How long those it take you to build a kit?

[Aircav]

I'm thinking about getting hypnotized as I seem to have a serious problem of not finishing a kit before starting the next one      

[lancer]

Depends on what I'm building and what I'm feeling like. My last TSR2 took a long time, the last couple of kits one complete and one at second stage painting have taken just over a week so far.  

[Leigh]

Try to identify if there is a stage where your models traditionally stall - for me its the PSR stage after main construction is complete.  I have to will myself on at this point, especially if the model needs a lot of filler.  I find once the final coat of primer is on its all downhill from there and models usually proceed quickly to the end (sometimes too quick!)

Hmm interesting, I did just that and found that for me it's right after the major paint work, sometimes even after the decals are on. Guess I loss interest with all the external fiddly bits. Or often I notice some flaw which now has to be corrected and I really can't be arsed.

[Joe C-P]

Shortest build: one weekend (1/1200 USS New Jersey whiffed into a Camden police ship)

Longest build: I started a Revell 1/32 P-38 as a young teenager. I'm over 40 now, and it's still in the box.

But none of us will approach one fellow I met online: he finished a ship model in the late 1990s, that he started in 1937.

That's AD One thousand, nine hundred, thirty seven.



JoeP

[Leigh]

That's AD One thousand, nine hundred, thirty seven.

Yeah I started my 1/48 Tigercat in the last century too.

Come to think of it it was in the last millenium  

[lancer]

Ya know, I'm starting to get the same condition that a lot of you blokes here have, starting a kit before finishing my current one. AGHHHHHH!!!! I've got an A4 on th paint table and a Lightning on the workbench, BOTH of which I need to get finished by next week.  

[kurly]

It all depends on two things for me :

Beer

Deadline

i'll bring the beer and/or whiskey, you set the deadline.
but remember, im a hack and embarassed to post a pic of mine after ive seen all of the finery on this site.

[John Howling Mouse]

When not hindered by my work's unscheduled overflow into my personal life and/or real-life issues, I go like mad until I hit an obstacle I consider insurmountable.

Like making my own canopies.

Or molding then casting difficult stuff in resin.

Or, on complex 'bashes, I come to the sudden realization that the amount of planning involved has somehow expanded to the point where I need an entire team to help me figure it out.

[nev]

A little tip that I've used in the past.  Set your PC wallpaper to be a really good picture of the subject you're modelling.  Every time you log on, you get inspired.


'course, if you're doing a baztacular kitbash.....