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Does anyone ever get so fed up and "dispose" of a project in favor of giving up, can't get it going to your standards or just get angry w a build and you can't salvage it? I am currently in the middle of this very dilema My perfection side of my brain says keep going while I look at my stash and would gladly start another. Life is cruel sometimes lol.
What's the project and kit?
You could stop and take a break for a while, or try a different company's kit. It could be all you need to do. You build to relax then have to relax from your build.
Sometimes irony can be pretty ironic.
I know what you mean and where you’re coming from. The stubborn part of me refuses to give up and get rid of any project. But the AMS side says this is not going as intended. I have probably at least three dozen kits long term sidelined in one stage of construction or another, anywhere from barely started, to almost finished from the past 25 years. And like you said, some will never get better no matter what best efforts you can put into it - the point of diminishing returns. Now I’m in the state of mind to finish it as best I can here and now, learn what I can from the project, and move on to the next one. And I’m trying to go back and pull up a sideliner and finish it between every new kit started and completed.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
I have never binned a kit yet. I have had a few builds where i just wanted it done and just completed it without worrying what it looked like. But that was mainly when the subject did not really interest me to start with.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
No, I've never given up. I've lost count my projects, several hunded over the last 60 or so years. I've changed styles a lot, given away or sold many, but I've never given up on one. I guess I'm alone on this, maybe. They are just little plastic models. Dust collctors.
stikpusher And I’m trying to go back and pull up a sideliner and finish it between every new kit started and completed.
And I’m trying to go back and pull up a sideliner and finish it between every new kit started and completed.
But it works for me as well. Even if I don't finish the SoD item, just some meaningful time on it generally gets me back in tune.
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
When I find a kit that is so grossly out of proportion or is simply poorly manufactured, adios. In some cases I'll give it to a neighborhood kid just to learn to build, he/she won't likely mind the bad quality and will be happy with the results.
In some cases I found "short shots" of critical parts, then I did a fair job of scratching a make do restoration and it's gone to a kid. If it's a canopy, it's just binned.
On the bench: Revell-USS Arizona; Airfix P-51D in 1/72
I've never had a bad kit, and they always come out absolutely perfect. Yes award winners, every one. Yup, never had to take a break or reconsider or step aside for a time; nope.
And yes, my pants are flaming. ouch, got to go now.
"Why do I do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, okay?"
Oh yes, I've had some problem kits that wind up getting reboxed.
I have one now, an Academy 1/72 Lockheed Ventura. The kit is ok but I seem to be chasing the paint job. It has the tri-color camo and I just can't seem to get it right. I've done it once before on a corsair, no problems. Trying to paint around the engine nacelles is a real pain in the butt.
It has been set aside and I've picked up a stick and tissue Pietenpol Air Camper kit. Taking a break from the plastic for a bit.
Nope I get them done no matter how much they are aggravating me. I may take a complete break from building for a week or so when I have a build like that, then I'm fresh when I get back at the bugger.
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