Favorite and least favorite step of the build

I am not fond of painting canopies.  I love everything else.

For me, I find Decaling to be "Soothing" . Which is odd, because I'm usually doing one letter at a time. And, I absolutely L O V E  weathering stuff !!!!!

I HATE: 

Automotive, doing anything to the frame/suspention.

Ship's, rigging.

Plane's again rigging, and seam's.

Favorite is decalling. It gives the subject an identity. least is seams, especially on aircraft fuselages.

My least favorite is filling seams and correcting major fit problems. Favorites include detailing cockpits, painting (especially since I found out about using poster putty worms for soft edges - thanks to the folks here on the forum) and decalling.

Tom

This reminds me of an idea that we talked about in our club, for a build night-Assembly Line Building.  We would all bring kits in various stages of completion, where we had stopped on some step we disliked.  Everyone would take that step in the process that he liked to do, and we could collaborate to knock out those builds.  We never did it, though, but it could be done.

the Baron

This reminds me of an idea that we talked about in our club, for a build night-Assembly Line Building.  We would all bring kits in various stages of completion, where we had stopped on some step we disliked.  Everyone would take that step in the process that he liked to do, and we could collaborate to knock out those builds.  We never did it, though, but it could be done.

 

Interesting idea you should get that going.

@ Littletimmy

Man I'm glad someone get's something positive out of decals. Painting does for me what Decaling does for you, so I get it.

I love the assembly process more than anything else and dislike weathering, probably because I'm not good at it plus I'm impatient. 

Actually, I find enjoyment in all aspects of a build, especially the painting. I even like the time spent on making minor adjustments for parts that pose some difficulty, that require only some filing, sanding, shimming, etc, just some massaging really.

But what does present a genuine negative, is critical parts that are just so poorly made they cannot be corrected to at least an acceptable state. Mainly that is the canopy bits, one of the most important and visible components. Thankfully that rarely happens, especially over the past several years.

I would say my least favorite part is masking the canopy.  Especially when building 1/72 scale. UGH.  Favorite part is everything else.  i dont mind sanding and filling seams especially since i discovered Mr. Surfacer.  What a game changer. The second worse part oabout building a model is finishing one.  I always hate to see em leave the bench

What I dislike the most is painting  faces on figures . I can handle all else ok . I guess I’ll keep  practicing on them

Favorite: opening the box.

Least favorite: paying for the box.

Favorite is taking the sprues out from the bag and examining them for the first time.  Least favorite is painting.

I am not a fan of painting. I just hate it and would be satisfied to park unpainted kits on the shelf with just minor detail painting; like we did when we were kids.

I like just assembling the components, building the kit and watching it take shape.

Best part definitely is taking the sprues out of the box and figuring out how this thing is going to look put together.

Worst part for me is masking. Especially multi colored paint jobs. But the reward is the end result.

I'm with GMorrison, LOL. love to build and all involved however least favorite is NOT finishing something before I start something new......ooooooh SHINY

Favourite part is starting on a new build; ideas of ooh I'm going to do this and this and make this bit look really used. Least favourite hitting a snag scratching the head, then I start procrastinating time goes by until I have to catch the bull by the horns. 

Favorites are decaling and weathering (with one exception on decaling).  Things I don't like are seam cleanup and weighting nose on trike gear planes.

Exception to decals is when I neglect to test sheet for shattering.  I usually scan sheet so in worst case I can try inkjet decal duplicates.  If I test and they break up I have a bottle of decal film.  If I forget to scan and test, however, I can lose a good decal.

I like weathering because I can stop at any point- it is optional.

I can do seam cleanup okay, but it takes patience.  Nose weight is a problem if kit does not tell you how much to use and you have to figure it out for yourself.

@ armornut

I did that at first when I started back with modelling last year. It was mainly inexpensive Tamiya models I was practicing different skills on. I quickly learned when I started a more detailed model, I did not enjoy that. Now it's one at a time until I'm done. Slowed me down too which is a good thing for me.

In the case of models that need fixing...

Favorite: Planning all the cool stuff I want to try and do to make this model better.

Least favorite: When finished, Thinking about all the things I could or

should have done.

In the middle of all that is the absolute enjoyment and satisfaction of 

"The Build".

        Nino

I generally like everything except sanding the road wheels, and cleaning up the individual track links. As I carefully manipulate the small 1/72 parts I can hear the carpet monsters baying.  

Boy " G " ; 

       You sure hit that nail on the head ! T.B.

Tick, yea slowing down is good, my problem though is actually finding those few moment between work, and other stuff to do. All in all, I'll get everything done......someday........

armornut

slowing down is good

When I got back into modelling 10 years ago, I could only do little bits between work and family obligations. What I found was that this allowed paint and glue to dry properly before I went on to the next step, improving my modelling significantly. Impatience was always my biggest problem when I was a teenager in the 70s.

Ironic when I think about it: I was in too much of a hurry when I had all the time in the world.

I hate the putty, sand, prime, repeat process.  But I love painting, and final assembely.  Decals can either be fun, or drive me nuts.  It all depends on how the decals behave.