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                        Why can't you finish a build?

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                        nicholma
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Saturday, October 9, 2004 2:41 AM
                        3,5,6. I spend about 3 nights a week away from home and when I get back there is either a list of chores or I'm too tied. However I also have a problem of suddenly wanting to do some other model so I've got many partially built kits and occassionally I get the urge to finish one rather than start another. Even still I manage to get about 10 -12 finished a year (although this year is not turning out very well - 2 so far).
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 8, 2004 7:20 AM
                        Heres my reasons for not being able to finish a build.
                        1) After work come home eat and help the three kids with homework.
                        2) Monday nights is my Billiards (Pool) night.
                        3) Tuesday and thursdays is all threes kids' soccer practice.
                        4) Wednesday nothing but the honey do list.
                        5) Friday Honey do list again.
                        6) Saturdays are 2 kids soccer games and honey do list some more.
                        7) Sundays is honey do list some more and football.

                        I think that sums up my problem right now. Bryan
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 8, 2004 2:36 AM
                        For me mostly: Family & Too Tired.

                        Plus, I also hate to prep parts like sanding mold seams of resin-parts, etc.
                        So I tend to sand a little build a lot on other cheaper throwaway Kits, and a bit build a lot .....
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 8, 2004 2:12 AM
                        'Cause the #$@&^% kit is missing parts, like my Alan ZIS-5 truck with NO WHEELS! Great, anybody ever contact them in St Petersburg? I didn't think so......
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                        nkm1416@info.com.ph
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by nkm1416@info.com.ph on Thursday, October 7, 2004 9:17 PM
                        For me it's the desire to make the build as perfect as possible. So any shortfall results in delays ( need to redo things, make additional research, get additional items, and the need to muster enough inspiration to go back to the build). Then there's #4, 5 ( it's the eyes that gets tired easily now), & 6.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 4, 2004 8:06 PM
                        The main reason why I don't finish my builds (I usually do, but sometimes I don't) is because I loose intrest in what I'm doing. It will be cool and all in the begining, but as I go on it gets boring and looses it's intresting value. So I set it aside untill I've got nothing left to work on and then I pull it out, dust if of and continue where I left off.
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                        armydogdoc
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Camp Couch Colorado
                        Posted by armydogdoc on Monday, October 4, 2004 12:20 PM
                        ROFLMAO Scottrc!!!! thats my biggest problem, I start out with high hopes and high expectations. And the next thing I know Im in the fricken hobby shop buying something else and shazam, Ive started on the one I just bought. The best way for me to finish a model is to build for a contest. For some crazy reason I have a deadline and I can get a kit done.
                        Ron "One weekend a month my$1***$2quot;
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                        scottrc
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:28 AM
                        So many interests, so little time. Start one, lose interest, start another, lose interest, start another, lose interest, start another, lose interest, start another, lose interest, ....................................................Then lose parts, lose instructions, lose workbench, then lose mind.Confused [%-)]

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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:18 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by wayne baker

                        Karl
                        How long did it take you to type your reply? Mischief [:-,] Smile [:)] Smile [:)]


                        Not long enough that my attention had time to wander!

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        gringe88
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
                        Posted by gringe88 on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:52 PM
                        my excuses......laziness, school, school, homework, cross country, laziness, procrastination, getting tired of the build because its taking so long cuz of the other reasons.....Dead [xx(]Sleepy [|)]Sigh [sigh]Zzz [zzz]
                        ====================================== -Matt
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                        echolmberg
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Green Bay, WI USA
                        Posted by echolmberg on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:15 PM
                        I agree with this poll! I'll have to admit that procrastination is probably the biggest....hold on. I'll be right back.

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                        wayne baker
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Medina, Ohio
                        Posted by wayne baker on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:19 AM
                        Karl
                        How long did it take you to type your reply? Mischief [:-,] Smile [:)] Smile [:)]

                         I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:28 AM
                        I thought I had suddenly found myself in the Eastern Bloc circa 1955 Wink [;)]

                        For me it has to be, in this order:

                        Family 3 kids aged between 3 & 8.
                        Work I have to shout alot!
                        Too tired due to both the above!
                        Procrastination. I don't know why!

                        I currently have 3 builds on the bench, two are in the painting stage, which I always find takes a long time, the problem with multi-colour Luftwaffe camo, and one which promises to be a long term project, due to the volume of PE, resin, scratch building, and rescribing of all the raised panel lines!

                        I have found having several kits on the go actually leads to me achieving more, perverse I know, but you have to understand I have the attention span of a goldfish.

