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What time of the year do you get the most modeling done?

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Posted by cassibill on Thursday, November 6, 2003 11:49 AM
School breaks are about the only time and a lot of those I spend on assignments.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 6, 2003 11:31 AM
when i am not sleeping...lol
sunny days i guess due to ventilation requirements...family get pissed off when smelling fumes...but i love the fumes any one else?.....lol
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Thursday, November 6, 2003 11:11 AM
last summer I got a fair bit done, but after I finish school this year and get a full-time job, I imagine that winter will become the major modeling time for me.
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Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, November 6, 2003 11:06 AM
Summer for me....as a teacher-- I get it off. However-- as others here have stated-- there are numerous outside tasks to be done first....but from Sept-- June (except for vacations)-- I only get to spend an hour or two a week on modeling with all the schoolwork I have to do-- as well as spending most of the weekend either cutting firewood or watching football!
Mike
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 6, 2003 10:51 AM
Got to agree, winter by far. During the warm weather I do most of my cruising around to buy kits, hardly ever build during the warm weatherBow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 6, 2003 10:47 AM
I do more from September to May. In the summer if we have a real hot spell I can usually knock off a kit as my model station in in the coolest part of the house.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 6, 2003 10:47 AM
I have to agree,winter is the best time for me.Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by styrene on Thursday, November 6, 2003 10:27 AM
Winter is the best time. Gets dark too early to do much outside.

BTW, qmeister, I love Richard Wagner's music, especially Gottedammerung, Siegfried, Tristan und Isolde, and Die Valkure. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is superb, and any of Brahms' symphonies are excelllent. If you like Wagner, you ought to try Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. Good stuff to model by!!

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Posted by therriman on Thursday, November 6, 2003 9:48 AM
Winter by far. Too much yard work/house upkeep and motorcycling the rest of the year.
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Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, November 6, 2003 9:45 AM
It's gotta be winter, by far. Too much outdoor fun to be had the rest of the year!
~Brian
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Posted by berny13 on Thursday, November 6, 2003 9:42 AM
I get most of my model building done in the winter. The spring, summer, and fall months are filled with outside activities. From December to March I, don't have to worry about mowing the lawn. It is too cold to have a cook out or BBQ. Kind of a low key, lay back, take it easy time of the year. That is except for Christmas shopping. But that is another story.

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What time of the year do you get the most modeling done?
Posted by qmiester on Thursday, November 6, 2003 8:33 AM
Got the day off today and was looking out the window at the cloudy, windy and 25 degree vista out there, when the thought "The modeling season is here" (it was sunny and 78 day before yesterday) flitted through my head - After 34 years of marriage, I find I do the majority of my modeling in the winter - Think about it, aren't short dark days and long dark winter evenings, with cold temps, rain/sleet/snow, crappy tv, warm modeling room, with Bach/Brahms/Wagner (or the Stones/Led Zepplin/AC/DC, depending on my mood) on the stereo more conducive to married bliss and piece of mind than a warm 78 degree day w/light breezes, no clouds, crappy tv, screens needing repair and/or painting and the wife out mowing the lawn? Seems that I'll go for weeks on end without even sticking my head into the modeling room when the weather is nice - Anyway, I started wondering - are the other people out there like me in this - What is your preference? Question [?]Question [?]Question [?]
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