cobraman Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Just wondering why some of us have so many models unfinished. Is it problems with the kit ? Loose interest before we finish ? Get interested in another kit ? Can't get the proper parts or decals for a build ? Just curious.
FordRodnKustom Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 All the reasons you stated plus sometimes something "just ain't right" with it so I'll box it till I can figure out what it is and how to fix or get around it.
uncle potts Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Sometimes it's modelers A.D.D.. Most often I tackle something that I don't quite have the skills for yet, and I get frustrated. So I put it away till another day. The oldest one I have is from about 1983. I out the suspension off of the frame, with the idea of scratch building a new front suspension. Someday I will drag it back out. I am determined to finish this one, Some day..... Edited January 5, 2014 by uncle potts
hgbben Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 All of the previous mentioned as well starting a new kit as soon as I get one. It's a revolving door. Vicious cycle.
disabled modeler Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 With me most of mine are used or second hand kits/models...usually they get sidelined due to lack of needed parts to complete them/restorations/conversions/etc....have many waiting for their time to come.
Craig Irwin Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Modelers A.D.D., you're building along and......SQUIRREL!!!!! Seeing the contest annual is a great way for me to find inspiration for a new project and forget what I'm already building.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) First, I never think of "shelved" builds as "unfinished". Just "in-progress-longer-than-others", or delayed. The reasons: 1) I get in over my head, skill-wise, and have to wait for my ability to catch up to my vision. 2) i take the time to work out an experimental technique before committing to and bodging a nice kit. 3) I decide my original vision was flawed, and I decide to re-think a large part of the project 4) I can't find enough reference material to do a replica of a specific vehicle. 5) I have to source oddball parts. 6) Finishing a model with a LOT of detail CAN become tedious. Sometimes it's more fun to start fresh on something creative. This IS supposed to be fun, right? Edited January 5, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy
jaydar Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 I have only shelved a Tamiya F50. It requires a lot of carbon fibre decaling and i am not yet up to the experimentation required to make the templates and start cutting such expensive decals. I will attack it soon. I have a bike and a '58 Covette and a 1970 Challenger first.
pharoah Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Same here.I'm not as bad as some guys I know,but I still have about 6 or 7 'projects in waiting' on the shelf. And I build at least 2 at a time. ADD? probably..
lordairgtar Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Yes, a previously mentioned build in another thread. I had strted a kammback Firebird from the Airfix/Lindberg kit. I grafted a 70 nose onto the body and used a Revell chassis. I then decided to restyle the rear of the body and cut up the rear bumper/taillight assembly. I then realized what I wanted to do was impossible for my skill level. So now it sits...watching me....watching....calling my name....Gregg, come to the dark side.....
James2 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Winter, waiting on weather, for paint. Waiting on parts/supplies to arrive. Boredom! Another build may inspire me more. And occasionally I just mess up and set a build aside... I will say I rarely build from only one kit and I have been able to finish 95% of those projects I start.
rmvw guy Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Sometimes all the parts are not supplied in the kit to build what I am truly after, so I wait until I can find what I need to finish a vision. Other times I lose parts in the process and put the project aside. Still other times I get overwhelmed with the difficulty I have created by building too much extra detail and becoming over involved, like spending 4 hours to build a header that is just right but, I need two. And finally other times I just start out with a real piece of you-know-what and just can't bring myself to finish it.
Lunajammer Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Some parts of a build suit our interests more than others. Building is supposed to be fun and when it isn't... box city.
Bennyg Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 99% of the time it's due to messed up paint. Paint is definitely my problem. I have a tamiya gtr r35 that I stuffed the paint up on and have stripped most of it. Will need to get back into it. Currently finishing a 1/32 mack r series and tamiya Porsche carrera gt before starting a Laferrari. Also, I might have solved my paint issues as I've just figured out how to airbrush. There really is nothing like that feeling of completing a model. Ben
sjordan2 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) I work mostly on vintage cars, and I spend all my time on researching them. I'm intimidated by the prospect of actually building them to the standards they require for me. As a result, my shelves are full of models kits but my display cases are not. Edited January 5, 2014 by sjordan2
Harry P. Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Usually I lose interest. Or I find another kit on ebay, and when it arrives I drop the previous one and play with the shiny new one. Eventually I'll go back and finish all of those partially-built kits. Yeah, right!
pharoah Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Well I usually find that...Oooooo SHINY!!! LOL Short attention span?
niteowl7710 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 LOL Short attention span? That's actually a joke I used to make about my wife when we first started dating, as she can lose herself in mid-story if something catches her attention. But yeah the downfall of a big stash is having too many things staring at you, and you fiddle with a little of this, then you tinker with a little of that. Pretty soon all that fiddling and tinkering has you a bunch of started model kits, but nothing actually completed.
martinfan5 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Well I usually find that...Oooooo SHINY!!! Thats funny James, my buddy and his wife and myself have using that ooooo shiny bit for the better part of a decade, and ooooo shiny is his wife to a tee as well
Fabrux Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Well, having just completed my first build in two years, I have a big problem getting things finished. With a large stash that keeps growing, things just keep grabbing my attention. I have on the go six builds that I would consider quite far along in progress but can't keep interested in them long enough to finish. One is a Jeep CJ-7 that just needs the roof painted and installed as I screwed up the paint on it, another is a replica of a truck my dad built when I was young that just needs tail lights. I also have any number of kits that has SOMEthing started on them. Most of the time I get ideas for builds and start fiddling with them. I have an idea list tacked to my wall with 16 items and another list started on my desk at work! And with a seven-month-old daughter, my build time is severely diminished.
ScaleDale Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 I'm intrigued by the engineering aspect of model building and get up a big head of steam building a chassis and solving suspension and engine mounting problem. Then I get to the fine details of finishing the project and get distracted by something else. My Pro Mod 49 Merc is a good example. It's just about done except for fitting the windows and finishing the engine details. Then there's the Super Stock 68 Mustang in the garage calling me... Dale
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