Speed modelling records

[puddingwrestler]

I know I am a very fast modeller. I know that a lot of people spend weeks, months or years on models. I know this often means they make better models than me. I know I don't have the attention span.

I've been working on a scratch built 15mm scale (about 1:120) shuttle for my blog. I started work about 8:00am, it's now just after noon, and the basic model is almost done. This has to be some sort of scratchbuilding speed record.

What's the fastest you've ever built a model? Was it the One Week GB? Have you ever finished a project in a weekend? Or a day? Or an afternoon?

[dragon]

The last time I built a model in a day, it looked like either Godzilla had attacked it or it had been built by Salvador Dali.

[Skyler]

My fastest build was a Revell Germany Me-262 A-1, which I built in 8 hours. I might have built some others in a shorter time period, but that's the fastest build that I can remember.

[Archangel]

Try doing it in 4 hours with parts given to you by  someone else and a base kit or something made of plastic that you have to make something out of. Thats what happenes every year at Wonderfest in Louisville Kentucky. Its a sci Fi modeling convention and last year the team I was on won the most bizzare taste in modeling award for our effort. The model has to be designed,built and painted in 4 hours with what they give you. This year they gave us a Mobeous models Spindrift kit from Land of the Giants ( The small one),A model of the shutlecraft from Stargate Atlantis and a Monogram 1/72nd scale F-19 stealth fighter. here is a picture of our entry. Its the one with the big wing attached to the end in black

[philp]

Still got to make a Wonderfest one year.

Been doing the Blitzbau's over at UAMF for the last couple years, 24 hours to build a kit start to finish.  Have actually finished 3 of the 4 I entered.  Here is what I got done in the last one a little earlier this year:





The new Zvezda 72nd scale kits.  Did both guns, figures and dios in under the 24hr time.

Quickest models were done back when I was in my late teens in Montana.  We used to do a quick build contest in the mall.  One year I did a large scale motorcycle (still got some of the bits) and another year I did the Revel 1/32nd Huey Cobra kit.  That one I actually took first with.  No airbrushes or super glue used but it was pretty much rattle can OD for just about everything.

[TimJ]

While I'd be the first to admit that I'm not a quick builder I've also taken part in the Blitzbaus over on the UAMF. I think the 24 hour timespan helps you concentrate on the job in hand.

Here's the last one I completed.





It's a 1/72 PM Lippisch P.13a, not a lot to it but I did a bit of extra detailing and it did have some fit issues.

[PR19_Kit]

Strewth, I'm lucky to finish building anything in less than a month! 

Most of mine stretch into multiple months, and more than one has gone on for years, but the longest took 26 years to finish!

[NARSES2]

Managed to get one finished in 24 hours for a GB once, but normally I struggle to finish the One Week GB here and I'm retired 

[beowulf]

think the fastest ive ever built any thing was a Tamiys 1/24 Lotus 7 in a 48 hour blitz GB somewhere (actually finished it in about 42 hours....glue was still drying as i took pics  )



these days i prefer to take my time and do things properly

[lenny100]

fastest was in under a hour from start to finish, as a demo to some kids on how to put a airfix spit together to try and get them to do something else than playstations, at a local youth club

[puddingwrestler]

This is what I've done in 12 hours, start to finish (about eight hours actual modeling, possibly less)

[Mossie]

Just the 1 Week GB for me, I've only managed it once & it was very tight.  I've attempted stuff quicker, but never seems to work out for me.

[tc2324]

Built this `whif` MiG-15 Nightfighter for the `speed build` GB earlier this year and IIRC total `plastic time` was around 9 hours.

[ChrisF]

While normally my builds take months due to work beer ect... I did complete a Games Workshop Land Raider in less than a day for a friend, i had a time table because it was needed for a game that weekend... I cheated the time scale by using all superglue... Rattle canning the main colour then finishing off with the details

[Taiidantomcat]

That Mig is one that shouts at me to try and attempt the same thing myself. Just a KISS build with a wonderful scheme that adds one more red star to the collection   I am a very slow builder because I do too  many projects at once. I am getting more decisive though, so I am getting faster. Racking my brain to think of the fastest build I have done and I am not coming up with anything. Thats a problem! Built a figure in a day, about 15 years ago!

Got my thinking cap on now though.... Want to do a speed build