Another introduction

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Welcome aboard.

Welcome back!

Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have you aboard. Looking forward to seeing your builds.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

gomeral

Looking forward to getting to know you all and picking your brains for hints and tips as I get back to it all!

Well, this seems as apt a topic/location to post as any...

Greetings...again!  I'm the (mostly) absent guy that showed up to say hi and get back to the hobby, then disappeared for a year.  A combination of quarantine, international travel (during COVID, no less), and family emergencies took over the last 12-15 months and I'm finally starting to get back to things.

I hope to start back up on the forums and read/learn a lot, but even more I hope to find some time at the bench.  How about you all, how do you find time to sit at the workbench?  Between work/travel, stuff around the house, kids, etc. it seems that I never have more than a spare 20-30 minutes so I don't find much time for modeling; I usually stand/sit at the bench, looking over stuff and handling the tools, imagining the next opportunity.  Hopefully I can start actively scheduling time going forward...

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Gomeral;

 Welcome Back! I am awaiting eye surgery so I only get about what my eyes will let me. About forty-Five minutes to an hour in a day! Believe me, I understand the Family Emergency/Covid situation too. So with a hearty Wahoo! welcome Back to the hobby!

Welcome back Gomeral! Like you, I used to struggle with available time to work on modeling. I usually get up in the morning about an hour or so ahead of time and spend that hour working at the bench while everyone else in the house is asleep. This usually means that I'm that guy that's up at 3:45 or so in the morning. What that does for me is give me that one hour of the day that's aaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll mine. No hunny do's, no dang dogs wanting in or out, no phones ringing and no demands on my time other than doing something that I love doing. I don't know what your daily schedule looks like but this is what works for me.

 Hope to see more of you on the forum and am looking forward to seeing some of your work when you get the time slot figured out. 

See ya round bud, Joe 

So for the time being, my morning usually belongs to getting the kids up and moving and then dealing with calls from my EU office (they are +7 to me, so mornings are the best time for all of those meetings!).  Sadly, I don't think that'll work out for me.  What *might* work out is something in the evenings after the kids go to bed.  I figure I can try to grab an hour or so around then, later if I want to be tired in the morning!

For now, I'm re-doing the workbench space so I can have a bit more room to do stuff.  It was a little crowded and just getting down a box or moving something temporarily took up my work space; hopefully getting that cleared up and reorganized will be encouraging!

Gomeral, we have found, after years and years of building and rebuilding workbenches, that it makes no difference what size the bench or room is you will end up with 1 square foot of workable space once you start working there. There have been posts here with photos, mine included, showing large benches with magnificent set ups designed for lots of building room and the actual workspace in use was 1 square foot. The rest was taken up by all sorts of tools, paints and odds and ends. So, don't worry about the size of the work area for now, use what's available until the right time when you can get the "space" you want or need. 

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Welcome aboard. I to havehad a bad two years with people passing away and then I was daisnosed with cance. On the recovery side now and all looks good for moment. I also do the RC thing . Once I get back on myfeet again I will be getting all my hobby stuff out and start building. Once I get going with thatI want to start a couple of clubs here for RC and model building . Again welcome aboard glad to have you here.

Thanks, all, for the kind thoughts and ideas.  I've finally moved the home office back to the home office space, so the workbench is (mostly) cleared and I'll be getting back to it.  I may keep 'optimizing,' but definitely miss having brush/tweezers in hand and making a small mess of things.  Here's hoping I can try to start one of the Group Builds I signed up for *last year* just to say I did it, even if it's waaaaay too late!

And Lurch, best wishes for a speedy and full recovery!

Thanks GOMERAL I appreciate that.

Looking forward to seeing your builds.

I have alot to catch up on . hopefully will be able to post something this fall. I also just learned in the last year how touse a computer so my wonderful wife will have to show me how to post pics. But try to do that.

I started back at the bench today and immediately fell into a "this is the wrong color" rabbit hole and have spent 2 hours trying to mix/match a dark green.  *sigh*  Might be a couple more years before I have a build to show off...

Welcome, indeed.

I fully understand your use of "relearn".  I never quit modeling since age XXX in 1961, but I have several relatively unrelated areas of modeling interest, each of which holds my spotlight for a year or two or three.  I rotate between 1/700 ships, 1/25 cars, 1/72 WWI aircraft, 1/1200 sailing ships and 60mm soldiers, and each time I switch, it becomes an effort to relearn the techniques required for those models.  (Not to mention a reset of all the paint bottles/tins  on my workbench and in the drawers nearby.)  The first model in each subject area becomes a "simple, back-in-the-saddle" kit, which rarely stays simple.

As others have said, these forums are a good place to ask questions or talk about models, or just shoot the breeze.

Again, welcome!
Rick Heinbaugh