Modeling: A review of 2005 & resolutions for 2006

Gee Dave id have to say the worst kit ive built in 2005 had to be my revell/mongran F-106 delta dart peace of junk thats one you want to shoot with a shot gun. and the best build i would have to say Accurate Miniature's SBD Helldiver it was such a wonderful kit to build i would generusly like to build this kit again for my self seeing that the one i built went to someone else. As for 06 iam gona try the Dragon Flak 36 88mm with all the goodies in it since ive been building nothing but A/C, and id like to bild more kits this year but so far ive been a little under the weather so as soon iam feeling better ill start the new kits for 06

PS the best think that happend this year was to give somebody a wonderful christmas in the past wouldnt have even thought about but you know with what happend to my dad the best thing a person can do is to give somebody some hope. thats the very best thing that happend this year.

Robert Scott

I quit smoking in '05. I'm rid of that leash.

Remember folks that a resolution doesn't have to be something you have to give up like, "I resolve to quit biting my nails this year. It can be something else like to gain an ability or get rid of a habit or something.

This year, I resolve to attend school and re-learn a few things I need freshening up so I can go back to college.

smokinguns3 wrote:

PS the best think that happend this year was to give somebody a wonderful christmas in the past wouldnt have even thought about but you know with what happend to my dad the best thing a person can do is to give somebody some hope. thats the very best thing that happend this year. Robert Scott

I'll second that emotion! My other great accomplishment was helping to send a kit pack to the Troops in Iraq. I had lots of help and certainly couldn't have done it alone. To think my teachers used to tell me I wasn't a team player!

I don't make resolutions, I just hope the next year will be better than this year has been

The worst part of 2005 was actually being forced into reality and learning that I will not be able to finish all my stash before I pass away.
The best part of 2005 was actually sitting down and trying anyway!
Resolutions?
Made my last in 1990 to never make resolutions, so far I've kept that one!

Don

Hans Olo wrote:

I quit smoking in '05. I'm rid of that leash. Remember folks that a resolution doesn't have to be something you have to give up like, "I resolve to quit biting my nails this year. It can be something else like to gain an ability or get rid of a habit or something. This year, I resolve to attend school and re-learn a few things I need freshening up so I can go back to college.

 now that you quit smoking you can funnel all that money into models

that is what i did over 20 yrs ago

Well Dave,  I have to say I hope 2006 is a better year for me in that I can better my skills as a modeler so I can finish my 1/48 B-17G (w/all da goodies.. TD, Paragon, Verlinden) But, I am going to get my Revell 1/72 PT-109 started soon & will  try to have it done by X-mas.....

2005 has been kind to me, I've built better models,See here:http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/564619/ShowPost.aspx
the best being my Hase F-4J in showtime 100 markings. I also started using detail sets and resin on a regular basis. So I guess that I could say I've moved up one level in my hobby.

I had the most fun with my Hase SBD-3, it was a great kit to work on and I really enjoyed the build, the worst kit was my ICM Spitfire-it was awful! You name it, it went wrong!

Proudest moment was when I showed a pic of my 1/32 BoB Spitfire to the guys at work-they thought it was a real Spit!
Another great thing that happened in 2005 is that I quit smoking-Its been 8 months now and I feel all the better for it.
As for this year, I want to improve and refine my hobby techniques and try to reach next level. In other words, I will strive for that elusive show winner look! Mind you, I have such a long way to go........

Learning to do canopies properly with nice clean paint edges would be a good start!

Regards,

Darren.

Hi Dave,

2005 was a good year for me. The biggest event was the birth of my son, our first baby, on November 19th!

An article I wrote on WWII liaison planes was published this past year in "America in WWII Magazine." The same magazine has commissioned me to write another article on a local air museum that's due in February. I'm going to mention that museum's very nice collection of scale models in the article.

Modelling was slow this year, but intense. Slow because I work full time, am going to grad school, and I had to build a nursery for the baby. Intense because of what I've been working on.

Every model I've built in the past three years has involved learning a host of new skills. The 1/74 scale Glencoe MB-2 has been no exception. I've improved my figure painting; learned the delicate art of repairing bone-headed mistakes; learned new and more efficient ways to sand molding flaws and seams; and learned how to rig a biplane!

I intend to finish that kit in the first part of this year, and then turn the bulk of my attention to a wooden ship kit/scratchbuilding project that I started last year.

I also hope to build a few simple planes: the Revell 1/72 Yak-38 and Revell 1/144 B-52G are two that I think I can finish well in a short period of time. The B-52, in particular, will challenge me because it needs a two-tone camoflauge scheme with a grey underbelly. Depending on how well things go, I may buy a PE folding tool and go to work on the Part PE set I've got for my 1/72 Roden Fokker D.7!

Naturally, balance is everything, but my resolution is to do more modeling this year by spending less time on the computer in the evenings!

Regards,

As strange as it sounds, my best/worst kit[s] are one and the same. It was a Panther G with a Ersatz M-10 resin conversion. I was in way over my head. It is with out a doubt the most "refits" I've done on any model without sailing it off the wall. All the work paid off because I very pleased with the result. I've been building mainly armor for awhile but at the moment I've got the Monogram 1/48 B-17 on the bench for a change. Maybe this will be the year for the Heller Tirpitz with that wild camo. We'll see.

