Are you building more than one model at a time?

I have 3 kits on the workbench right now. First is a 32 scale hasegawa Bf 109 G-6, then a 72 scale Hasegawa F/A-18 C "Chippy Ho" Hornet, and last is a 24 scale Revell/Monogram 1970 Chevelle. I also have a few kits in th wings waiting to be started....

I usually have anywhere from 3 to 7 going at one time. Usually 2 of them are getting the brunt of the attention. I like to have mutiple kits going in different stages so I can work on something say while some is drying or setting up.

I don't know anyone that only has one kit going at a time. I have 6 1/72 P-47's in various stages of assembly/painting for a 56th FG diorama. There's also a B-17G, a Tiger Moth, Curtiss F11C Goshawk, the Polar Lights Godzilla kit (the BIG one!) two or three cars, and a Revell-Germany kit os a WWII period German locomotive (hey, it was different, guys!). I also find myself with less time to build and more kits on hand than I care to admit. But hey, the fun factor is still there. - Ed

My god....

Well, I've got seven building right now. Five Cobras and two Loaches. The Cobras and one Loach are all 32nd Scale. (DON'T GET THE HOBBYCRAFT LOACH, IT SUCKS) The last Loach is the Italeri/DML kit and its great! MY latest Cobra is being converted to a J model SeaCobra.... scratchbuilding the tin-pac engine now. Too many helos too little time!

Rolling in Hot!

Jon

I have to admit that I too have at least 3-4 models going at the same time. Presently I am 1) putting the finishing touches on a 1/72nd K-5E Leopold German railway gun diorama, 2) painting a 1/48th F-14A Tomcat Black Bunny, 3) preparing a 1/144 Frontier Airline 737 for the first coat of primer, and 4) beginning a 1/32nd Spitfire Mk. I. I have found that by having a variety of subjects all going at the same time I avoid developing "burnout". Plus as a number of other individuals have noted, I can paint the parts of several planes at the same time thus saving paint and time. The only trick is keeping things separated and not having a F-16 end up with a ball turret on the belly!
Dick McC

Isn't everybody? I've been working on a large 1:35 scale armor diorama for a year and a half. When I get burned out on it I switch to something else. Did a 48th PBY and Me262 some cars and a 350 scale Missouri I've got another small diorama going with a 70's jeep on manuevers in Germany and a 48th FW 190and lastly a 72 scale Vosper PT boat. Variety is the spice of life, besides you don't mix up the pieces that way.

I got so many under construction, I can't count them all! I started running out of room for my models and also built a lot for Air Force types who flew F-15E Strike Eagles. I also rebuilt and added to the 4th Wing Commanders collection on Seymour Johnson AFB, NC. So I put a lot of models on hold that I had started. That was 4 or 5 years ago! I've since retired and begun a new job. So I've just recently started to finish all the models that I put aside from lack of space. A Hobby Town here that closed gave me all the glass shelving I could put in my P/U truck. I still have lots of it left, only used two shelves so far! I have 4 1/32 scale F-4's under construction. 3 1/32 F-15's, A 1/48 Tigercat, a 1/35 MH-60G, 1/48 F-105D and F-106. Now they've come out with a 1/35 MH-60K AND a 1/32 F-105D!!! I still have yet to get the 1/32 A-10A that I'm about to die for!!! I love large scale aircraft. at my age(45), anything large and easy to see is good! !!LOL

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I have three planes going right now. Every time I knock that number I find a few new ones to start. The most I've ever had at one was six (to which I said never again). Advantages are, as others have said, you can paint them at the same time, which is what I'm doing with my two german planes now. Also you can work on one while the other dries. Disadvantages for me are sometimes it takes longer to get stuff done this way. I had a number of Navy planes I was going to paint all the same, but it took me four and half years to get all of them to that point. And I can have wavering interest and may not work on a plane for months.

I find that building more than one at a times keeps my interst up. But as a tip, I usually keep the models on plastic tupperware bins. Also put your decals and directions in plastic page protectors. Have fun.

My answer, YES

Sometimes it's more efficient to paint 2 projects at once. Also sometimes my interest waivers in and out of a particular subject.

Always more than one. I basically run an "assembly line". What I do is to build several airplanes that use the same colors. This way I spend a day or two airbrushing many planes and mixing paint only once. Years ago when I built 1/48 airplanes I had over 80 nicely done models on display in my living room.

