A question for the experienced......

Better question would be "who hasn't?"

I see things on builds all the time I think about changing. Hence, I suppose none of my builds are actually done but rather works in progress.

@ least I'm not going crazy alone.....

I tend to overdue the weathering on some of my builds. when I look back at them I wish I could undo some of the weathering.

bob

Yes indeed. Or I found what I did back then was not accurate based on what I know now.... I am re doing an old Tamiya T-34/76 right now. Once it is all done I will post pics... these things take a life of their own once you give in to those voices...

I look back on my previous builds (going back almost 30 years worth) from time-to-time and generally, I'm ok with what I've done/accomplished. I don't think that I've ever wanted to strip a model down to do over. If there is something noticable that I don't like, I'll just chalk it up to experience and move forward to the next project trying to improve with each build.

me too. I see these models and the details you are describing everyday. I see it as where I was at that time. I have my original builds of the Italeri Hetzer and Tamiya M3A2 as built and painted back then 

Well I'm gonna go against the grain a little on this one and say that while I always see room for improvement in my builds, I have never forgotten to paint parts of it...I mean, how can you?

Has anyone else ever looked at a handful of their past work and said "I should prime, repaint and re-weather these" ???

Not really, no...

But not because they're flawless, by any means, lol..  It's because I get sick of looking at my past builds and I tear them down and scrap them after a few months (with a few exceptions, like kits that I can't replace, were special projects, or just took so damn much work that I don't ever want to build them again)... 

 Also, my display space is limited, and I'd never have the room for a couple hundred dioramas in 1/48th and 1/32-35th scale...  I can display about 30 dioramas at any one time, as long as theyt're no bigger than 11 x 14...  Right now, there's 10, but "in the pipeline" there're about 20 more WIPs...  A lot of them are at the 90-95% stage, waiting for the final assembly and painting that can only take place after they go on their bases...  Until then, they get put in boxes and stacked in the War Room

When it's time for them to "go away", I strip off certain parts for the parts-bins, and trash the hulks... Sometimes, however, one of my wife's (3) cats will decide that they no longer like the diorama and make the decision about which one should go for me...

I wish I'd had a digital camera "back in the day" though.. I got my first one only about two years ago, so now it's no problem with tearing them down after I get pictures of them.. Before, no way I could afford the cost of film and developing it'd require to take the number of photos I can now, lol... So I didn't even try.

But with digital photography, I can "keep" all of them for posterity now...

Thx for all the input guys. I have a hard time not nit picking once something is "done", which is why I may  have less than 12  models or dio's on the shelf, and 10-15 in the WIP bin.  I've threw away a few in the beginning, chalking it up to a "learning experience".

@Manstein, it's not so much forgetting to paint, as it is overlooking something or not knowing the technical stuff or having the right reference's and missing something or not painting it right

@Hans, 30 dio's ?? I wish I had that kinda space !!!!

and w/3 cats and 30 dio's, your a braver man than me. I'm reminded of Robin Williams, "are those your shoes??? blaaaghhh!!!!! Who loves kitty ??

lmao. On the upside, I've learned alot here in the forums the last cpl years, and here's to many more years of building, wrecking, weathering and learning from each other. Thx again guys

The bigger problem for me is kits I started years ago and never finish, then find later and think, "I gotta finish this one of these days."  After my latest move, these have been gathered into what I call the "priority stash."

While I can think of some kits I've done years ago that would have deserved repainting, they were all lost in a move about 15 years ago.  I look on the bright side, though: the replacement kits I've gotten since save me the trouble of fixing any other problems caused by inexperience back then that I don't remember but would now notice.

Kugai

The bigger problem for me is kits I started years ago and never finish, then find later and think, "I gotta finish this one of these days."  After my latest move, these have been gathered into what I call the "priority stash."

Yeeeaaahhhhhhhh.....that's my next one to tackle, but for now it's baby steps !!!!

minimortar

I look back on my previous builds (going back almost 30 years worth) from time-to-time and generally, I'm ok with what I've done/accomplished. I don't think that I've ever wanted to strip a model down to do over. If there is something noticable that I don't like, I'll just chalk it up to experience and move forward to the next project trying to improve with each build.

+1 to that

Yes. I looked at some really old builds and I painted some of the headlights white. LOL Only after I joined the forums did I learn that the handles on German wirecutters were not wood. Well, the forum is all about learning and sharing.

BGuy

minimortar:

I look back on my previous builds (going back almost 30 years worth) from time-to-time and generally, I'm ok with what I've done/accomplished. I don't think that I've ever wanted to strip a model down to do over. If there is something noticable that I don't like, I'll just chalk it up to experience and move forward to the next project trying to improve with each build.

 

+1 to that

.....thats Ditto squared......

Rounds Complete!!

BGuy

 

minimortar:

 

I look back on my previous builds (going back almost 30 years worth) from time-to-time and generally, I'm ok with what I've done/accomplished. I don't think that I've ever wanted to strip a model down to do over. If there is something noticable that I don't like, I'll just chalk it up to experience and move forward to the next project trying to improve with each build.

 

 

+1 to that

I have two three huge bookcases in Pennsylvania at my parent;s house from when I used to finish a model every two weeks or so, and they have about 100 or more models in them. When I look at them, I see painting that could have been done better, and small errors here and there, but I've never once thought of stripping or rebuilding one of them. They al had their moment in time, they all have a "life" from when they were "created", and I"d rather build the same one over from scratch and improve it at every step if I can.

the doog

 and I"d rather build the same one over from scratch and improve it at every step if I can.