Do you build models in the spring/summer?

I'm a year round modeler also but less gets done during Summer Months.. I Bike & Boat which cuts into "free Time"..
Butch

I mostly model during the winter months since all it does is rain for weeks on end. I tend to only work on models during the summer months at night. There is way too much to do outside when it is nice. Go hiking, fishing or orienteering,

I try to build year round, work permitting. Lately I've had to live vicariously through this forum and magazines as the job takes me to all sorts of remote locales. I'm planning to get back into it once I'm home and I've completed all the taskers the wife has for me. This will be the first time I have an office/hobby room all to myself! The wife has all her scrapbook stuff over by the computer neatly arranged and accessable. My older two (4&7) keep away, though my son likes to look over my work and "read" the instructions to me. I think I'm going to start him on some of his own models this summer.

Like nicholma, I'm a late-nighter in any season.

In the summer I'm busy working in the yard, coaching LL soccer, soaking up as much as I can of the relatively short New York summer days - but oddly enough - I also seem to stay up later and do a little more modelling in the summer too. go figure !

A note to mbalint... First of all - WELCOME ! - I see this is post # 1 for you. I have a few little ones myself . (Actually some of them are not so little.) One of the advantages of modelling for me is that it is a hobby that doesn't detract from my time with the family. Like I mentioned above - I usually model after they're all in bed. This works for me.

I have found that I need to have a totally different frame of mind if I am modelling alone - for myself, or if I am modelling with my kids. Once in a while I'll work on "MY' projeccts on a Saturday with the kiddo's around - but I limit the type of work I do. I wouldn't recommend it with an 18 month old. They move quickly, without warning, in unexpected ways. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. My youngest is 4 - I can usually anticipate mischief before she acts.

Another tip - display / store models on high shelves. My 6 yr old recently tried to "play the strings" on my Fairey Swordfish. He was probably just performing a QCcheck on the lines for proper tension. After the third one snapped, he stopped. I guess that means it failed. Rigging is difficult enough when you're building a model. I haven't yet found an adjective to describe re-rigging a finished 1/72 scale biplane. The model is on a higher shelf now.

I'm so short of time for myself I model whenever possible in all wheathers. Although I do a lot less in summer. We get so little good wheather over here, so we have to make the most of it!

Year round...although getting my summers off, I do tend to actually build more of them in the summer. I have 4-5 planned for this summer

Winter, spring, summer, or fall. Year round modeling!

Robert

I am working on a 1:1 scale model of the flat at present 'cause Kaths making me, but generally less in the summer due to cricket, family excursions ,etc aircraft meets( Oh anyone from GB going to Cosford 12th June?)

Mbalint invest in a locker then you have two choices tools in locker /kids in locker or three Gaffer tape
Nick

Where I live it's hotter 'n Texas all summer long, so it's a good time to stay in the cool cave I call my hobby room and work on models. I airbrush in the garage during heat of the night, and I notice my paint jobs are better in the summer - I think having the paint and model warm (OK, hot) makes for even paint coverage. Also, the air between the nozzle and the model is warm and moist, which may also keep the paint flowing well. The only problem is that sweat and paint don't mix.

Did I mention it's hot here?

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murray Kish Ahhh.... my first post from the beautiful shores of Maui! (what would vacation be if it didn't include a little of the FSM forums!!)

We need a post from the summit of Haleakala, you lucky, lucky

I'm just back into this from Christmastime so it's hard to say....I do find myself hoping for rain so I can justify working on a build and not the yard.

Anytime, anywhere..!

I'm another year round modeler. In fact, if a day goes by without me doing even
just a little something or other on my current project, I feel very deprived. Perhaps that's a sign of addiction. However, I don't let it run my life. Paying the
bills, my wife & keeping up the house come first, no matter what. Modeling also
has to compete with my other big hobby, gardening (in the spring & summer,
that is). Everything in moderation, as the ancient Greeks used to say. The one
exception to this was the year I had a broken leg after I got hit by a car. I did almost nothing but modeling for a solid year! In many ways the best year of my life in spite of all the pain & suffering. That's the power of modeling!

Im a year round builder, but i do most of my building during the summer because i am in highschool.

If you've got small kids around, I'd invest in a metal locker to stow away all the harmful stuff.

DJ

I try to do a little but my time is curtaled by my 18 month old and my 4 year old. Need to get them a little bigger and then they can model with me, instead of breaking things and getting into the xacto knives.

Any advice for how to work with the little ones around?

I do modeling exclusively in the warmer months. I can't open windows for ventillation after September and before May But in the colder months I brush-paint miniatures with acrylics.

DJ

Year round for me too. But then we only have two seasons in California here, summer and Christmas! :-)

My summer days are taken up with work, then the nights, when things cool down, are for building. I hate the heat, but since we cannot afford an AC, I have to wait till thingts cool down before i can go in and model.

Year around. I like building in the light and it's nice to spray with the window open and that fresh air coming in.

Year round for me too.

Year round. I mainly build at night so season isn't an issue. In the weekends I will also try to spend an hour or so around lunchtime if I'm home regardless of season. However because I mainly use rattle cans for body painting I have to do so outside so during the summer I will prepare and paint a number of bodies for completion during the winter. Doesn't always work as we are now solidly in late autumn here and I've only got 2 done when I really need 6 or so.

I build models year round, but do spend more time on the work bench during cold weather. With Spring & Summer comes Golf, Gardening, and more travel, so my time for building is reduced but never actually stopped.

Ahhh.... my first post from the beautiful shores of Maui! (what would vacation be if it didn't include a little of the FSM forums!!)

I do slow down in the summer, but have started a little 'tradition'. Every year I go buy one of those balsa/rubber band airplane kits (Guillows?) and build it whenever I'm up at the cabin/cottage on weekends. I've built two so far. The first was pretty shakey, the second a bit better (but not much...). So far I've never painted them or anything, just wanted to get them built and into the air!! I was actually surprised at how well they fly. Trees do nasty things to the tissue coverings....

Murray

I model whenever i can

Year round for me. BUT with all the festivals/fairs etc. its less in the summer.

in the past it was year round. now that i am fully immersed in the hobby again we shall see.

joe

Year round, but the years are going by too fast!

Year round but I'm doing more models during the winter. But I like modeling during summer nights. It is not too hot a it is quiet. I never modeling during the day.

Richard,

My modeling schedule is more determined by what other projects have a higher priority The time of year really doesn't have much to do with when I model as I jump into it whenever I can

I do tend to have enough time to get done what I want to do

Richard

QUOTE: Originally posted by zokissima Electric RC warbirds??? I've never seen that. Only flying models of warbirds I saw are all gasolene engined. I have an electric RC airplane, but it's not a model of anything, just a body with a shaft for the tail, two servos and a big wing Any place I can take a look at RC warbirds on the net?

Thats why I do RC as well. Gives me the chance to be in the outdoors with my models.
All my planes are gassers. I havn't been able to afford to go electric. A P-51, Corsair, and a litlle .25 size Texan are my warbirds.
Those electrics from Hobby Lobby are very detailed, and are nice flyers.
Since it is so hot in Kansas, I tend to model in the afternoons in the airconditioning.

For a good webstite go to rcwarbirds.com
For a good forum, try http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/default.asp?f=1&b=100
They have everything from electrics to 1/2 scale turbines.
Scott