                        So with two kits approaching completion in the next month, I have asked my LHS to lay aside something for next month!

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        berny13
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley
                        Posted by berny13 on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:11 PM
                        I would have to go with # 8. Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D] All of the above.

                        Berny

                         Phormer Phantom Phixer

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                        Tamiya F-4D Phantom II, 13th TFS, 66-8711, 1/32 scale.  F-4 Phantom Group Build. 

                         

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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:07 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by paulnchamp

                        I'll take choice #8: ALL OF THE ABOVE.


                        LOL I guess that in a way would apply to most of us. Yes, I do have some time in the afternoon and for the most part have used it wisely of late to get a build within the proverbial "Light at the end of the tunnel". I hope to finish up two more builds before the end of the year. Christmas is drawing near and we modelers know what that means. Tongue [:P]

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        paulnchamp
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Warwick, RI
                        Posted by paulnchamp on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:52 PM
                        I'll take choice #8: ALL OF THE ABOVE.
                        Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:50 PM
                        Wish I could say procrastination, as that would imply that I actually have time to build models.
                        Well, actually, right now I do. And it really peeves me off, since my house is being remodeled, and I haven't got even a square foot of space to work, but all the time in the world, which of course is bound to change to no time but pleanty of space.
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                        HomagerMan
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Dublin, Ireland
                        Posted by HomagerMan on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:54 AM
                        1,2,4,5,6,7. The other beening college and soccer. I go to college two night a week and play soccer two nights a week. I have a girl friend who want's me to bring her places and then there are friends to keep in tuch with. I think I get about 4 to 6 hours of modelling a week in two hour slots.

                        James
                        " To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering" DMX Homer: "Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the hom,er tax." Lisa: Thats the Home owner tax
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                        wayne baker
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Medina, Ohio
                        Posted by wayne baker on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:37 AM
                        Other?

                        I hate sanding seams. I sand and sand, and they just dont disappear. So, I take the next one to that point, and the next, until I'm covered in unfinished kits.

                         I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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                        fightnjoe
                        • Member since
                          September 2011
                        Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:32 AM
                        hmmmm well i would say 3 and 7. with other being i am just plain lazy. i have two that should have been finished months ago but i just have been too lazy to do them. although i will say i have six completed in about four months.


                        joe

                        Veterans,

                        Thank You For Your Sacrifices,

                        Never To Be Forgotten

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:18 AM
                        Reggie hit on a big one with me... I zone... not necessarily just dreaming on what I can do to make this one a little better... but thinking back on something that happened at work while I'm sitting at the bench... etc...

                        And the other cirikili hit right on... I think I am at a stage I am not happy with just another model.. I wanna build each one high tech.. in fact I hit on it this last weekend... I am going to buy me one of those skill level 2 Revell jobs and just slap it together to get a quick build in.. I think with all the resin and PE and stuff, and the drying stages I get frustrated that it is not coming together... a completion would be satisfying..
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 3:48 AM
                        all. and also i have this habit of zoning. its not really procrastination, i will just start dreaming about what im going to do but not actually do it. maybe it is procrastination. ohwell
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 3:24 AM
                        OK 1,3 4,5 and 6,but i still manage to finish about 6 or so a year,this year at least......
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:53 AM
                        resin.....
                        PE ......
                        & anal retentive detailling.....Whistling [:-^]
                        gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

                        oh.....and for the moment......no work bench.......LOL
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:33 AM
                        yes, interesting 'dictatorial' type of poll..! My problems is that I do not have enough patience and above all I get sidelined too easily. That's buying too much reference books and mags for you!
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                        diggeraone
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Ozarks of Arkansas
                        Posted by diggeraone on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:32 AM
                        Thats like me,frustration is my cause when I don't finish a project.Digger
                        Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:14 AM
                        ROFL!!!!!

                        Sorry just reminds me of a few of the polls I tried to post quite some time back!

                        Hmmmmmm
                        Well I would say #3 used to be a big reason.....that and FRUSTRATION!

                        Hopefully most of that's all changed now though.
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, September 27, 2004 11:43 PM
                        No it is not embarrassing. Actually I thought that you did it on purpose for emphasis.

                        And since you broadenned the list...I have to say

                        4. Family & 5. Too tired.

                        Although you might say that I am fast with my works...there are some times when I could not sit on the workbench for a week or so. It happens to us all...I guess.

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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Monday, September 27, 2004 11:37 PM
                        Sorry, this is embarressing. It said it changed successfully.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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