You guys amaze me

[Guest]

The speed at which you chaps work and the quantity of kits you complete is amazing! I assume that as your skills develop you can put kits together pretty quickly.

But even so....

I was wondering how many kits you chaps complete, say in a month or a fortnight? And how much time per day is spent on the modelling of course.

[Guest]

I arrive here 2 years ago!

And I have many open threads, more than I want ,

but finished models with all this time are between six or seven, no more...

I can't do modelling every day, only few ones on a week...

I try to do about two hours...but this turns about only one hour of work. Always looking, thinking or simply choice the paint colors...or just have my mind relaxed .

Resuming ...I'm not the most productive member here!

I think as you...I'm amazed with some members here

[Guest]

Im sort of semi retired, but I still work and Im married so theres always plenty to do around the house, but I try to get some bench time in about 5 times a week for 2 or 3 hours each time, ive found that with more commissions to do it seems I do more modelling for other people than for me, but its a way of paying for the hobby

[yak face]

It varies Aidan but I suppose an average for me would be around 2-3 months , maybe less if its a smaller kit . I dont get in the shed as often as i'd like but maybe the dark nights and cold weather mean i wont be sitting around in the garden as much now , so i might get more build time! If I went in the shed every night for a couple of hours i could get one done in a few weeks but I'd probably end up divorced!!! cheers tony

[stona]

When I'm at home I can churn them out! I can do a typical kit in about a month, but I can devote as much time as I want to. In this I'm lucky

If I'm working, which invariably means I'm away from home I can't build at all! That's not so lucky

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Im sort of semi retired, but I still work and Im married so theres always plenty to do around the house, but I try to get some bench time in about 5 times a week for 2 or 3 hours each time, ive found that with more commissions to do it seems I do more modelling for other people than for me, but its a way of paying for the hobby

The commissioning work you do Paul - is this scratch building?

[Guest]

Aiden quite a bit is scratch building but occasionally I get asked to do an OOB kit, or some box art, I am hoping that in the near future I can earn a decent living from it

[Guest]

Aiden quite a bit is scratch building but occasionally I get asked to do an OOB kit, or some box art, I am hoping that in the near future I can earn a decent living from it

Forgive my curiosity but what type of person would want an OOB kit building for them? I'm being niaive here.

[Guest]

Aiden there are plenty of people that want figure kits making, mainly because they cant do them themselves, ive had some sent to me that the owner has had a go and couldn't or wouldn't complete it, and ive re done it. I get about 7 or 8 requests a year, it doesn't sound a lot but as it takes me a couple of months to paint a kit I have to turn some down.

Paul

[Guest]

Aiden there are plenty of people that want figure kits making, mainly because they cant do them themselves, ive had some sent to me that the owner has had a go and couldn't or wouldn't complete it, and ive re done it. I get about 7 or 8 requests a year, it doesn't sound a lot but as it takes me a couple of months to paint a kit I have to turn some down.Paul

Yes of course - figure kits. I was thinking of tanks and cars and planes. Great way to earn a living - beats working! Best of luck with that - I hope it works out for you.

[Guest]

Aidan. Depends on which scale.

1/72 Then about 4 to 6 weeks.

1/48 about 12 weeks.

Lot depends on the intricate nature. 1/48 Harrier straight forward 6 weeks . 1/48 Swordfish as intricate as it comes 12 weeks.

Prefer intricate.

Laurie

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I used to have " dog in the park syndrome" as in I bought lots of kits and rushed to get em all done. I was averaging 1 a month they weren't bad builds but I decided I wanted to slow it right down so now it can take months for me to get it right. I was pleased to have a club member say to me that since I slowed down my models have improved greatly and to be honest I agree.

I've got two commission builds on right now one's a birthday present the other is for a friend at work that wants a ship built and he dosent have the time or skills to make one.

Adrian

[tanktrack]

I am a 1 model at a time guy I like to do research and read about the subject , if I was building a diorama it could take up to 3 months , I like to think that I am getting better as I go along -quality over quantity ,after all you invest a lot of time and money in the models and want the best you can produce

Steve

[flyjoe180]

Shift work plays havoc with model building. So does moving house. But when I get going I can turn out a 1/72 model in about two weeks if I have no work interruptions.

[Guest]

I often wonder the same thing!

Takes me months to build a simple kit - too many distractions!