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Big SHOCK!!!!!
Posted by rudy_102 on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 1:53 PM

Friends, I have just realized.....................

I SPEND MORE TIME ON THE FORUMS THAN AT THE WORKBENCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Dead [xx(]Shock [:O]

Please tell me I'm not the only one.........

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Posted by MortarMagnet on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 1:55 PM
I'm still an even split.Laugh [(-D]  The computer and workbench share a chair. 
Brian
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Posted by rudy_102 on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 1:58 PM

 MortarMagnet wrote:
I'm still an even split.Laugh [(-D]  The computer and workbench share a chair. 

Lucky........ as soon as my family gets out of debt, I'm getting my dad to buy me a laptop!!!!!! 

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Posted by zipmeister on Monday, August 7, 2006 11:54 AM

 MortarMagnet wrote:
I'm still an even split.Laugh [(-D]  The computer and workbench share a chair. 

Yes my lap top is one of the most important hobby tools I have.....and most expensive! I couldn't model without it though. OH! I say laptop but only because it hooks me up the FSM FORUM!
Thats what I meant.Big Smile [:D]

Zip

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Posted by tigerman on Monday, August 7, 2006 1:49 PM
Same here. I guess if I can't build one, I might as well talk about them. Growing up, I only knew 1-2 friends who liked to model until their teen years. After that they vanished. So the Forum has been a godsend to me, meeting many friends and talking about my favorite hobbies.

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Posted by jwb on Monday, August 7, 2006 5:32 PM
I rarely take away from model building time to be on the forums. It's much easier to spend my time at work on the forums, saving the time at home for modeling.

That's what's called efficient multi-tasking! Wink [;)]

Jon Bius

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 6:31 AM
Sad [:(] Nope you're not the only one that has figured that one out.
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Posted by Dubau on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 7:13 AM

You are NOT alone. I spend more time here too

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "
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Posted by archangel571 on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 1:30 PM
I think i have a 70:30 divide between my time on the forum to the workbench, which is literally next desk over.  I think the major reason is that i had piled up lots of crap on my work area so i got too intimidated/lazy to clean them off.  I sometimes actually would take some pieces that I need to scrape some seams off to work in front of the two monitors and watching a movie/surf on the forum at the same time.
-=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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Posted by MortarMagnet on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 4:07 PM
 archangel571 wrote:
  I think the major reason is that i had piled up lots of crap on my work area so i got too intimidated/lazy to clean them off. 


Isn't that the truth!Laugh [(-D]  Sometimes I spend equal parts of time preparing to work and working.
Brian
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Posted by m1garand on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 8:49 PM
I spend a lot of time in this forum because when I do my work on a computer for few hours a day.  OK, I give up.... I am addicted to FSM forum.
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Posted by Dubau on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 6:56 AM

Well as for this week ALL my time is here. If y'll read my other post, I am waiting for some paint to get ordered and come in from my LSH

I have nothing to do......

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "
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Posted by rudy_102 on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 8:29 PM
The reason I spent more time on the forums was because I was out of glue. But now, I've built 3 models (yes, 3) since I got glue.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:32 AM
You ran out of glue? I assume that is some kind of euphemism? I run out of stuff all the time. But not glue. Mostly I run out of time. Out of money. Out of luck. Never out of glue.
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Posted by m1garand on Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:31 PM

 rudy_102 wrote:
The reason I spent more time on the forums was because I was out of glue. But now, I've built 3 models (yes, 3) since I got glue.

Out of glue?  that is equivalent to an Infantryman running out of ammo during combat mission.  NO EXCUSES! Now you must go and buy glue in bulk or in industrial size container.

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Posted by Bgrigg on Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:57 PM
Run out of glue? That would be almost impossible for me. Let's see, I have 1 bottle Tamiya Cement (thick), 1 mostly used, 1 half used and 1 spare bottle Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, 1 almost new bottle of Testors Liquid Cement, 2 bottles of Flash Medium CA (1 almost empty) I use for filling gaps, 1 bottle of Flash Thin CA (1 second bond) I use for instant bond (and a bottle of CA Insta-Set just in case 1 second bond isn't fast enough!), 1 bottle of Formula '560' canopy glue, 2 tubes of Testors Orange, 1 tube Testors Blue and 1 tube Ambroid Plastic Cement (none of which I use, but can't seem to throw out), and 1 bottle of Elmer's White Glue, along with a bottle of Methylene Chloride I've used for bonding plexiglas together.

I guess you could say I'm stuck on glues! Tongue [:P]

So long folks!

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Posted by m1garand on Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:04 PM

 Bgrigg wrote:
Run out of glue? That would be almost impossible for me. Let's see, I have 1 bottle Tamiya Cement (thick), 1 mostly used, 1 half used and 1 spare bottle Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, 1 almost new bottle of Testors Liquid Cement, 2 bottles of Flash Medium CA (1 almost empty) I use for filling gaps, 1 bottle of Flash Thin CA (1 second bond) I use for instant bond (and a bottle of CA Insta-Set just in case 1 second bond isn't fast enough!), 1 bottle of Formula '560' canopy glue, 2 tubes of Testors Orange, 1 tube Testors Blue and 1 tube Ambroid Plastic Cement (none of which I use, but can't seem to throw out), and 1 bottle of Elmer's White Glue, along with a bottle of Methylene Chloride I've used for bonding plexiglas together.

I guess you could say I'm stuck on glues! Tongue [:P]

And which glue do you like to sniff, oops, I meant to say to use for gluing on clear parts like canopy?Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Bgrigg on Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:24 PM
The Formula '560' of course, though it looks, feels and smells (Wink [;)]) just like Elmers! I probably won't buy it again as it cost as much for a small bottle as a large bottle of Elmers.

So long folks!

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Posted by Glamdring on Saturday, August 12, 2006 9:42 AM
Me too, but its just the internet in general that I am on toooooo much.  Cursed online games.....

Robert 

"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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Posted by rudy_102 on Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:41 AM
Pretty soon I'll run out of models, with my 1 a month purchase rate and 5 a month build rate........ I hope the Sears Catalog Distribution place calls back already...... my allowance is $4 DOALLARS A WEEK!!!!!!!!!$%#$^^*
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Posted by m1garand on Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:03 PM

Rudy,

$4 a week X 52 weeks per year = $208.00 per year.  If you stick to 1/72 scale kits, you may get away with decent number of kits.  When I was growing up, my allowance was about the same and I saved up for a month and bought 2 Esci 1/72 armored kits and rest for painting supplies.  Gosh I miss those days.  Another suggestion that I have is that you really need to find yourself a sugar momma to support your addiction Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by rudy_102 on Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:10 PM
HURRAY!!!!!!! This is the first thread I started that has gone to a second page!!!!!!Party [party]
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Posted by zokissima on Monday, August 14, 2006 2:03 PM

At work, or at school:

Access to models - no

Access to forums - YES

'nuff said.

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