I have a problem...

[Lovefordgalaxie]

I have the most annoying habit.

I can't leave my done models alone.

I'm always improving them, with things I could had added when built them in the first place, but didn't.

Example? Redoing a badge, adding a set of white wall tires, painting some detail I missed, adding that perfect rearview mirror that came as an accessory on a kit that won't use it, adding a decal, or even changing things like wheels and tires.

Anyone else?

[cobraman]

I have done that a few times but for the most part when their done, their done !

[slusher]

When I put mine in the case their done. Sometimes you do more harm then good ..

[Ace-Garageguy]

I never finish anything. No problem.

[cobraman]

[ProStreetOnTheStrip]

Mine are like my old legos, id build it, then a week later itll be bigger and badder!

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 4/28/2016 at 11:41 PM, slusher said:

When I put mine in the case their done. Sometimes you do more harm then good ..

Same here.

I'm usually relieved when I finish a build! 

I don't want to revisit it.

Just want to move on to the next one.

Too many kits, not enough time!

 

Steve

[mikemodeler]

  On 4/28/2016 at 11:45 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

I never finish anything. No problem.

Here I thought I was alone with this issue!

[AC Norton]

  On 4/28/2016 at 11:41 PM, slusher said:

When I put mine in the case their done. Sometimes you do more harm then good ..

.......true with a capital T.....sometimes less is more, and like that ol' saying...leave well enough alone.....the Ace....

[Mr Stock]

It can take me ages to finish a model for that reason !, im constantly thinking ...I could paint that like this or that could look better. its not unknown for me to build a model not be 100% happy with it then completely strip and redo it 12 m months down the road!

Then again sometimes I just think ...."do you know what that will do".

 

 

[Lizard Racing]

If it ain't broke, fix it anyway!

It's always a temptation to keep tinkering with a project.  I do replica race cars, so there isn't a lot of customizing involved.  But I do rebuild older cars, hopefully better.

[JTalmage]

  On 4/28/2016 at 11:45 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

I never finish anything. No problem.

Problem solved... problem staying solved! 

 

Eh, sometimes I do. I want to go back and add throttle linkage, and fuel lines to the carbs of my Crusher Camaro since they're right there sticking up out in the open

[Jantrix]

  On 4/29/2016 at 12:29 AM, StevenGuthmiller said:

Same here.

I'm usually relieved when I finish a build! 

I don't want to revisit it.

Just want to move on to the next one.

Too many kits, not enough time!

 

Steve

Absolutely true for me too. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Well guys, I wouldn't feel too bad about tinkering after you finish a model.

In the real world, no hot-rod is ever really considered "finished" unless it's a purpose-built show-car, and the real ones get messed with and changed frequently.  

[Aaronw]

I have a hard time actually putting the finishing touches on a model, but once I'm "done" I try not to look back. I have occasionally made a modification or fixed something that I missed, but that is rare.  

[62rebel]

Slightly different problem: I keep starting the same build... and getting stalled. Case in point: I like building cars I've actually owned in 1:1... and, since that category includes nearly 200 cars since 1981, I tend to have trouble finding examples of ALL of them... and when I DO, I try to duplicate them down to trim level, color, wheels, everything... so, walking through the hobby shop, i've picked up several '66 Galaxies, '63 Galaxies, Mustang II's... and start gathering parts to get the details right... where are these parts? In kits I've already started.... D'Oh

[Jon Haigwood]

When I'm done I'm done  I often (most always) find something goofy on my finished build but just set it aside and keep that in mind for my future builds.

Keeping them goofy reminds me to try and not repeat it in the future. Also gives me a visual reference on how quality of build improves.  

[CometMan]

Could you explain this "improving my models" theory to us Tulio? The work you show us is pretty close to perfect already!!

[Tom Geiger]

I don't have a problem going back later and adding a detail or improving something.   What I don't want to do is strip them down and redo them. I did that as a kid when I didn't have money or access to enough models.  Nor do I sell or give away my finished models.

[snacktruck67]

I always look at a model and think of doing something else to it.  It is fun to refurbish a model.

However there are couple of my cars that you could not pay me to touch again.

 

 

Edited April 30, 2016 by snacktruck67

[ChrisBcritter]

Well, I'm finally replacing the rear end/exhaust in my '70 LTD - a firecracker shattered the original 35 years ago when we were using it as a miniature in a homemade Godzilla-ish monster movie - does that count?

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Here is an example of what I'm saying:

My last build, the '57 Fairlane 500 Club Vicky.

I called it done, but later, I had an idea of a couple of cool details I could add and that would make the car to look nicer.

Example:

Done before:

1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

Done now:

1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

Done Before:

1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

Done now:

1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

And a mirror to make Harry happy:

1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

 

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Another example:

Done before:

1957 Ford Custom Tudor by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

Done now:

1957 Ford Custom Tudor E Code by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

[disabled modeler]

  On 4/29/2016 at 6:14 AM, AC Norton said:

.......true with a capital T.....sometimes less is more, and like that ol' saying...leave well enough alone.....the Ace....

Same for me Ace....many times if you try to ad or change things it may not be any better.

[MrBuick]

  On 4/29/2016 at 4:31 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Well guys, I wouldn't feel too bad about tinkering after you finish a model.

In the real world, no hot-rod is ever really considered "finished" unless it's a purpose-built show-car, and the real ones get messed with and changed frequently.  

That's exactly right. Many hot rods go through many, many changes over years of ownership, whether by the same owner or different ones. Just look and David Freiburger's "Crusher Camaro" that's been featured in Hot Rod Magazine since before I've been alive. The thing has been stock, a full on drag car, pro-touring, back to drag car, and now it's back to pro-touring.