At some point this model, whatever I'm working on, starts to look like a scale version of the real thing, not just a collection of small plastic parts. When that time comes for me, whenever that is in the building process, that time is my favorite time of modeling! That could be somewhere in the painting process, or final assembly, or some stage of weathering or putting on dry-transfers! Satisfaction of a job well done or as good as I could do it this time out!
Glenn