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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 10:53 AM
Hey Salty (or is it Mr Dog?),

Your symptoms are almost extactly like mine.

I thought it was laziness, but now I realize it's something different. A few months ago I began to notice that only on Sunday evening could I quit twiddling and really get down to building. Oh, I could do it maybe a couple of hours here and there during the month, but for the most part it was Sunday night or nothing. Any other time that I sat down I'd reorganize the bench, read Scale and Details, clean tools - just like cirikili said.

I realized that modeling uses a different side of my personality than anything else, and I have to be relatively at peace to use that side. After a week of work, it takes me until Sunday evening to chill enough for patient, careful, and (dare I say it?) artistic work. Then it's Monday morning and it starts again. Those few hours on Sunday have become the sweetest hours of the week. My models may not win contests, but they give me something to look forward to in those last weekend hours before I start another week at work.

[I like my work, but it's demanding.]
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  • From: Ozarks of Arkansas
Posted by diggeraone on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 4:56 AM
Its a classic case of burnout,it happens to me too.To solve this problem find something else to do untill you get tired of it.You will then find that your building becomes a pleaser again.Digger
Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 2:50 AM
I know what your saying saltydog,i guess it happens to us all.......
after i get home from work the kids swarm on me and after they empty my fuel tank even further i just can't be stuffed doing anything but coming here and having a chat...
but on the other hand some days are different and i work on my models for hours on end.......
Bottom line i guess it all has to do with what sort of mood your in at the time,model when you feel like it and not when you plan to it seems to work for me, iv'e almost finished my 4th for the year with 3 more to go by the end of the year....
Cheers J.S............
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 2:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog
do ya'll suffer from procrastination when it comes to modelling as i do? later.Sad [:(]

in a word Chris......YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.............Confused [%-)]
and it ain't no biggie.......other than maybe a little frustrating with no progress to report........when i "had" a workbench & and devoted time........i'd find myselves sitting and starring @ some in work project and wind up fiddling with a book or an AM detail set or opening a new kit or straightening up the bench or adding to my wish list or..................anything but, what i sat down to do........
.......then i'd leave the workbench with noting really accomplished........and feeling just a tad guilty..........
another time i'd sit at the bench to fiddle with no real intention to accomplish anything and wind up there for 8 + hours having done all that didn't get done the previous sit down.........
it's catch as catch can....don't be too hard on yourselves.....it'll happen when it's supposed ta.......remember it's a hobby not a job.......Wink [;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 1:20 AM
I suffer from painting procrastination. One of the best bits of advice on modelling I ever disregarded was "Have a dedicated work area." Instead I have to unpack and repack everything when I do anything, that's a hassle when it comes to painting, whether by hand or by airbrush. I fixed a problem in the cockpit of the 1/48 F4U-4B I'm working on, and all it needs is a little paint touch up and I haven't done it. My 1/72 Spit MkV just needs the spinner and tires painted, and an overall clear flat coat, but it has sat on the shelf for weeks (I'm gonna have trouble with removing the cockpit masking, I know).

Al
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:19 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog

tiger..............man.......dont go overboard with the punishment friend........cutting back on forum time...................no kits...........................oh the agony of it!!! i mean those are drastic measures bubba!!Tongue [:P]LOL later.


Thanks Chris, but I think it's all for the best. My stock pile is growing and why is that? I've already ditched the t.v. for the forum, now I need to spend a little less time here and finish something. I'm in 3 G.B's now and overdue on two and will not be late for this third one. Also i have this Panzer III that is almost finished, but laying idily in the box.

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 Eric 

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Posted by chopperfan on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:44 PM
It's the heat! Yuck [yuck]
I've been down for the last week with pneumonia. Not goin' back to work until Friday. I am, by God, gonna get my bench cleaned up tomorrow and am gonna spend tomorrow night and Thursday trying like heck to burn myself out on Hueys, an S-3 Viking and an A-37B Dragonfly!!!!!! That's for starters!!!!!!! Approve [^] Big Smile [:D]

Randie Cowboy [C):-)]
Randie [C):-)]Agape Models Without them? The men on the ground would have to work a lot harder. You can help. Please keep 'em flying! http://www.airtanker.com/
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Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:25 PM
Same here bubba so it must be something in the air. Laugh [(-D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:14 PM
Been suffering from somewhat the same thing lately...I am getting too lazy.

Or maybe too many distractions...

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  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:06 PM
tiger..............man.......dont go overboard with the punishment friend........cutting back on forum time...................no kits...........................oh the agony of it!!! i mean those are drastic measures bubba!!Tongue [:P]LOL later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:52 PM
Oh I echo your pain. I've had the house a few times lately and never seem to get anything done. After times passes in the forum and like you say other duties call. I too try to plan things out and then get ready to do some building and get distracted by other things. I've made it a goal to cut my forum time down until i get one of my three projects done. So far I've completed one kit this year and I had high goals set. I've also decided no more groupbuilds until I finish something. Then to further punish myself, no more kits until I get one on the shelf.

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 Eric 

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  • From: Lower Alabama
Why is this?
Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:43 PM
am i the only one who tries to kinda "schedule" in my mind what i'd like to get done at the bench when i get off from work, then when i get home, don't even sit down at the bench?

its like i want to get certain tasks done when i get to the bench, then when i have the golden opportunity, i just can't seem to get my rear end over to the bench, sit down and do the hobby that i thoroughly and passionately desire!! what has come over me?!! i know that i'll get neck deep as soon as i sit down and really enjoy myself, but i'll head to the bench, then say to myself, "let me see whats goin' on on the forum" and then time passes, and then i spend some time with the daughter and do the family thing for an hour or 2, then i fart around on the internet or other general bumbling around the house...shower/devotion time/ ect., ect., then its time to go to bed!!! what gives?!! i haven't touched any plaskik since saturday!!!! and i've had the house to myself i know 4 hours since then, along with plenty of other opportunities, only to let them slip by..........................i mean i have 4 stangs on the bench!!! my favorite subject!!!! i have the cockpit finished and fuselage joined on one stang and a F4U-5N, and 2 True Details resin pits for a D stang ready to drybrush and add the color to the different color switches, and i have 4 resin ejection seats painted and ready to wash and drybrush, SBD-3 is ready for the fuselage halves to be joined..............................................i just can't seem to get my butt over there and carry on!! i almost have all of these kits to what i consider the 1st big mile stone stage.......joining the fuselage halves together. i guess i'll get there eventually. do ya'll suffer from procrastination when it comes to modelling as i do? later.Sad [:(]
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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