discussion Time..............And how much do you get?

[Guest]

God my life is busy.

Running a business looking after kids dogs and keeping a large garden and keeping the wifey happy.

How many hours sit down craft time do you get?

Call me weird but im looking forward to winter,dark nights and rainy days.

then at least theres no gardening to do. less out door activites in general.

and rainy days I cant clean windows in.

At the mo im lucky if I get 4 hours a week to myself.

I just want to light my log burner in the greenhouse (its a big greenhouse) and sit where theres plenty of natural light and get on with my models.

 

[Guest]

Thought retirement would bring me lots of time for model making.

But then what is time ? No touchy no feely. Have you seen it ? Where does it go when it has past. Where does it come from. You can catch it up ! You can leave it behind. Some "times" you have not "got time" so who has got it. Time to go. It does but then seems to come back again. Time to go to sleep : but where does it sleep. We worry when time goes fast but who is speeding it up ? Oh well times up. But first it is time for a cuppa

Laurie

 

[Dave W]

I spend around an hour most evenings in my shed modelling.Any more than that and I get moaned at by the wife.That I'm neglecting her,how I don't want to be with her,we never talk etc.So Tonight I do my hour,go back in the house and sit in front of the telly with her.5 minutes later she says "I'm going to bed".Whats that all about?!.

 

[Guest]

Some times Dave I guess there is no pleasing the other halfs. If your like me you can't stand the rubbish on the box and prefer to do something constructive

 

[Dave W]

Some times Dave I guess there is no pleasing the other halfs. If your like me you can't stand the rubbish on the box and prefer to do something constructive

That's the reason I got back into modelling Terry.

 

[Guest]

if it's not emerdale it's bloody corry if it's not them two its downton yuk yuk yuk. That said Debs can still talk to me as the room I have is next to the lounge/livingroom what ever you want to call it.

 

[Guest]

I can get a good few hours in depending what shift I am working

 

[Guest]

Thought retirement would bring me lots of time for model making.But then what is time ? No touchy no feely. Have you seen it ? Where does it go when it has past. Where does it come from. You can catch it up ! You can leave it behind. Some "times" you have not "got time" so who has got it. Time to go. It does but then seems to come back again. Time to go to sleep : but where does it sleep. We worry when time goes fast but who is speeding it up ? Oh well times up. But first it is time for a cuppa

Laurie

Another thing is that time always moves forwards, never backwards (unless you believe in worm holes).

Compared to you lot I am an incredibly slow worker, having completed since the New Year two Spitfires and 3/4 (so far) of a Lancaster.

 

[Guest]

This was asked in a previous thread... But I can't find it to reference for you sorry.

Anyway to answer your question, I have a couple of hours in the afternoon to myself.. 2ish till 4ish and then an hour and half in the evening 5.30 ish till 7 ish.

The other daytime hours are spent looking after the animals, research on other hobbies, cooking, reading, remaining sane and then trying to get to sleep.

 

[flyjoe180]

Modelling time; none at the moment, we are moving soon and all my model stuff has been packed away. Then the new house will need decorating, the garden will need to be dealt to and I have checks at work coming up again. Could be a while before I get to finish any model project but in the meantime I will enjoy watching everyone's builds here. I'm probably quite lucky with my missus by the sounds of things, she actually encourages me to enjoy my model time ao long as I do the usual chores and make some time for her. Very lucky that she does not like the aforesaid TV shows either.

 

[Guest]

How do you find time to remain sane Colin. This has eluded me for all of my life. I reserve time but something always turns up. It was the Psychiatrist yesterday.

Laurie

 

[Guest]

My sanity is measured on how much notice I take of my collection of singing potatoes, if they're in a good mood it rubs off on me

 

[PaulTRose]

it varies for me

i work stupid shifts.....12 hour shifts, 2 days, 2 nights then 4 off

some days i just cant be bothered to do anything, some times its 20 mins a day, sometimes its an hour, sometimes its several 20 minute stints a day (can get quite a lot done that way)..........im just going on to my rest days and swambo is visiting the kids oop norf so i home alone plan is to spend hours at the bench!

 

[Dave W]

it varies for mei work stupid shifts.....12 hour shifts, 2 days, 2 nights then 4 off

some days i just cant be bothered to do anything, some times its 20 mins a day, sometimes its an hour, sometimes its several 20 minute stints a day (can get quite a lot done that way)..........im just going on to my rest days and swambo is visiting the kids oop norf so i home alone plan is to spend hours at the bench!

Those are Airport type shifts.What airline do you work for?.

 

[BarryW]

I get an hour or two most mid-week evenings (3-4 evenings typically) finishing at 10pm when my lady rings me for a chat which is followed by a book and sleep..... One evening a week on average is out due to some commitment or other, or perhaps just because I fancy a pint...

Before I start doing a model I sit in the lounge, eat and watch some tv (usually something recorded or a dvd.)

I do not do any modelling on Saturday's and Sunday's as I stay with my lady and we 'do stuff' - the usual kind of things couples do.

I am lucky working from an office on the lower ground floor of my 5 storey town house, it helps give me more overall time to combine work and play. I expect to move soon though, we are planning to buy a place together and when we do the whole pattern of my life will change (for the better...) I am not looking forward to the logistics of combining two homes and having to change my office as well. Thankfully she is understanding of my modelling 'habit' so when we do move in together I will still have time at the bench.....

 

[Guest]

im not alone with a busy life then.....

I love the soaps corrie etc... Just because it gives me time to myself as she loves them...

And I don't really feel that guilty about having a few hours as I work in my kitchen that's got a serving hatch so she can still talk at me lol

 

[stona]

Either absolutely zero time, or as much as I want due to the nature of the work I do. Between April and August I didn't build a thing. Currently I have as much time as I want, hence I can build a 1/32 kit in about three weeks, if uninterrupted. Often work does intervene at inopportune moments, so I get home to discover I can't remember where I put various parts.

When I am at home I am undisturbed as I build and paint at the back of the house, downstairs and SWMBO's office (she works from home) is upstairs at the front. It's not a particularly large house but she's been known to send me an email........perfect!

Cheers

Steve

 

[PaulTRose]

Those are Airport type shifts.What airline do you work for?.

i wish! lol.......i work in the plastics industry.....extrusion and injection moulding.......cept its PE not PS

 

[Ian M]

I get in short all the time I need. When not at work that is.

My better half is normally behind the computer working or parked in front of the "house alter" (TV). Asleep or awake.

My study is also in the next room so we can still communicate. When I am doing the back ground work; finding detail photos and the hunting down of kits, I join her in the lounge. One of the good things about a lap top.

I think she likes it this way. She even looked a bit miffed when I said that I could move out to the shed if the isolation was better....

Ian M

 

[Guest]

TIME, theres not enough of it . I work a pretty normal day, 8 to 5 plus overtime if theres any going, I then have dogs to walk and help SWMBO with bits and bobs around the house, weekends we go fell walking and I also go to the gym through the week, luckily the kids, bar one, have left home, normally I get about 8 hours a week in the cave to do my modelling, I would love to make it more but not at the mo

Paul