Model Therapy...

fightnjoe

Member since
September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, June 4, 2004 11:28 PM

thinking about this the last couple of days, i spend as much time on this forum as i do researching/building and both are very relaxing.

joe

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paulnchamp

Member since
January 2003
From: Warwick, RI

Posted by paulnchamp on Friday, June 4, 2004 10:32 PM

I agree completely. There's only one thing more relaxing than modeling, but she's not in the mood tonight Wink [;)]

Paul

Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."

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leemitcheltree

Member since
January 2003
From: Washington State

Posted by leemitcheltree on Thursday, June 3, 2004 6:44 AM

Abutt2,
Welcome back to the forum........glad the surgery was a success, but I heard the nurses couldn't cope, so they kicked you out early.
You're right, though. It's very therapeutic on many levels.
Welcome back and keep moving forward, mate.

Cheers, LeeTree
Remember, Safety Fast!!!

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 9:24 AM

The powers of a distraction are a wonderful thing. As many of you have allready stated, just a few minutes of sitting at my bench after a stressful day, makes me immediately feel better. Even more so when, a couple of hours later, realizing I'd been sitting there for hours on end, I can have a good night's sleep.

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 7:35 AM

I had surgury last November and had to spend two weeks on my back. There was only so much TV I could watch and pain killers were not working, so I too had my wife bring up a model of a clipper ship and had built and needed to rig. That really took my mind off the pain and the Doc said I recovered at least two weeks earlier than expected.

Mind over body as they say.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 12:20 AM

Couldnt agree more. After a few years of medical problems, I found myself in a situation where i was unable to be as active as I once was, playing sports and what not. Depression quickly set in, one day my Dad and I decided to go to the hobby shop, I got my first kit and few paints. I deffinately still have my days where things aren't so great but since getting into the hobby those days dont come too often.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 10:08 PM

I agree, for the most part working on a kit is very relaxing indeed. However, when you get that build that just won't go together quite right, the blood pressure can raise in a hurry.

Eric

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 10:04 PM

I can definatly agree. I started up after getting laid up following a car wreck going on a year ago. Definatly kept cabin fever from kicking in to much. And after haveing surgery earlier this year I made a workbench out of an old cabinet door and was able to have something to do other than stare at the tube watching judge judy all day.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 9:22 PM

I get up, go to work, and stay stressed for about 8 hours. Come home, start working on a model and calm down after just a few minutes.

I had a physical a few months ago and my blood pressure was lower. When asked by my doc what I though might be the cause, I told her it was because I went back to building models and the stress just melts away after a few minutes.

Yeah, it is definitely therapeutic.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 9:17 PM

Me too. My other hobby is writing and recording music, which can be quite stressful and frustrating. By comparison, when I sit down and model, I think of absolutely, positively nothing. Clears my head of all worries.

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fightnjoe

Member since
September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 8:06 PM

think about this, when you sit down to build how many times do you lose track of time? when i build i may sit there for several hours before i realize how long i am there. i am in full agreement on how theraputic modeling.

joe

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 3:15 PM

Oh yeah its therapy.... In the fast paced television business quite time is a God send... Take today for instance. I am under an enormous deadline. I have to build a whole new intro, bumpers, outro ect for my show by Friday.... Well today my brain was smokin by 11pm so I took an hour lunch break and went home, sat down at the bench and glued a few parts together... I felt MUCH better. I completely believe in it as relaxation.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 2:46 PM

In the last six years, I have moved from NYC where I lived for 32 years, purchased a house, and added two little boys and a dog.
I went from work, friends, restaurants, movies and hockey to work, kids, house, kids, work, kids, house, kids, work, oh yeah... walk the dog.
When I fell back into this hobby this past Christmas, I feel like I'm returning to the laid back guy I used to be....
If that isn't Therapy, I don't know what is...

The first time my wife and I watched Band of Brothers, during 'The Breaking Point' when they asked Malarky to come off the line, and the voice over says "even fifty yards back for an hour...', we both busted out laughing because it's just how we felt about our lives, that hour of model building or standing in a bookstore is so important.

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 2:05 PM

Modeling is such a relaxing therapy for me I often spend half the night at the bench (not intending to at the beginning).

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 1:11 PM

I kind of noticed that when I hand paint under my magnification glasses and build tedious PE, I breath less, be still and relax. I forgett about my responsibilities for that hour and my blood pressure probably goes down too. Anty stress I have usually goes away untill I cap the paint, turn off the light and get back into reality. My grandma's an artist and she says she feels relaxed when she's putting paint on canvas. It's probably an artist thing...

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abutt2

Member since
February 2004
From: NW Connecticut

Model Therapy...

Posted by abutt2 on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 1:02 PM

Most of us old timers know that modelling "doth sooth the savage beast within us", but recently I had a chance to really put it to a test.
Am two weeks down the road to recovery from major liver surgery, where they seem to have cut me in half then stapled it back together again (at least it looks like that).
Just before I went in I pulled a Tamiya Quad kit from the pile. Packed it with glue, knives, etc. Placed it on a cutting board on the work bench -- and off to the hospital.
They kicked me out in four days, and after a couple of more days I asked my wife to go down and get the box. I set up on the kitchen counter and started to build. I can't tell you how quickly the pain went away as my besotted brain started to function and fingers started to go where I told them to.
If anyone wonders why we hobby builders do what we do. Send them to me. I'll tell them. Wink [;)]

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