You ever get ahead of yourself ?

[cobraman]

I'm going to share a bone head thing on my last build and I wonder if anything like this happened to you. My last build was the Revell 32 Ford Sedan. I was building it as the fenderless version. Now mind you I am 62 and have build more models than I can remember starting at about 10. Ok, so what I normally do is prep the body and get it in primer first and then go back and start the engine, chassis ect following the instructions ( pretty much ) . I wanted to spray all the body parts as one piece so I glued on the firewall and the rear wheel wells. Got that done and went on with the build. Trouble came when I tried to install the interior. It would not fit with those parts attached to the body. You need to install the interior first. Stupid, stupid, stupid. You would think that after more than 50 years of building models I would have known better. Do you ever get ahead of yourself ????

[dmk]

I do it pretty often actually. Especially when you scratch build or kitbash things (which is almost always for me), then later you realize that you have some interference in final assembly or maybe you have some gaps where you shouldn't. On top of that, I rarely follow the instructions build order.

I try to mock up the chassis, body, engine and interior with tape and poster tack every once in a while (and certainly at the very beginning) to make sure I'm not causing myself problems, but sometimes you get on a roll and forget to stop and test fit everything.

It's not so bad if you haven't painted yet, but it can be a real drag when you need to go back and re-paint.

Lately I've been trying to leave painting to much later in the assembly if possible and temporarily stick the larger parts together with poster tack so I can go back, paint then glue when I know everything fits right. The drawback to that is you end up with a lot of paint drying time at the end with no more assembly left to keep you occupied while you wait.

Edited October 7, 2013 by dmk

[ScaleDale]

Are you kidding? Me?? Never!

Just kidding...

This is probably the main reason I got into scratch building. I'd get to a point where assembled units come together and, um, wouldn't... So I'd either Dremel it to death or toss it and build a custom unit to fit just right. I found this to be the case with Revell Mustang bodies and their finished chassis. Drop the body on the durn thing and it won't go. Now I do the body first and keep it handy as a reference while I build the rest of the model, checking fitment as I go. Fitment. That's a word I never heard until I got into auto builds and hot rodding in general again. It's a British term for how assembled units fit and work together. Cars, big and small, often have "fitment issues".

EDIT: I just finished shoe-horning an oversized aluminum radiator with an electric fan into a 1:1 '68 Mustang that came with a cooling system for a 6 cylinder. Didn't plan for this and had to replace the whole radiator mount to do it. And now I'm a welder...

Dale

Edited October 7, 2013 by ScaleDale

[johnbuzzed]

I did the same thing with the same kit and I have been building since 1960. "You live, you learn." It always pays to look at the instructions.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I still do it occasionally, and it's one of the reasons I tend to test-fit obsessively and pin as much as possible (or practical).

[Ramfins59]

Yeah Ray, it happens every so often and as you said, usually at final assembly time when you then have to sand or cut something to make it fit, which causes regluing and usually repainting (touchups) too. Don't worry Ray, you're not alone.

[Harry P.]

I do it pretty often actually. Especially when you scratchbuild or kitbash things (which is almost always for me), then later you realize that you have some interference in final assembly...

Oh yeah! All the time!

[Mike Kucaba]

Yes,always "The faster I go, The behinder I get"

[Jantrix]

Trouble came when I tried to install the interior.

I did the same thing with the 3-window kit. Talk about aggravating.

[PappyD340]

Story of my life!!!

[Shardik]

I get ahead of myself so often I can't even see me from here.

[Eshaver]

I do it pretty often actually. Especially when you scratch build or kitbash things (which is almost always for me), then later you realize that you have some interference in final assembly or maybe you have some gaps where you shouldn't. On top of that, I rarely follow the instructions build order.

I try to mock up the chassis, body, engine and interior with tape and poster tack every once in a while (and certainly at the very beginning) to make sure I'm not causing myself problems, but sometimes you get on a roll and forget to stop and test fit everything.

It's not so bad if you haven't painted yet, but it can be a real drag when you need to go back and re-paint.

Lately I've been trying to leave painting to much later in the assembly if possible and temporarily stick the larger parts together with poster tack so I can go back, paint then glue when I know everything fits right. The drawback to that is you end up with a lot of paint drying time at the end with no more assembly left to keep you occupied while you wait.

Dale , I do the same as most of my stuff is completely scratch built. When you do an entire building , have it lighted , have a lot, ( Base for model to sit on ) figures , cars , i't becomes a project an a half ..................

[gluebomb]

Yeah I do it more often then I will admit. The worse part is I do it more than once.

Edited October 7, 2013 by gluebomb

[Dandydan]

Same here-I've had to learn a few times how to "un-glue" things-haha!

[cobraman]

Nice to know I am not alone. : )

[weasel]

...or forget about paint thickness and panel fitment...

"that looked good mocked up"...

[slusher]

Nice to know I am not alone. : )

Trust me your not alone. l have had 2 kits l messed up in the last 3 months. We tend to get in the zone of skipping the instruction because of experience..

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Sure I do! So bad that I tried to read your post yesterday!

[Roncla]

Been there, done that. Usually, If I had just read the instructions I wouldn't have end up with an issue

[Scale-Master]

Too bad kits don't come with instructions or something to help avoid those problems...

[Monty]

I got ahead of myself back in the late '90s while building Monogram's F250 pickup. I had become fairly adept at removing all traces of visible join lines (engine block halves etc) and that carried over onto the truck's 2-piece muffler. It took some effort with files & sandpaper to get the seamless look I was after, but I was very proud of the result....until I looked at the instructions and noticed that Monogram intended for the flanged front half of the exhaust pipe to be inserted between the muffler halves.

I'll finish it....someday.

Edited October 9, 2013 by Monty

[DrKerry]

That'd be chapters two and three in my so called book "Doc's Philosophy on Life"!!!!!!!!!

[vettecote]

_{I got ahead of myself buying all the kits that I have. I figure if I build 1 kit a month(that's if I don't buy any more kits)I should have them all built buy the time I hit my 180th birthday...Joe}

Edited October 9, 2013 by Interceptor001

[KingSix]

everyday

[rel14]

Yes i do,,,,,,,,, I said I DO,, before i got sober,,,,,,,HAHA