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Posted by KINGTHAD on Friday, February 25, 2011 8:26 AM

I have about four or five going at a time because I have limited time at the bench I hate waisting it on watching somthing dry.

Thad

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Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Friday, February 25, 2011 12:24 AM

I try to maximize it to two builds at a time, one in the building stage, one in the painting stage. This way I can always do some modelling but I do not get a large backlog.

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Posted by Wirraway on Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:27 PM

I've got 12 boxes open on the bench as we speak, but most of these are figgies/equipment sets that are going into the King Tiger/ Opel Maultier diorama I'm working on at the moment.......

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Posted by Stage_Left on Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:21 PM

Like I've lost my mind........

I count 19 builds going currently in the stash. Most of those were started in the '80s, however. As my building skills began to approach competent in the late '80s, I felt the need to reproduce almost every detail. Needless to say, I got bogged down and would put aside projects when I hit a roadblock trying to figure out how to reproduce something. Now that I've figured out how to approach some of these impasses, time is the issue.

I've learned to forego some of the detail to actually finish a project or two. 

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Posted by Wabashwheels on Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:45 PM

I've always subscribed to the "One til Done" pledge, But when you get going good and want to keep busy building you seem to get to the point where the model needs to set for a while.  That is when it is nice to have another project to pick up.  I don't think several going at once would be good for me.  I'm doing two P-51B's simultaneously and seriously have mixed up and painted the gear doors Twice!  Rick

 

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Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:35 PM

So many I lost count. Huh?

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Posted by fox on Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:21 PM

I usually work on several at the same time. Guess I get bored working on just one at a time as shown by my workbench list. Too many to build and too little time to build them.

Jim Captain

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Posted by macattack80 on Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:54 PM

Usually one to the finish line.  I say usually because I have 4 going right now because I signed up for a lot of GB's. 

Kevin

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Posted by Aaronw on Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:51 PM

I frequently have 5 or 6 going at once.

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Posted by fermis on Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:49 PM

 Typically, I'm one til done, with an occassional pair of the same type. But right now I have seven going. Revells new 1/72 B-17, a pair of 109s (little bits of work while the paint/cement dry on the 17) and 4 T-6s as one project (just started and sidelined til I finish the 17),

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Posted by tigerman on Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:24 PM

I think I get slowed down with multiple projects. Problem is that I get burned out and move onto something else. Ironically I usually go back to my first WIP and finish it first.

i have 3 soon to be 4 WIP's. LOL

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Posted by Hercmech on Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:14 PM

I can only do one at a time. I get totally immersed in the build, reading about the real thing and looking up stuff about them. I don't think my noggin is smart enough to do that for more than one thing at a time.


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Posted by deafpanzer on Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:19 PM

Usually one kit at a time but I suffer this "95% completion syndrome" when it is almost completed and I just don't come back to finish it for few weeks or months because I am already working on new kit. Stick out tongue

Andy

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Posted by Reasoned on Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:09 PM

One at a time but I'm just getting back into this and have to keep my steps straight. Embarrassed  That being said, I think I will continue doing it this way because I like to see things through to the finish.

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How many kits working on at once?
Posted by iraqiwildman on Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:00 PM

I like to work on one kit at a time and get totally done before starting another project. I have been thinking about working on a few at the same time, then paint them all together and then do the weathering. I think it might actually speed up my builds by being more efficient.

How do you all build?

Tim Wilding

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