM

It's happened to me more than once building RC airplanes.  For plastic scale models, not yet..... yet being the key word!  LOL

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Sunday, April 12, 2020 1:48 PM

Welcome to the club!

My shelf of doom has quite a few models on it. When I feel like I just want to throw it against the wall, I put it on the shelf. I usually work on 2 or 3 at a time. If one of them starts getting to me, on the shelf it goes and one comes off. Haven't actually destroyed one or broke it down for parts in a very long while. If I remember correctly, it was a plane that I was nearly finished with. I was checking out the paint job and noticed that the entire tail section was warped. Got tired of trying to fix it and took it to the range and had mixed feelings but blew it into micro pieces. Felt better afterwards.Wink

Jim  Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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