Do you look at your models once they are built?

My better ones are in the living room (yes I, live alone). So, yes, I look at em every day.

Really depends there are some kits I can't stop walking without looking at them where as others ...

Some of the kits I build don't stand up well to handling, for those I rather refer to my digital scrapbook and periuse them there.
Said that I also had finished kits go bassically from the work desk to the rubbish bin.

Like some other have said I tend to prefer the building process and will only keep a selection of kits, but all of them go into the scrapbook.

I can't keep my hands off of my models. Every other week I go and put them in my "office" and within a few days the living room is full of them again, peeking from every available shelf space. Tanks. Lot's of them.
My wife loves me.
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QUOTE: They will go back and keep tweaking with them until no end.

well ryanpm, that is exactly what I've done now. I was looking at my Tamiya Ausf D Halftrack I built last year, and I just had to redo the camo. hopefully I won't continue to tweak them but just appreciate them and move on.

The biggest part of my work of the last say twenty years, is stowed in a large built-in cabinet in our guest bedroom. There are no glass doors on the cabinet so you have to open the doors to actually see the work. My most recent pieces I keep in my hobbyroom so that I can study them and see ways to improve on modelling techniques many of which I learn from lots of you folks. My old hobby area in the garage is full of aircraft I have built over the years and that area is going to get overhauled one of these days so I can move back out there. I do enjoy looking at where I've come from, and where I em at this point in my growth. Just flat running out of places to put models. Semper Fi, Mike

I'm a car nut, and I build models of cars that I think are cool. I love to look at my models in the same way that I love to check out cool cars. I try to view my models from angles that I look at a real car, maybe 'park' a couple of similar cars next to each other and check 'em out. ...yeah, I look at my completed models.

Totally agree with you there Brian. In addtion, I do look and see the new techniques I've learned and compare them to see the progress (if any!) that one model has over another. Sometimes just to compare different techniques or material. One's that become way to painful to look at anymore goes into storage.

QUOTE: Originally posted by luis_420925 i remember having a problem of people looking at my drawings while i draw..hmm as for the models i like it when people see them and say a few good things about my work. i put all my finished models on a cabinet so i can look at them once in a while. i guess it just depends on the person.

I'm like luis. I too draw. When I am finished with my artwork I pretty much put the project behind me, but with models I like to look them over and over again.

I think the difference is the model is something designed by another, and I am merely trying to recreate that other's work in miniature as a sort of tribute to that original creator - whether it be a boat, tank, or what ever. Thus I find I want to look over my success and failure in that effort.

But with a drawing, my work is mostly an expression of self, even when drawing a rela-life subject - I draw mostly wildlife and such, and not manmade structures.

Even as I write this, I find myself inconsistent in describing what and why of my drawing efforts, so I dunno.... but I do know I consistently enjoy reviewing model work and not ever putting it behind me completely.

Ah, I forgot to mention another very important reason why I enjoy looking at my completed models:
The main reason I bought and built all the models I have is that I am interested in the subjects!
That is, it's not that I look at a model I've built and go, "ooooooo, I did a great job on that one!" or "I did a terrible job on that one!"
I look at it and go, "Wow, the Sherman sure is a fascinating vehicle" or "Man, what would have happened if the MBT70 had been chosen as the US's MBT back in the 70's?"

I like the subjects, so I like looking at them, whether they're my models or not.
Pretty simple, really!

I build my models for wargaming, so they see a lot of action are seen by a lot of people. I thought about displaying them all the time in my office or something, but that just sounds like another thing to dust.

Not a lot. I still have a bout 70 waiting to be unpacked from a house move 5 years ago! The other 300 odd are out in the same room I construct them but once built and in the cupboard the next one gets my attention.

It brightens my day when I look at my models, even the ones that didn't turn that great, because I made them. One particular example is the Encore Su-27. This was a case of trying to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse, and my modelling skills grew as a result.

Yes i display mine in a cabinet in my work shop, i look at them every so often, i find it inspires me to finish the latest project that i'm working on.

Mine usually go on display at the LHS for a few weeks until I rotate in new ones. If it's a model I am really happy with, it will go in one of my display cases. If not, it goes into storage. I do keep & occasionally look at all of my builds.

Regards, Rick

I keep all my finished models in a glass cabinet (decent price from IKEA) in my office. The only problem is room. Thinking about starting a rotation or getting another cabinet. :)

Unfortunately I don't have many builds from the old days, because when they are next to my latest ones, I can see that I have made progress over the years. I enjoy looking at my latest builds.

I look at my models and sometimes even 'fix' them a bit. If I have a kit I am unhappy with it goes in the trash, but I feel my kits are a collection and a mini-museum and I display most of them.

I keep, and examine, and re-examine every kit I build. I still have models I built in the Sixties! Not all are on display, of course, but the best of the bunch sure are.

Each and every time I re-examine a model (they're not "kits" after we build them, eh?), I find something that I can improve on next time. Even if it's just a quick glance from across the room, it can help motivate me to do something different with my next build.

I love building kits, but I also love going back and looking at the models I've built and thinking about the technology and history they represent. I couldn't imagine selling, giving away, or storing my best works. Every model I've built in the 12 years I've lived here in Japan are on display in my small apartment.
My stuff in the States is indeed all in storage, but whenever I visit my hometown, I break 'em all out and relive the excitement!

It's best for the modeler not to look at their models. They will go back and keep tweaking with them until no end. Let someone else look at your models and let them become jealous of you, and go back and tweak their models to look better than yours. :P

All my builds - no matter how good or bad - are on display in my house for all to see. I peruse them every so often.

I always stop to look my models that I've built. That's the beauty of the hobby, enjoying the end results of my labors.

jimmy maybe you should look at them(but with purpose)
that being look at any faults in your assembly or look at what you can improve on in the next build
in a sense you will be looking back on history we all can learn from history
the build is YOUR history maybe you can catch a fault you never saw in your building that you repeat it over and over
i have done that and i went from crappy to mediocre to avg in my abilities

i remember having a problem of people looking at my drawings while i draw..hmm
as for the models i like it when people see them and say a few good things about my work. i put all my finished models on a cabinet so i can look at them once in a while. i guess it just depends on the person.