Finding it difficult to be interested.

Sorry to hear about your Grandfather. I lost mine in one week when I was nine so I did'nt get too close to him. Grief is natural and as for the heavy work load plus earthquakes, step back AND relax with some R&R . With alittle rest and some time to sort things out after your loss you may regain your interest in plastic. I've been there as to depression and lived with anti-depressents for several years. They did'nt really help as far as I'm concerned. I maxed out on them and was still too far down to enjoy life.Now I build again to forget the job and relax, but I also do some video gaming Bible reading, and gold prospecting.

Cheers guys.

Thanks TB. I might find myself doing just that.

Scorpiomikey

Hey guys. Not sure how many of you have encountered this, but recently with everything thats been going on (grandfather passing away, heavy workload, earthquakes etc) ive been finding it really hard to be interested in modelling anymore. I get home in the evening, clean the kitchen up, have dinner, sit at my desk with a part built model and i find myself making excuses not to advance like "oh i dont have the right tools for that" or "I need to buy some paint to finish that" The frustrating thing is its a tamiya 48 scale corsair. damn near a shake n bake.

Is this common? Or should i pack my gear up and take a break for a while?

Totally utterly normal man, take a break.. who cares.. modelling and the rest of us will always be here. No use forcing yourself to do anything like this, after all its a hobby, take it at your leisure dude.

All the best with everything and I hope it all gets sorted. You know where we are :-)

SCORPIOMIKEY-You have some valid points.I buried myself in work when the first wife passed.37 Wonderful years with the mother of my children and my best friend.I decided that I was getting nowhere except for more visits to the V.A. for anger management and pain management. SOOO , I built a model that I knew my wife would,ve loved to see and have .A hand carved ,hand planked 16 1/2" barrelback 40s era speedboat ! That helped .Then I quit one of my three jobs(the worst one , McDonalds.) Now I remember her fondly .My first houseboat sank while I was out of town and no one even tried to call me .She sat on the bottom for two whole weeks ! That,s as bad as an earthquake.Nothing was recoverable ,including the boat .$72,000.00 gone! .So I know the feeling .Its like the world hates you or is just getting even for some unseen thing you did.NOT SO , It,s just life .Take yourself and treat yourself to a good dinner and I mean treat ! No hamburger or whatever is the fave fast food in NZ. Go get yourself a real gourmet meal , with some spirits , and make sure you CAN see the water .Watch the waves and enjoy your food .Then go home (or wherever you have to stay) And pull out a model and get immersed in it ! I did that and it worked.I still try to get an "attaboy" dinner when I can .Heck , after all this old man has been through I,ve earned it and with what you have faced at your young age, SO DO YOU !! Good luck.      tankerbuilder      P.S. I can put myself in your shoes. If you want to E-MAIL me do it and we can just let it all out .

Just went to the video shop and hired out Rage and Ace Combat assault horizon. looking forward to them this weekend.

If you don't feel like model building then don't.  No sense forcing the issue.  If you make yourself build a model you won't put in the effort and have a substandard build making it worse.  Take a break. Sort things out.  Build when you want to. 

It happens to everyone I think.  You have had a lot on your plate lately.  Work on that first.  Then the model kits.

Hans von Hammer

Tell ya what I do, Scorp... I hit a slump, I put in Combat Flight Sim II...  "Flying" one of the birds I got a model of does a lot to get me started again...

 

Not really an option just at the moment. My computer fried itself pretty good back in October during an earthquake. Waiting for a payout so i can get it fixed. Im still trying to find a decent flight sim on the ps3 thats going to last me more than a couple hours. 

Scorpiomikey

uuhhh, i dont think im old enough for this thread anymore lol.

"Baa Baa Black Sheep" (later known as "Black Sheep Squadron") did for WW2 fighter pilots what the 1966-68 "Batman" TV series did for Superheroes...

It was hokey, the Zekes ( AKA "Texas Zeros"), Vals, and Kates were the vis-mod AT-6s  and BT-13s  from "Tora Tora Tora" fame, the stories were pure BS, the WW2 color gun-camera film was over-used, and the actors, for most part, needed to go back to acting classes..

I never missed it though...  Where else could one watch seven beautiful, blue F4Us flying echelon right or in trail on TV? 

Dad ( a former WW2 fighter pilot) and I watched it together, and he did quite a rant about every time we watched, lol.. He called it "Bah, Bah, Bullsh*t",lol...

Tell ya what I do, Scorp... I hit a slump, I put in Combat Flight Sim II...  "Flying" one of the birds I got a model of does a lot to get me started again...

Kids these days.....

uuhhh, i dont think im old enough for this thread anymore lol.

BashMonkey

Next your going to tell us you never heard of "Airwolf" either?

Loved Airwolf as a kid. Sadly, it's held up about as well as Jan Michael Vincent...

Also have gobs of love for Blue Thunder.

give him a break.,., he's only in his 20's....

