Early, odd modeling habits:

[Daryl J.]

What did you do as a kid that you now consider odd when building a model?

Our house had a thoroughly cleaned area on the Linoleum where Testors PLA enamel would get mixed directly on the floor.    Yep, the floor was my mixing pad.

Mom *never* caught me and it was done weekly for about 3-4 years.   



And you?


Daryl J., happily at home with the family on a Friday night

[Maverick]

As a younger lad when first starting out & considering that colour might be applicable, I used to regularly use a black marker for matt-black surfaces.  It wasn't too bad, considering all.  After that, I went 'what if' kinda early and did some Tamiya German soldiers in 35th in Silver uniforms as a kind of 'future' thing... it was the 70s after all.

Regards,

Mav

[Brian da Basher]

When I was a lad, the only model paints I could find were the little square bottles of Testor's enamels. I think they were made for car models as I could never find military matt colors. On those rare occaisions when I spotted a bottle of Olive Drab it was a reason to cheer. If I could find a matt gray too it was a home run!

It took me years to get the patience to wait long enough for the enamels to dry and clean the brushes properly. The upside of this is when I started doing oil paintings, I was familiar enough with solvents and how oil-based paints behave that I was able to focus on my artistic skills (or lack thereof).

Acrylics have been a huge boon to me and I think back on the early days and marvel at the difference.

Brian da Basher