'08SEAL Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Have you ever had boring builds? I am buiding a B-29 Superfortress and it is as boring as walking around a girl department store with your mom. What should I do? I want to throw it away but I don't because I want to finish it. HELP ME!!!
62rebel Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 it can be tough to "get into" an unfamiliar build; maybe if you read up on the history of the plane and it's role in ending WWII? watch a movie that tells about them, possibly. it's always fun to be able to talk about what a model represents when you're showing it off.
moparmagiclives Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 If the concept itself has no intrest to you change it. Is it because you dont like planes or just that one? Build it as a crashed diorama, I've offten thought it would be neat to build one like its been under water for ages. ( after everyone got out safe that is). Other then that, if you dont like it, why are you doing it?
slantasaurus Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Cut it up and build a Bonniville streamliner......lol
Greg Pugh Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 why are you building it if you have no interest in it? X2!
'08SEAL Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 I don't know. I could make a streamliner. I just have been building cars for like 1 year so when I finally build a plane its boring.
Rob Hall Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Kitbash it with another airplane like a F16 or something.. When I've been bored w/ a build, I just put it back in the to-do closet to pick up again later. I have some kits I started 20+ years ago that I have yet to finish.
62rebel Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 that's not a bad idea, just pack it up for later. it just might come in handy as a school project, you never know....
bbowser Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Just put it away and start something else. Sooner or later that bug will bite again and you'll be ready to do it justice.
philo426 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 How can a B-29 be boring?Sounds like a fun challenge to me!
Lunajammer Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Aircraft is my second favorite build and interest area and the I know the 1/48 B-29 and B-17 can be fiddly builds with lots of parts and slow progress. Like they've said, set it aside and try something simpler but still interests you... jets maybe?
Guest Gramps-xrds Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Have you ever had boring builds? I am buiding a B-29 Superfortress and it is as boring as walking around a girl department store with your mom. What should I do? I want to throw it away but I don't because I want to finish it. HELP ME!!! There's no such thing as a boring model, only the ppl building it. If you have no enthusiasm for a kit, then you shouldn't be doing it. It's just as simple as that.
Harry P. Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Why in the world are you building a kit that's boring to you??? That's like going to the library and checking out a book you have no interest in, or going to a Chinese restaurant when you hate Chinese food. Why???
Terry Sumner Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 If this is your first airplane you've certainly picked the wrong one. The B-29 is a very hard model to build properly. There were VERY FEW that were painted. The overwhelming majority of B-29's were in natural metal (aluminum) finish. Naural metal finish is very hard to pull off on a plastic model of any kind, let alone one of the biggest ones ever made in plastic. To get it to look right you have to paint various panels in ever so slightly different shades. Otherwise the thing will look like a toy. If you're building the Monogram 1/48 scale B-29, it's an old mold that probably has a considerable amount of flash. In addition, the panel lines are raised from the surface which is wrong. To depict the model correctly you need to sand off those panel lines and scribe in new ones that are recessed by using either a needle in a pin vise or a specially made panel scriber tool. Also the windscreen area is what's known as a Greenhouse Nose, which you can probably surmise from all the window panels. These are fairly tough to mask off properly and get good crisp frame lines and not get paint on the "glass" areas. In other words, the B-29 is tough to build for any aircraft modeler, even those who are quite experienced. To someone who likes building aircraft models, the B-29 is not boring...it's a real challenge. IMHO, if this is your first airplane or your first in a long time, you would be MUCH better off building something a lot more simple...like a World War Two single engine fighter. Say for instance...a Tamiya P-47D in 1/48th scale. You can paint this model in O.D. green, the panel lines are all recessed and there are a dearth of aftermarket decals if you choose to mark it in something other than the kit decals. In addition the kit pretty much falls together...what we call a Shake n Bake. The parts fit precisely with hardly the need for any filler at all! You may not be bored with this kit. In your particular situation I think you should put that B-29 away.
chepp Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Cut it up and build a Bonniville streamliner......lol I agree. Make that airplane fuselage into a Bonneville-style land speed record car! You can exercise your creativity and make it your own instead of following the kit instructions.
Ben Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 If you've lost interest in the kit, pack it all up and offer it up for trade in the trade section of the forum for something you would be more interested in building. Just be honest as to the amount of work done and if anything is broken or missing if you offer it for trade.
ranma Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Have you ever had boring builds? I am buiding a B-29 Superfortress and it is as boring as walking around a girl department store with your mom. What should I do? I want to throw it away but I don't because I want to finish it. HELP ME!!! you live in new mexico there are bone yards many a war bird still await destrvction so try that see pictures on the internet for help.
Chuck Most Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Bored by the subject matter? Or bored by the kit itself. If the subject matter bores me, I never let that stop me having fun with the kit. Not a fan of '57 Chevys or Novas, but I still had a blast on both of these things.
lordairgtar Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Of course you could make an interesting historical diorama out of it. Build it but put Russian Tu - 4 markings on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
Greg Myers Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal7/6701-6800/gal6730-X-15-Chapis/00.shtm My Dad was the club officer at Edwards in the early '50's when the "X" planes flew. WOW! Talk about some air shows.
imatt88 Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Gregg, I actually did one a couple of years ago. 1/32nd scale MiG decals on a 1/48th scale B-29. It was pretty cool. Seal, you could always build an RAF Washington if you want something really different But I agree with the consensus here, if your bored with it, put it away for now. 1/48th scale B-29s aren't cheap anymore Cheers, Ian
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