Baa Baa Black Sheep was a 70's TV show about legendary pilot Pappy Boyington who in the Pacific Theater during WW2, basicly assembled his own squadron out of 8 balls and outcast pilots no other squadrons wanted, they went on to have one of the best records of any Marine Squadron in the war. They were known as the Black Sheep Squadron.

Some history young Paduan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappy_Boyington

They flew F4U corsairs in real life, and in the TV show, hence the recomendation.

Next your going to tell us you never heard of "Airwolf" either?

AAH.. well.. BAA BAA Blacksheep was a TV series in the 70s'' , 2 seasons ?? Starred Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington.  Kinda cheesy... but good fun .. Corsairs.. Zeros.. etc..etc..

ck it on Google or youtube..

Unless your talking about the nursery rhyme, im dead serious. (remember im only 26 and i live in a British colony, were like Canada, without the French)

. . . or 3/4 of the snow.

p38jl

 

Scorpiomikey:

 

Baa baa black sheep? the hell is that?

 

  Scorpiomikey,, were u serious ? or kidding.. ?..

 

Unless your talking about the nursery rhyme, im dead serious. (remember im only 26 and i live in a British colony, were like Canada, without the French)

Scorpiomikey

Baa baa black sheep? the hell is that?

Baa baa black sheep? the hell is that?

Thanks guys, you could be right, i might talk to my bro in law and see about going hunting. I wont go fishing because i believe that killing (or torturing) an animal your not going to eat is just pure cruelty. Im happy to eat rabbits or whatever else the bullet hits (deer, goat, hare etc)

Maybe i just need to get off my fat butt and go for a bike ride or a run or something.

Oh well, 10 days with my partners grandparents..yay

If i disappear for a few days, dont worry. ill be back.

                             I go fishing or hunting,just something not modeling related.

                                                              Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

the Doog could be right.. you may need to talk with your Dr or someone to maybe help cope with some of the things that have happened..

another suggestion.. Season 1, of BAA BAA Blacksheep... bag of chips.. and some good dip.. might help that Shake n Bake bird...

That's classic symptoms of Depression, Mike. Yes, it can be just a "phase", but be aware if it goes on for longer than a month, and if it seems that you can't get your enthusiasm for life back, it may be time to seek some counseling for it.

You do need time to grieve about a death; that takes a little time, and a heavy workload can make you "Bring your work home" with you and your brain says "DON'T RELAX!" because it's overloaded. Best thing I can say is not to force it with the modeling. You don't have a time limit of deadline to finish a model. Recognize that you're going through a tough period, allow yourself the time to get through it, and pamper yourself when you need it. You'll get through it one way or another--and if you don't, talk to someone about it.

Scorpiomikey

Hmm, maybe its time to crack out the old Hasegawa Tomcat. Might pack things up and clean up a bit while my partners grandparents are here. Then move on to the cat afterwards. I got the Aeries resin cockpit for it. Shortly after put it back in the stash in frustration lol.

You guys might be right, i need a bit of a challenge.

Thanks for the advice, ill let you know how i get on.

I think your on to something.  A little break, refresh, and get back to it.

I do like the idea of an easy kit to spark your interest.  That being said its a hobby, you need to enjoy it.   You may  need to go back to the basics to remember why you got into the hobby

As said by others; find a subject thet really interests you, read a book about it, watch a movie! Get excitet about a subject!

Look, it's 2012, the world is coming to an end soon so........... build another model and enjoy yourself, everything will be alright.

Fly to Thailand and hang out on the beach for awhile....find a nice girl, see the sights...

Being bipolar I find it a very easy situation to be in when I get to the low end of the spectrum. Its just so easy to veg in front of TV or game instead of modeling. I find it hard to actually force myself to start/continue doing modeling but once I do I actually enjoy and feel good once I'm "in the groove".

Andrew

Hmm, maybe its time to crack out the old Hasegawa Tomcat. Might pack things up and clean up a bit while my partners grandparents are here. Then move on to the cat afterwards. I got the Aeries resin cockpit for it. Shortly after put it back in the stash in frustration lol.

You guys might be right, i need a bit of a challenge.

Thanks for the advice, ill let you know how i get on.

Scorpiomikey

The frustrating thing is its a tamiya 48 scale corsair. damn near a shake n bake.

Perhaps that's your problem right there? Why not stretch yourself with a kit that forces you to problem solve? I love me some Tamiya shake-and-bakes, but I also like to grab a kit that terrifies me for some reason or another.

In fact I'd say the builds that I've enjoyed most since I came back to the hobby have been the ones that forced me to stretch...either into techniques I wasn't comfortable with (WnW Sopwith Pup and rigging a biplane)...or due to the sheer epicness of the kit (Tamiya Spit VIII)...or due to some rough-around-the-edges-ness. Of the three builds I've got on the bench right now, if I'm honest with myself, I've been having the most fun with the PCM Fiat G.55.

Personally I try to alternate. Kit that scares me, then something more laid back. Then another kit that scares me...