The best thing about '05 for me was finally getting settled in a permanent home after a year of selling one house, moving across the country, and buying another house.  I found models that I hadn't seen since 2000 when I was unpacking.  I now have the space to set up my workshop and display the built kits.

The worst thing about '05 was that with the relocation and a year off from building, I am essentially starting over in the hobby.  General incompetence (the moving company's and mine) damaged or destroyed almost every model I had finished.   The rest is just frustrating.  Last night I opened the last thing I was working on before the move - an AM A-36 - and one strut is missing.  Next I opened the Zeke I had almost finished and the gear doors are missing.

One good thing that happened in '05 is that I built a Sherman M4A2 (simple paint scheme - airbrush packed away).  It was my first-ever armor subject and I really enjoyed it.  Now I have to build a Tiger to fight with it.

I still have lots of great subjects in my stash and a new burst of motivation.  What will be my first build since starting over - plane, tank, or car?

I resolve to build many more models in 2006, and to keep that resolution, I got myself a cat.

Scott

scottrc wrote:

I resolve to build many more models in 2006, and to keep that resolution, I got myself a cat. Scott

that is more like you got a cat so you will build less models and repair more models

My my DURR... We're thinkin' alike!! But. ya beat me to it!! LoL...

I don't think I had anything horrible enough to list, but my best experiance was starting to build aircraft again after about 10 years of not touching one! I don't make resolutions, its to easy to be disapointed that way

I only finished 3 kits and 2 of those were started last year. So my major annoyance was not buuilding more. My resolution is the same as last year - try for 1 per month plus build anything purchased so the stack slowly reduces.

As I didn't finish any kits this past year, I can't comment on best/worst. But I did have a few resolutions.

1. To build for the fun of it. That was the problem this past year, I tried to super detail everything and I didn't get anything finished.
2. Only have three kits on the desk at one time.
3. Spend more time building.

I tried quitting smoking again this year (9th year in a row, gotta be some kind of record) but failed miserably yet again (although this time I made it past 18 hours). Now my diet is a different story, I started 05 at 485 and I started this year at 395. I'd like to see the same progress for this year. Before anybody asks, I'm 6' 6" and I bench press 625 (although years ago in my early twenties I was pressing 1000).

 

BTW, I have about 8 of the RM F-106s in my stash and have completed several over the years and I don't recall any serious issues with the kit.

roadkill_275 wrote:

As I didn't finish any kits this past year, I can't comment on best/worst. But I did have a few resolutions. To build for the fun of it. That was the problem this past year, I tried to super detail everything and I didn't get anything finished. Only have three kits on the desk at one time. Spend more time building. . Now my diet is a different story, I started 05 at 485 and I started this year at 395. I'd like to see the same progress for this year. Before anybody asks, I'm 6' 6" and I bench press 625 (although years ago in my early twenties I was pressing 1000).

Good job on the weight loss, I quit chewing a few years ago but gained 100 lbs.  Then again, all I do is sit on my butt all day after years of  physical activity.  I have a disease that my father in law calls "furniture disease".  It is a condition that people who worked out to get those great looking pecks (like I once had).  It is when your chest falls into your drawers.

I am also experiencing the same condition with my hair, it seems to be falling off my head and growing on my back.

 Scott

roadkill_275 wrote:

As I didn't finish any kits this past year, I can't comment on best/worst. But I did have a few resolutions. To build for the fun of it. That was the problem this past year, I tried to super detail everything and I didn't get anything finished. Only have three kits on the desk at one time. Spend more time building. I tried quitting smoking again this year (9th year in a row, gotta be some kind of record) but failed miserably yet again (although this time I made it past 18 hours). Now my diet is a different story, I started 05 at 485 and I started this year at 395. I'd like to see the same progress for this year. Before anybody asks, I'm 6' 6" and I bench press 625 (although years ago in my early twenties I was pressing 1000).   BTW, I have about 8 of the RM F-106s in my stash and have completed several over the years and I don't recall any serious issues with the kit.

Jeez o' pete Roadkill, 1000 lbs!!! wanna wrastle When I was working out, I went from plump, to plump with muscle tone, now that I have stopped and have been laid off for two months with very little to do to keep me busy, I am back to plump plus some! I am a carpenter, and I guess I don't get enough physical exercise now that I'm not carring 150 lb sheets of drywall anymore! My joints feel better after having time to heal up, but man, this belly has got to go! I stopped smoking a couple times before, problem was, my fiance wanted me to stop, so I was doing it for her and not me, and that doesn't work out! If you haven't tried it, try using the nicotine gum, it helps a lot! I would just go nuts when everybody around me was smoking and I would want one! Good luck!

my resolution is to build as many kits this yr as possible not by any more

i have not been to the lhs since about thanksgiving

and except for buying paint  or (maybe) one or two am p/e parts

i am done, i got about 400 kits to build and not much time  left before i won't be able to do it  so........