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How many model projects do you guys have going at the same time? Do you have one project going and stick with it until the end, or do you have 2 or 3 projects going and work on which ever one inspires you at the time?

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I mostly have 2 or 3 more serious projects, and another 2 or 3 "idea" projects. Once I feel more comfortable with driving, I'll be able to get to my paint shop and make some progress.

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Always a minimum of two - so I can work on something while paint drys. Currently I have 4 1/2 going. Two are waiting for shiny parts to be Alclad'ed (airbrush is being repaired) and they will be finished. My half project is a shortened hood to have for a future project.

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10-15 is my sweet spot. I like to start a bunch of projects and be distracted by others and only finish about 2 a year. My problem is finishing. When I get it roughed out, so it looks like my vision, I feel slightly satisfied and move on to the next idea. Im not saying that Im happy with this system, but thats the way it is.

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usually two or three builds, with a few repairs & touch ups added in. For some reason I thought it would be a good Idea to prep a bunch of bodies for paint...so right now, 6?

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Right now... a Ford pickup, a Chevy 1500 prostreet, an Army surplus Chevy stepside, a shortened Baja VW Rabbit, a Civic, a Mini, a Caprice, a Del Ray, a couple go-kart-kinda things, a Datsun 240z, a Jeep hot rod, an Austin, two tractors, a bulldozer, a Porsche, and a boat. :wacko:

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I usually try to keep it at 1 or 2. One main project with another one on deck. I find that if I keep only one project going at a time, & just force myself to keep going on it, (sometimes I have to give myself a little "goose") I finish them. Otherwise I get sidetracked & never finish anything. Steve

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Three;

A WWII German recon tank; over 2000 parts, so I need to take frequent breaks from it to preserve what remains of my sanity,

A 1:12 Bentley that keeps getting stalled by lack of specific ref' materials.

And a hyper detailed '39 Chevy pro-street, for which I have now built and discarded three frames and two sets of headers.

These three have actually been "on my bench" for over a year, during which time I have completed four other models (one at a time). So I guess you could say that I typically have four going at any one time.

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Normally I'll have one or two that are my main focus and about 10 or so (no real set number) that I'll tinker with now & then. And the ten change all the time depending on my mood. I may pull one out, work on it for five minutes, put it away and not touch it again for years.

Also, the closer one gets to completion, the less interested I am in anything else. I sort of zone in on that one.

Right now my main focus is a P40-B, but yesterday I played around with the BMF on a GTO, and started cleaning up the mold lines on a Fairlane. Today? Who knows. As long as I keep working, it's cool.

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Just counted. Close to 80, in various stages from gathering parts, notes, drawings, research pix etc., to a lot that are 1/2 finished, a few that are 3/4 finished, and one on the bench I'm trying to get done before I get into something else.

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I have 5 on the go at this time. A 1970 Bud Moore Trans-Am mustang,MPC Mclaren Mk8d Can-am, NASCAR race truck in ReMax livery, Union/Heller 917k in Martini livery and a Union/Heller 917k in Gulf colours. I try to work on any two kits during my build time on my days off.

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I've tried working on several models together but I found that process never really works efficiently for me. So I will usually work on one car through to completion. At the moment I'm polishing out a '58 Imperial. I was previously working on a '59 DeSoto but I ran into paint problems so it's taking a bath in the paint stripper tub at the moment. Many other cars are lined up behind them in the TO DO pile.

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I usually stick with one until it's finished- right now it's a '48 Ford and I'm still trying to decide what color to paint it.

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