discussion The Fear to Build

[Guest]

My Missus is looking into your situation now Laurie. I'll let you know if you need to be concerned.

I temble with fear Joe. Trepidation aggitation all the tions's are prsent. But come on what is the verdict ? Am I on the edge or have I just tipped over.

Laurie

 

[Gern]

There's a chance that, in the whole history of the universe, someone has built a model which doesn't have any greeblies which the modeller thinks could have been done better ...... but I won't hold my breath waiting to hear about it!

Alas, knowing that even the best find fault with their work is not encouraging and, like you, I have lots of kits I'm scared to start!

All you should aim for is that each kit you build should be better than the last one. You may not reach perfection, but at least you'll know you're on the right road and going in the right direction

Gern

 

[flyjoe180]

I temble with fear Joe. Trepidation aggitation all the tions's are prsent. But come on what is the verdict ? Am I on the edge or have I just tipped over.Laurie

You're all good Laurie, just another modeller apparently. I'm sure she has a notebook with me as 'Subject X' in it.

 

[Guest]

I know what you mean Andrew. I have a few kits I'm running shy of. The Airfix Mosquito (expensive), a Protar Manx Norton (almost unobtainable) and an Eduard Tempest also extinct along with any other Temest larger than 1/72. Not sure what I am waiting for, but until it comes they are at the back of my stashatorium.

 

[Ian M]

I think if they is any such thing as a bad critic it is ourself. I can say hand on heart, that I can find fault with every one of the builds I have posted on here. (the real bad ones dont get posed )

We are our own worse enemy. As for kits that scare you off, Got loads of them as well. A 1/48 Jaguar that is waiting for the razor-saw to cut it in half... A Buccaneer that even having built one, still sniggers at me every time I look at it.

I can sit and look at my stash for ages and in end up either watching a film. Other times I just grab one and get on with it.

Model making is like a fart. Never force it. You'll only be sorry.

Ian M

 

[stona]

As for kits that scare you off, Got loads of them as well. Ian M

I have a Tamiya P-51 that winks at me every time I open the cupboard! I'm not exactly scared of the kit, having built the Spitfire. I'm more worried about my general lack of knowledge of the subject. It is also not one of my favourite aircraft and there's a nice Hobbyboss Spitfire in that cupboard too.

It is an immutable law of the universe that you can never have too many Spitfires

Cheers

Steve

 

[Ian M]

I am building the Tamiya IX (On the hush hush) as I write Steve. Mine is ending up as an 'e' wing though...

Quick question. When you did your'n did you mount the engine before painting the fuselage or leave it of until after.

What do you recon on the Hobby boss one? Have you compared it to the Tamiya?

And no you can NEVER have to many Spitfires.

Ian M

 

[stona]

I am building the Tamiya IX (On the hush hush) as I write Steve. Mine is ending up as an 'e' wing though...Quick question. When you did your'n did you mount the engine before painting the fuselage or leave it of until after.

What do you recon on the Hobby boss one? Have you compared it to the Tamiya?

And no you can NEVER have to many Spitfires.

Ian M

I'm fairly sure that I left the engine out until after painting and that I sprayed the two side panels and top cowling at the same time as, but separately from, the rest.

I've not done a proper comparison between the Hobbyboss and Tamiya kits, but a cursory inspection of the latter looks pretty good, albeit with a few well documented problems. I'm not the sort to get out a micrometer and start wingeing about a fuselage being 0.5 mm this way or that in any case If it looks like a Spitfire to me that's good enough. Having said that the Tamiya kit looks A LOT like a Spitfire!

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

And here's a reason to not fear building. Was in a rush with this Mustang build for no good reason. First coat of paint was sprayed with too much pressure and I ended up with a powdery looking gloss coat. Lightly sanded it, and sprayed it again at a lower pressure. Got a much better gloss coat, however didn't clean up the work space enough first and the air brush kicked up a lot of dust on to the wet paint.... BAH! Anyways, all easily fixable after a trip to the blue pond!

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[ojays]

I agree, I still have the first kit I bought ( a Fujimu Phantom ) and because I spent a time working on them I wanted a good model of one. I still haven't worked up the courage to have a bash at it though. I think part of the problem is that when you know where all the little flaws are in your models you never think you are good enough to build that special model and as Flyjoe says we are probably better than we think and should just have a pop at it.

The problem is we know where the flaws are and are immediately drawn to them, others would probably never know unless we told them!

I don't actually think there is anything that is perfect. As the saying goes, 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'

I used to build and paint show cars for clients, however I could always find flaws no matter how satisfied the client was.

What pleases one may be viewed by another as faulty!

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Just do it, you may surprise yourself!

Gregg

 

[stona]

And here's a reason to not fear building. Was in a rush with this Mustang build for no good reason. First coat of paint was sprayed with too much pressure and I ended up with a powdery looking gloss coat. Lightly sanded it, and sprayed it again at a lower pressure. Got a much better gloss coat, however didn't clean up the work space enough first and the air brush kicked up a lot of dust on to the wet paint.... BAH! Anyways, all easily fixable after a trip to the blue pond!

Back to rule one for you Sir! Take your time

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

Back to rule one for you Sir! Take your time Cheers

Steve

Yes it's an interesting lesson I'm having to teach myself! Back when I used to build as a kid I did have more patients. Well different patients! If I can get more time to build these days I can muster up more patients. But doing this hobby as an adult often means I can't get time to build as much as I like. Which leads to evenings like last night! Trying to do too many things at once and not necessarily doing the best job I could.

 

[Guest]

Model making is like a fart. Never force it. You'll only be sorry.

Ian M

Haha too funny! And too true!

 

[Guest]

Model making is like a fart. Never force it. You'll only be sorry.

Ian M

Ok its one all now with coffee coming through the nose .... I actually lol'd