Lizard Racing Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Do most modelers keep at a project until finished, or have multiple projects working at once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Multiple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I have a hard time walking and chewing gum at the same time. Stopped doing more than one at a time, found that doing one usually turned out better because I could focus on it alone and not get parts mixed up. At one time I would have 2 or 3 going at once and they just never seemed to get finished.   That works for me , I know a lot of builders get going on several projects at once and that seems to work for them.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I have better results with only one project at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I think that focusing on one project only takes a ton of discipline. I usually have a few at some stage and even more projects roaming around in my head. Guess I have too much time and not enough focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 One at a time for me.I've found that working on more than one at a time gets too confusing & I never seem to get anything done.If I feel like I'm not getting anything accomplished, I loose interest & start sitting on my butt. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Multiple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I try to work on multiple projects at once, however sometimes I will stop working on other projects to finish a certain build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I try to work on multiple projects at once, however sometimes I will stop working on other projects to finish a certain build.This is usually me....most times though I have multiple.....multiple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Normal for me is one at a time. There has been a time or two when I started a second project because I was waiting for parts or paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Many. But I still enjoy the hobby immensely and never feel guilty for not finishing something.I come up on things that need to be worked out, or skills I need to polish (or develop from scratch), or just get an idea for something that's too cool to not at least mock-up...so projects get bumped.I'll also go back to projects that have been stalled and see things fresh, find room for improvement, or better ways of approaching certain issues...sometimes even re-imagining the whole project.It works for me on a hobby level because in real-life, I HAVE to see things through all the way, on a budget usually, and close to on-time. Having the open-ended luxury of working on a particular model only when all the muses are in town and the stars align is a pleasant change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJ6 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I have three that I must finish, then it's back to just one at a time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Multiple. One stalls, I switch to another, and new stuff arrives that needs fiddling and appraisal before entering the "abyss of projects future". Parts assessment more important now that Don and Carol headed to retirement. Not wise to make a list to order later. Bummer. :^( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I too have multiples going . Sometimes if I can't decide a paint color or get frustrated with a build I will put it aside and come back to it later. Currently have about a dozed WIP but have vowed to finish all before starting on another kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I like to have a few projects on the bench at different stages. Â That way if I feel like carving plastic, I have a body that needs modifying. Â If I feel like working on an engine, I have one going, and if I'm into foiling, I have one that is near completion. Â Depends on my mood. Â Sometimes it doesn't seem like anything will ever get done, and stuff gets all tangled on the bench. Â That's when I have my "hold everything" Â moment. Â I'll carefully put each project in it's own box, clean all the plastic dust and carved bits off the bench and start over. Â That's when I'll pull down the one project that's closest to finishing and concentrate just on that one. Â And as you hit those final details, it may go slow... you can glue one thing on, then you have to wait. Â I can spend a week of evenings that way. Â But in the end it comes together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 ManyG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 What usually happens with me is I start a project, work at it for a while, and get bored with it. So I'll start something else, telling myself I'll get back to the first one soon. Then something I bought on ebay will arrive and I put aside project 2 because something shiny and new just came...  Most of the time I do go back and finish what I started. About 90% of the time. But not always. I have some partly-built models that I set aside "temporarily" over 20 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I keep it to 3 at a time.  Usually one race car, one '40-60s stocker, and a classic.  Like Tom said above, they are all in different stages so there's usually something to fit my mood.  But also like Harry, I've got a few that have been years in the making Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGL Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I start and finish 1 or 2 at a time, never 3 or I would get confused, and usually only one. The times when I have 2 going at a time is when I know there is going to be alot of down time due to complicated paint or waiting on a part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Joy Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I find it hard to concentrate on more than one model at a time. That said, I have two in progress at the moment. One is almost done, but was in need of paint, and the weather was too nasty to paint. Still is. So I started another to keep busy and keep some attention on the plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Most of the time I do go back and finish what I started. About 90% of the time. But not always. I have some partly-built models that I set aside "temporarily" over 20 years ago!I walk away from projects for a number of reasons.  Sometimes once I figure out the hard stuff, it's off to the next great idea.  There are times I just lose steam, other times I quit right before I throw it against the wall!  And there are times I'm puzzled and don't know what to do next, or haven't the skills to do the next step.  No shame in packing up the project.  It's not like it's going to be rusting out in the yard and annoying the neighbors!My unfinished projects... all 50 or so... sit on the shelves right over the work bench. I purposely store them there in plain sight so I don't forget about them.  Every so often I spend an evening just going through a few for kicks, then the next thing I know I'm working on one.  Sometimes I just do a step or a detail before it goes back on the shelf.  But at least it's one step closer!  And there are times I realize that I now have the skill needed and I get over that hurdle.Every year I have had the week between Christmas and New Years off from work. It's not enough time to build a whole model, but enough time to finish up an old project.  I pull some promising model down off the shelf and finish it that week.  It's no loss if I don't finish it, as long as I keep working on it until it's done.  I've had some 10 and 20 year shelf veterans finally see the show case lights this way!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 I will usually have several projects going on at the same time and will switch back and forth as the mood strikes me, or waiting for paint to dry or when I need a break because I've run into a problem. At some point in the process one model will tell me to focus solely on it and everything else will be put aside aside until that one model is finished. Hey doesn't everyone talk to their models, or swear at them, and have them communicate back, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 last time I counted I had about 20 or so working. I go back and forth as the mood strikes me. I did it this was when I was 12 years old and never changed. It's how I love to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 (edited) ... Hey doesn't everyone talk to their models, or swear at them, and have them communicate back... ...and I thought it was only me... Edited November 1, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Sometimes that's the only intelligent conversation I can get at 0 dark hundred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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