How many projects at once?

Funny that you ask this question as I am pondering it as well right now. Normally I place all my efforts into one kit at a time. Now I have tossed my hat into several group builds within this forum. That has taken me to a different level that I am not use to being at; working multiple kits at once. 

One involves a large amount of scratch building, another with a large amount of after market detailing, and one being built straight from the box. I do not have a real answer for your question, but I am eager to see the other responses that follow.

v/r,

Ben

Currently I've got a bit more than usual.  I usually have 3 or 4 projects going.

Tamiya Ducati panigale - at the decal stage 

Hasegawa 1/48 f-14 - solving fuselage fit issues

Minicraft 1/144 ec-121r - filling and sanding

Roden 1/48 t-28b trojan - ready to close up the fuselage

Tamiya 1/48 wildcat - interior parts base painted. 

Like others, I get to a stage on a kit that needs to dry/set etc so I'll set that asside and move on to another one.  Sometimes, like with the f-14, I just get frustrated and dont want to think about it for a bit. 

I typically stick with one kit at a time.  I have puilt two P-39's at the same time, it was a double aircraft kit.  I assume if I ever go to build two of the same type of aircraft again I could do them both at once.

I do plan on building a 1/72 C-130 as "Fat Albert" in the future, and to keep me from screwing up the paint like I did the last time I'll have a 1/72 F/A-18 Blue Angels Hornet to work on while I'm waiting for paint to dry.  I don't see myself building more than two kits at a time.  I just don't have the space on my desk for anymore than that.  Really don't have space for more than one, lol. 

 101st ?

 If so , you are da man ! 82nd too ! that's where my Brothers proudly served . Now , as to multiple projects . I do this ALL the time . Why ? Well , being the Vice - President of Modeling at the new braunfels Train Museum breaks up my bench time for my projects .Not thinking I'll start something different and then realize I already have a project going . T.B.

1/72 Maquette B 307 about 25% done.

1/144 Revell Flower class corvette about 25% done

1/64 Revell Yacht America about 50% done

1/9 Italeri Norton 750 Commando a week or two left on it.

1/350 Trumpeter CV-2 USS Lexington long term SOD

1/350 Trumpeter CV-8 Hornet long term SOD

Not too bad for me. 

I work on one kit at a time. I don't like to work on multiple kits otherwise, I'll lose interest.

Life has gotten in the way..... These are the "Currently stalled " project's piled up on, and around my workbench.

Revell 1/72 scale Type VII sub. 75% complete

Revell / Monogram P-61 Black Widow 10% complete.

AMT 65 Chevell station wagon 90% complete

AMT 66 Galixy 90% complete

AMT 1925 Fruit T ( two almost complete kit's ) both 50% complete.

Monogram Slinster dragster 75% complete

!/87 scale caboose/combine 50% complete ( I'v been working on this, off and on, ...for the past 10 year's or so.)

Glenco U.S.S. Oregon 10% complete ( this is my own personel hell ! been trying to get this mess fixed since 1997 .)

Oooh, let's se the chevelle wagon!

OK. 

Give me a minute .....

My "digital photography" skill's are not the greatist ( read "Crappy" )

You can view the rest of the "Out of Focus" ," Too much Flash" picture's here...

https://imgur.com/a/BUVxFzF

Somebody , let me know if this link work's. ( first time I have tried this. )

That's cool.  Best looking wagon Imho.  Coming out nice too.  Link works BTW.  Thanks for posting  

I currently have 8 going at once in 1/48 scale. 4 P-47D's - 2 of which are Razorbacks, a P-47M, 2 P51B's - one with a vacu-form Malcolm hood, and the Tamiya fuel truck. The P-47's are all being done in different paint scemes from the 56th and will be displayed together. The fuel truck is going to be displayed with one of the P-51's.

At the moment, I have a wide variety of underwing and belly fuel tanks done for all of them, all the cockpits and a couple pilots done, 5 red P-47 nose cowlings with engines and props done, 4 of the P-47's wings have been modified with brass gun barrels, some fuselage modifications have been completed on the P-51's for resin replacement engine exhausts, and the fuel truck is in the final stages of completion. Pretty close to buttoning up the planes and performing a long paint session. They all have different paint schemes, but many of the colors are the same, so I'll have to spend some time figuring out the best order for spraying.

