A 'just wondering' poll

Hmmmmmmmm well I am home 24/7 and some people would LOVE to be able to work on there build all that time. But for me after all the house cleaning and the dishs and other odds and ends and Ooooo yea getting the kids to and from school and cooking dinner  I think I spend about 20hr + or - a week on my build. But now I am in a waiting game. watting on the paint to dry " 3 days " and nothing to do now.

Have a GREAT day all

Bud

So. . .I'm not average. I watch 5 hours of  TV week, if theres a good game on, 2 hours if not.

Don

Wulf wrote:

It is apparent that members on this forum are pretty serious builders, as am I. Over a seven day period, I tend to clock as many as 20-25 hrs. at the ole' workbench. I get everything done I need to each day before I build. However, sometimes I feel like this is alot of time. My wife doesn't mind because she's deep into W.O.W online and plays quite a bit. Anyway.......

If you have the time and you don't let it become an obsession or addiction where it supercedes everything else in your normal life, then I don't see the problem with it.  The same thing for modeling.

It's easy to spend 20-25 hours (or more) on something that you enjoy doing.  What else would you be doing with that time?  Watching TV?  Sure there are other things you could be doing, but I'm guessing that for many people the time spent on their hobbies is later in the evening when there isn't much else to do anyways.

The following link is related to mmorpgs, which admittedly I know more about than modeling, but nonetheless it's an interesting study.  The fact to take note of is that the national average for watching TV is 28 hours. 
The Daedalus Project: MMORPG Hours vs. TV Hours

Tough question to answer.  A lot of my modeling time lately has been affected by our home remodeling, and when my daughter is with me every other week.  I try to spend a lot of quality time with the kids when she's here, to help with homework, play video games and watch movies with the family etc. 

So.... while the remodeling is going on and my daughter is here I'm lucky to get 2 or 3 hours of modeling in.

When the remodeling isn't going on, and my daughter is at her mom's I can get as much as 10 to 15 hours in a week, a couple of hours a night.  So my modeling time is really sporadic.  Every other week is when I can devote some time to building and that's when my projocts leap forward, then sit for almost a week. 

I would consider myself a pretty serious builder.

Simply because I have hundreds of kits lieing around waiting to be built and I spend gobs of money to get all the necessary tools to make my modeling more enjoyable.

I try to get 5-10 hours each week but there are times I'll spend an entire day in the basement working on something. Then not be able to get back down there for a few days.

If I didn't have any other interests (WW2 reenacting, video games, movies, fiancé) I would spend everyday all day down there.

 

 

dkmacin wrote:

Too much depends on "other commitments", those made by me and those made by others. I could have a week where I spend 2-3 hours a day at the bench, only getting up to refill the glass or change the CD or channel, then there are the weeks where the hands refuse to work, I have to fill the obligations of  husband, father, coach, neighbor, son in law, brother in law and general all around dope that gets volunteered to do things other than kill spiders and lift heavy stuff . Oh, and if the fingers aren't as pliable as they should be for modeling, it doesn't matter when you have to haul shingles, move paint around a wall, cut grass, rake leaves, shovel snow,(yes in OCTOBER!), change the oil, etc. If I could get to the bench for an hour a day I'd be happy, but it usually averages to that amount in a week.   Don

About sums up my schedule too!
Except the shoveling snow part, but I do have three large dogs that I have to clean up after.

Scott

Too much depends on "other commitments", those made by me and those made by others.

I could have a week where I spend 2-3 hours a day at the bench, only getting up to refill the glass or change the CD or channel, then there are the weeks where the hands refuse to work, I have to fill the obligations of  husband, father, coach, neighbor, son in law, brother in law and general all around dope that gets volunteered to do things other than kill spiders and lift heavy stuff . Oh, and if the fingers aren't as pliable as they should be for modeling, it doesn't matter when you have to haul shingles, move paint around a wall, cut grass, rake leaves, shovel snow,(yes in OCTOBER!), change the oil, etc.

If I could get to the bench for an hour a day I'd be happy, but it usually averages to that amount in a week.

 

Don

I average between 20-30 hours, but that is divided between all of hobbies.

I get the weekend mornings before the family gets up. I "sleep in?" till 6 or 6:30 so I get an hour or two each of those days. No wonder it takes my four months to finish a model

This is a tough question. I don't keep track of how long i work on kits, and i can go for a week or more without touching a kit.

Sometimes i'm busy leaving me tired and sore, which means i like a nap more then painting a model. Other tiems i'm full of energy and can do in 2 days what i sometimes do in over a week. I will also be moving sometime in the next few months and will take up a very demanding job (i'm a welder btw), more over time the better sort of deal. It could be a year befor i build another model.


There is no average and won't be for a good 5 years.

I reserve the right to take the 5th.  If I'm motivated 5-10. Definately not on a weekly basis. Usually when I first start a build I'm gung-ho, then when it comes painting time, I slow way..... down.