Regards,

Pat

i have a 1/72 ta 152 c dragon 1/32 mig 15 trumpeter 1/32 mig 19 trumpeter 1/32 a6m5 revell 1/72 coursair scratchbuild/kitbash with a f6 (yes it looks like a real good coursair) 1/144 scratchbuilt su 27 1/480 tbf
1/700 fulmer
1/700 ark royal(airfix)

and many more

I haven't finished anything in years, but have about 20 in various stages of collecting dust! I have a scratch built set of 1/48th scale afterburner cans without the "feathers" consisting of 162 pieces each from around 1985 that still needs a whole F-15 to hang on. Then there is the 1/48 "cutaway" B-29 and numerous others. The latest is the 1/35 MRC UH-1C Shark of the 174th AHC, my Unit in Vietnam. Too bad Panda's UH-1D is a "dog". Makes Revell's almost 40 yrs old Huey kit seem like a ProModeler. Last week I was painting the bedroom and trying to fix the dishwasher. But that didn't stop me from buying 4 more kits at Hobby Lobby's 1/2 of sale!

Thanks guys, I think I am going to start on that Tamiya P51-D now. My biggest concern was that I would never finish anything and I would have a bunch of half built planes that never left the workbench. Another plus the model shelf would have room for that Accurate Miniature B25B Mitchell I want. And the obsession goes on. LOL.

I think i have 10-12 a/c's half finished at the bench right now. I usually build at the same time. painting and finishing, if possible (especially those interiors in WW2 a/c, engines and tire color). I also make seatbelts (out of masking tape, of course) for at the same time. I think this has a down-side too though. I think its harder to finish a model if you dont concentrate on finishing it.

~~~MarkY

I agree with nzgunnie. When I was younger, I had all the time in the world to work on models, but didn't have two dimes to rub together. Now, 20 or 30 years later, I can afford just about any kit I want but I may have to wait 5 years before I can get to it!
Ironic, isn't it?

I find that when I was younger, I had plenty of time to build models, but not the money to buy them, so I made them one at a time, however now I have the money but not the time. I too have become more of a collector and have so many unbuilt kits in boxes I have lost count. I find that I have several on the go at any one time.

Besides the 82 that I started and put back in the box, and the dozen-ish I have handy to the workbench that are either ALMOST finished or somewhat in-progress that I put away for a while, I usually have several in the works at the same time. Last week I finished Hasegawa's kate and Nichimo's Nick a few days apart, while Tamiya's Skyray's primer coat dried and I started ProModeler's P-38 and DML's Ta-152C. Both those kits turned out to have fit issues that I don't feel like tackling now, so I shelved the 38 for a while and threw away the 152. Now I'm concentrating on ProModeler's Ar-234C. The Skyray is still languishing. Warp's Babylon 5 Whitestar and Agemmemnon are both started and sitting in their boxes next to the workbench, a Verlinden diorama of a B-17 waist gunner is sitting handy to start. Yet another Star Trek kitbash has been started and sidelined for a bit ..... etc, etc...

I have 10 or 12 going at any one time. When I get tired of it or have a problem I move on to another one. I have also turned into a collector. I have between 100 and 150 kits, some 30 years old, waithing to see the light of day. Seems more fun to imagine what they will look like than face reality.

I've been building models for 22 years. For the last 21 of them I've always had 5-6 projects going. Not any more!!! For the last couple of months I have focused on only one at a time. This has allowed me to complete some projects that were long overdue. Now I only have 3 half built kits left. Then I will move on to all the unbuilt kits I have waiting. I'm trying not to purchase any more until I make a dent in the pile.

Darren

I cant lie, I too have several pieces on the bench. Lets see now a 1/48th Tamiya Me 262(almost done), Tamiya F4U-1/2 Corsair and a Black Box inter for a F-16CG(in my cousins markings).
But one of these days I'm gonna mix all the parts together by mistake and get one hellofa strange looking a/c LOL.....!!!!!!!! Flaps up, Mike

I usually have severa projects underway at once. I work on assembly while paint jobs are curing and cement is setting up. I figured that was perfectly normal behavior!

Yep,
I mix'em up a bit too. I just finished a '57 chev, but I've got a 1/72 Corsair and a 1/48 F-18 on the go as well. I rarely have to 'wait' for pieces to dry because I don't often get more than about 20-30 minutes at the bench, so my reason for multiples is primarily just for variety. Sometimes I get in a 'prep' mood and will work for 2 or 3 days (various session) just prepping parts. Other times, for a few days of painting. It's nice to have several kits on the go when your in one of those 'moods'.

M.

I have a P-40 and a Typhoon on the bench, being real careful not to mix parts but i might still end up with a merlin powered typhoon.

I usually have 2-3 models going at a time. Presently I have a 1/35 UH-60, Commando Hummer and a 1/48 F-16. This way when one is drying from painting or glueing, I can work on the other. Or I can just work on one. I plan on slinging the Hummer underneath the UH-60.

Sled71

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