I'm building Monogram, Tamiya and Hasegawa kits, and it's interesting to see the differences between manufactures. They all have errors, and, for all the extra money the Hasegawa kit cost, it is barely more complicated than the Monogram ones.  

In the past I used to just focus on one kit at a time, but every now and then I would build two at once. In this case there's a theme for the displays, and it just made sense to do them all at once. 

And I like that approach as well, Rotor.

I tend to model as an excuse to buy books, or at least I model to physically encounter what I read about. So once you start to model P-47s. the 56th, or other wise F4U's, Fletcher Class DD's and the Pacific ETO, there's a lot of value in the library that can be built on the shelf or online.

GMorrison

I agree. Reading and doing research on each project is my favorite part. In fact, the research usually leads to other projects I'd like to do. I have quite a library, but the internet has been a great boon for additional pictures and information.

Ay ! 

 It's a Chebby Mon ! My fave wagon for a modern car !

Hey " G " 

 Guess what ,? Besides my Naval design time and ship duty I rely heavily on Jane's for a lot . Now as to plans  ,well , I use multiple sources including my own library . Most plans I have done myself and rescued after these many moves over the years .

 My exposure to Fincantierri and their techniques let me inject some modernity to some . There are many paper What Ifs?   T.B.  Many are partial hull designs and mentally designed deckhouses go there . Sorry no hard copies .

I have 3 going now, the most is 5.  I do finish projects all the time.  Before, I had every thing done. That was odd, to have models done at once.  I always have kits in various stages.  I never like have nothing going on.  

Are you the author of this same post over at Hyperscale, Trooper?

OK, now I have 4, in order, the 1/48 TriMaster Me 163, just finishing the Pitot tube and antennae, the finishing is done.  A Trumpter Marder 1, a Hochkiss captured tank with a 75 mm AT gun on it.  Only have to decal and dull coat it.  A 1/32 Hasegawa Me-163 I started for fun as I just finished the 1/48 one.  I had extra stuff around, so what the heck.  It is under assembly now.  The lest one is a ICM 1/48 Spitfire Mark 9, also put together, ready for paint.  I have the new Meng Panther Aust A and a Takom BergePanther  in the lineup.  

I have bunches in the stash,  a thousand or more.  Really I have only a couple on the so called "shelf o doom".     I just build them, l never get very hung up on things.  Been doing this for decades.  It is still fun.

I'm retired now, my wife keeps me busy enough, my daughter and her family are great.  The one thing that fouls me up is dialysis three times a week.  Could be worse.  In a few years i could get a transplant.

@ The Baron Nope not me!  and thanks for all the replies guys. It's always interesting to see the thoughts with like minded people. 

It depends on how much time you have.I am retired and have thirty projects at once.Twenty of them are super detail and ten w/ metal finish.All aircraft.Also I have a few rotary wing aircraft in 1:35  and 1/32 scale super detailed.( open-up) .I have a wall shelf w/ individual shelf space for my projects.I just pull one project down to work on.I have a holding area shelf on the back side area for the completion phase of the build.Airbrush area included .

Lol, I’m retired too and find I don’t have enough bench time due to other life things that need tending to. Now with cooler weather approaching I will be spending more time outdoors doing yard work/gardening and bike riding for phisical activity.

I usually have at least 2 builds going on and rotate between them as one has parts drying then the other one gets work done. I’ve had as many as 5 going on at the same time.

I don't have any projects going at this time as 'going' would imply that I am actively working on something.  I do have nine kits/subjects started with only progress on two of them so far in 2018.  Thats just me - I am a slow modeler and would probably be considered more of a kit collector than modeler.  That can change. 

I do like reading about the subjects I am interested and even have a backlog of reference material waiting to be reviewed/read dating back to the AMPS national show in 2017.

Hmmmm...  you'd think the question of building lots of models or 1 at a time would have a more cut and dry answer! 

As for myself, I'm currently working on I don't even know how many little model kits that will eventually go together on this neat 1/200 battleship diorama I've got going. 

Please don't tell me it's just 1 model or my head will literally explode. 

chango

Please don't tell me it's just 1 model or my head will literally explode.

Ah .... Ahem......

( It's only one model. )

But, It's a really COOL model !