How do you schedule your painting sessions?

I try to save up until I have enough parts that need to be painted a similiar color, then paint them all during the same session, not only for ease of cleanup but also to be more efficient in using paint. Of course, sometimes a model ends up on hold because I'm not willing to bust out the paint for just one small piece.

I usually don't work on more than two models at a time nowadays. Like I-beam, I used to try and build multiple models at once (5-7) and had an assembly-line mentality. But i think the quality of the models suffered so now I am more patient.

I try; but the 2tone stuff always ends up being a circle. only 1 model at a time. I do what needs to be done; without anything extra.

I tend to group things by color. I paint almost entirely with acrylics so clean up is not that big an issue, so I try to reduce the number of times I have to change colors during a session. I will group things like propellers which almost all are flat black, tires, and gear struts.

I used to get up to 10 models ready for painting and then have at it. I found I got very sloppy this way and lost concentration and focus after the 2nd one. Now I do 2 max at a time. It's more work but I think my quality is better that way. I try to work on setting everything up and breaking down in an orderly planned way then it's very smooth.

I generally try to paint all assemblies that will be the same colour at the same time but inevitably this isn't always possible. It just seems to make the most sense in terms of mixing and cleaning up. I do try and plan my approach to a model as much as I can (building and painting) but that reflects my personality as much as anything else!

Yes, I try to plan what I'm going to paint and get all the parts together so that I don't forget any. It still happens sometimes. I don't like painting more than I have to because the clean up time is about the same if you paint for 5min or an hour. Might as well get as much done a possible.