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Post by jeffs396 on Feb 16, 2010 16:35:25 GMT -5
Does anyone else suffer from this, or is it just me? Get all pumped up about a new project, go nuts on it for a few days, then lose interest & move onto another? I've got many things started, hardly anything finished. Maybe a box-stock build or a different subject would help instead of having to modify, scratchbuild, and super-detail everything?
Discuss...
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Post by ddlova on Feb 16, 2010 17:58:15 GMT -5
pretty much i think it happens to everyone. it's one of the good things about having a wide automotive interest in modeling though as when the burnout comes on you can switch gears and build something different. sometimes too i think you just don't feel like it. as much as you'd like to sit down and build something the fire just aint there.
Dave
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Post by Big Ed on Feb 16, 2010 23:15:43 GMT -5
Absolutely Jeff. Especially if things start to go awry...meaning I can't get a scratched part just right. But I get extremely obcessed with scratcbuildin'. And I can't help it. Or re-doin' a paint job. I get frustrated over stuff like that. Look at the Dodge...still not done after all this time. And I'm happy with all the scratchbuildin' I did on the truck. The motor & interior are left and the motivation just disappears for those items. But I can't NOT do them, so.........................The Dodge will be done. So will the Scout.
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Post by trailbound on Feb 17, 2010 15:55:02 GMT -5
Happens more than I would like to admit. I am with Ed...I cant keep a project simple, which is a big part of my problem. I have started a handful of projects that were suppose to be builder block friendly and before I knew it I had scrapped half of the kit parts and scratchbuilt half the dang thing. Then I get frustrated over something small, put it on the shelf and hope one day to take it out again. I did find one of the best projects I did was to use a bunch of the old AMT hot rod stuff, 1932 Ford, 29 Ford, and motors out of the 40 Fords and put it all together for a little roadster. The kits were pretty simple and all used a lot of the same items. It was like modifying and scratchbuilding without all of the hassle.
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Post by crxlowrider on Feb 23, 2010 1:23:16 GMT -5
i am currently this way with my 99 silverado i am trying to fit 49 inch iroks (2 inches tall in real life)under it and i KNOW what i can/need to do til my other parts get in but i just don't have the motivation to do them
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Post by Plowboy on Feb 23, 2010 14:58:22 GMT -5
I think I suffer from it constantly! I have close to 40 projects in the works right now! I never used to be that way. When I started a build,I wouldn't even think about anything else until I got it finished. Now I'm lucky to get through the mock up stage before I start on another one! I have imposed a "no new projects" rule on myself to motivate me to finish some of them up. So far,I've got a couple finished and working on finishing up another one. Hopefully I can stick to my rule and actually make some progress this year. Last year,I only built two models. My worst year ever!
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Post by denconresin on Feb 25, 2010 3:51:32 GMT -5
ALL THE TIME! In the 26 years I have been building model cars. I have finished MAYBE 10% of the kits I have started. I have a very big collection of models and it is not worth a thing. Just about 75% or more of my kits are started. I cannot finish a thing. Last year, out of the 20 some odd projects I started. I finished 2. Both slammers. The year before. I finished 2 slightly detailed. I use to build like crazy. Most of my models were highly detailed. I am personally getting sick of full on detail and I am just going to start simplifying my model projects. I do not enjoy detailing out a model anymore. I just have too many ideas and I would like to see some of them realized. I use to feel that every cool idea I had for a model. HAD to be full on detailed out. Forget that. I think that is what brought on my heavy burn out that started for me. Almost 10 years ago. I also put more time into my resin casting and working on masters. But I do treat that as a job now and will not do it into my model building time. Now that my kid is a teenage. she takes less time away from me. I am a single dad, so I would give her all of my free time. Now she wants nothing to do with me. Awe gotta love those teen years. So now I can get back to building. But I just gotta stay off this darn Computer. It sucks up build time. So I guess the answer is , "No, your not the only one." Matt
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Post by jeffs396 on Feb 26, 2010 1:53:41 GMT -5
Sounds like we all need a 24 hour build marathon or something as a way to kick our super-detailing, obsessive accuracy habits, huh?
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Post by wtsf150 on Feb 28, 2010 2:03:35 GMT -5
I get this way too much myself i'm going through it right now just cant get my mind on building i've tried but just cant i guess i'm like most here i cant keep a build simple right now i think my problem is my girlfriend is going through some health issues and the docs havent given her any solid answers on whats going on so my mind is on her even though she says to get off my butt and build something and leave her alone i think i need to do something like Jeff said and just try to build something simple i did build and finish three NASCAR models but it just anit the same as the trucks for me OH well Willie
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Post by coopdad on Feb 28, 2010 10:14:51 GMT -5
I blame the model companies. If they would come out with something new we would have something to be excited about. As it is now, it is often hard to do the same kits over and over. And us off roaders have the added limited availability of parts. For me, I am always searching for tires and wheels... takes the fun out of it. If they came out with an Early Bronco kit, I would NEVER leave my workbench! Now that I think about it, sounds a conspiracy between our wives and the kit companies! John
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Post by jeffs396 on Feb 28, 2010 16:13:52 GMT -5
What we all have in common here is that we can't build box-stock! All this modifying, kitbashing, & scratchbuilding is burning us out!
I gotta finish one for the shelf! Walmart has a 1/24 Jeep JK Road Ripper toy that looks nice enough, I'm going to bring one home & make a slammer out of it (must...resist...the urge...to modify!). Toys-R-Us has a Land Rover 1/24 RC that looks accurate too, that would make a nice yuppie off-roader! ;D And a hummer H3, they're $12.99 each.
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Post by trailbound on Feb 28, 2010 20:25:09 GMT -5
Matt's comments are dead on for me. There are about 10 race cars that I would like to build that I loved watching race in the 80s and 90s as a youngster. I keep pushing those builds off to work on meaningless builds because I have these super high expectations and thoughts of going all out on them. In the mean time, the meaningless builds get boring and either get put on the shelf, or I decide to get creative and tweak this or that and before I know it I am knee deep in scratchbuilding and modifying a project I never cared enough about to do much with. An early Bronco kit would definately make me happy. For the life of me I cant understand why a company never did one. I am sort of hoping Jeff might pick up one of the toy EB's or the resin EB's and fix it up the right way like he is doing with the CJ8. (This is not meant to be subtle either).
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Post by jeffs396 on Mar 1, 2010 17:35:20 GMT -5
Is there someone casting an early Bronco??? Thanks for the vote of confidence Mike, but there's an early Bronco expert here, and it ain't me Agreed, new subjects would probably help our building slumps, and eventually I'd like to master a few like a Jeep XJ, a 40s Dodge Power Wagon, among others, but I've gotta finish up my HHR master and some small projects first, then maybe start on new stuff.
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Post by Big Ed on Mar 1, 2010 20:43:19 GMT -5
I'd love to see an early Bronco cast. One of the coolest little 4x4s ever.
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Post by trailbound on Mar 1, 2010 20:57:52 GMT -5
I believe AFX (or something like that) who was not very reliable from what I remember, did one from the Gay Toys Bronco (blue and yellow plastic). It was a little off, but a good starting point. The resin company also did a drag version with a long front end. I remember seeing another one ebay but don't believe it was quite accurate or the same as the other either. Revell could make their money on one I would think. Be smart and make the body stock with flares so you could cut the fender, stock and lifted suspension, removeable hardtop, door jam openings, some offroad goodies, etc.
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