Nothing kills the modeling motivation like..........

[Jantrix]

Moving. *sigh*

Moving into a very nice apartment in about six weeks and the hobby table is always the last to get set up. My motivation to even look at the bench is near zero.

Also I'm not sure where the hobby table will even be or what space I'll be allowed.

The worst part is I actually feel guilty for not building.

Nothing new from me for a while.

[JTalmage]

I know how you feel. As I got older and tastes changed, room and furniture changed. I now no longer have a desk to do building. I set up in my buddy's basement for a while to build when he was in to it again, but that was short lived and I live too far from him to get anything accomplished.

I now build on a fold up table in my room, sitting on a milk crate. No serious room on the fold up table, so every time I use a paint it goes right back in to my shoebox that I keep my building supplies in.

[Ace-Garageguy]

It took me months to move my home, 1:1 shop, office and studio, and I'm still not really unpacked or set up yet. Just kinda piddling with a few long-term projects as I get more and more tools out and sorted, but man, it's a bugger. The new place is less than half the size of the last one too, and everything is kinda on top of something else for now. Makes it hard to get any momentum up when you have to go digging for every little thing.

I need to spend more time organizing, less on the web.

Edited September 4, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Quick GMC]

re-design your work bench. Make it different, organize it and it will come to you.

[Old Buckaroo]

We just moved from Washington state to Montana. I cant wait to get my bench assembled and unpacked. Luckily I have a spare bedroom at my disposal for my hobby stuff again. Not sure what I would do If I did not.

I have seen many a wonderful model built from the kitchen or card table.

My problem with that is I am too spoiled from always having a designated room to have to clean every time.

Edited September 4, 2014 by Old Buckaroo

[Jantrix]

Luckily I have a spare bedroom at my disposal for my hobby stuff again.

That may end up happening for me as well. All of a sudden my 21 year old son is talking about the Navy, so no telling how that's going to go.

[southpier]

guy at the hobby shop gave me some Model Railroader magazines from the late '40s, early '50s.

not unusual for hobbyists then to build entire brass locomotives at the kitchen table...

[Old Buckaroo]

guy at the hobby shop gave me some Model Railroader magazines from the late '40s, early '50s.

not unusual for hobbyists then to build entire brass locomotives at the kitchen table...

Hey those old magazines are treasure, isn't it amazing how talented and the spectacular models that were built without kits ?

Rob - my son went into the Navy a year ago straight out of High School. He loves it and is very happy with his decision.

[webestang]

Don't remind me......I'll more than likely be moving this coming spring......

[Superpeterbilt]

Wife.

[Jantrix]

Rob - my son went into the Navy a year ago straight out of High School. He loves it and is very happy with his decision.

That's great. He was trying for the CG like I did, but the recruiters are just totally dragging their feet, so he's looking elsewhere. This kid needs to get his life started.

[disabled modeler]

For me its lack of needed parts and funds.

[High octane]

When we picked out our "new home" years ago, I immediately picked out one of the bedrooms for a hobby room/den so I have a place to work on my models, read, pay bills, watch TV, etc. It still works for me today. In fact I just redid the décor in this room this past spring, new color on the walls, new carpeting, relocated several pictures & posters on the wall, etc.

Sounds ideal? For the most part it is, but I STILL need motivation from time to time. I keep up with the yard work, and the snow plowing and have outside interest besides model car building. After a pretty busy summer, I've just started building again this week, and even stopped at my LHS today for some supplies, and another hobby shop tomorrow as well. My motivation comes and goes, and I really could "pick up the pace" on my model building if I would spend LESS time on this keyboard.

[blunc]

I get a little motivation from car shows on cable tv, lots of new ideas, old ideas re-hashed and interesting concepts to explore.

I just watched a show premiere where a 34 Dodge sedan was resto-rodded, I now know what I can do with the Pyro 34 Dodge sedan kit in my stash.

[Belugawrx]

Moving. *sigh*

I'm in the same boat brother....

Still looking at all my boxed stuff... tools, cars half finished, paints,....etc.

Nothing but sealed boxes for awhile

[slusher]

Moving. *sigh*

Moving into a very nice apartment in about six weeks and the hobby table is always the last to get set up. My motivation to even look at the bench is near zero.

Also I'm not sure where the hobby table will even be or what space I'll be allowed.

The worst part is I actually feel guilty for not building.

Nothing new from me for a while.

Rob when I went on vacation with the family kill my building until this week. I could not imagine moving. I have a small spare bedroom for a den and hobby room. I cant lift my right arm to build on a desk so I build on a childs table and it holds all the supplies I need and use. I really hope you get everything fixed and organized soon...

[Kennyboy]

For me, going too deep into a design that involves building half (or more) of a new chassis/suspension, complete scratchbuilt transmission, blowing out the doors/trunk, and extensive body mods........

TOO much for one build WILL kill your drive to build altogether especially when there is so little time to spare given outdoor tasks and work of course.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Kennyboy

[Tom Geiger]

When I moved from NJ to PA, I moved ahead of my wife so I had nothing to do at all in the evenings. I was going home on weekends, so I loaded my workbench into the van and brought down my collection one van load at a time. I had almost no furniture in the house back then, so I'd spend evenings up in the hobby room, working on models, and watching the TV I bought at Good Will! Life was good. I'd come home the four evenings a week I was there, eat something and hit the hobby room.

You don't need the model clean room to build. A guy in my club moved into a house and hired a carpenter to build him a large bench to his specs, along with a spray booth and everything you think you'd need to build championship models. I went to see and he showed me quarts of Ferrari red paint and Duesenberg engine paint he had bought for his planned projects. He lived there about 10 years and never produced a single model!

In comparison, back in the time I was between model rooms due to construction, I built one of my best models ever at the kitchen table! I worked evenings, covering my table with a small board to work on and I had a clamp on light. Every night I had to put everything away and on top of the refrigerator so small kids wouldn't get into it. And I built a great award winning, magazine feature model there, under those conditions. So it's really what you make of it!

[Jantrix]

It's not so much that I won't have a place to build, just a smaller place and I can live with that. The biggest drag right now is that with the move on the horizon, I just have zero interest in getting in the middle of something and having to stop. And my wife is a whirlwind of decorating for weeks after a move, so the new bench won't be operational for some time.