i mailed of a smer walrus done for a friend and started
a airfix vulcan for another friend. it is a slow fill and
let dry as you guys know, so i wanted to work on another
kit. i looked at the stash and got overwhelmed because i
couldn't pick,
anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
Maiesm72 - 20 Jul 2004 06:28 GMT
>anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
Build a kit for a kid with the full knowledge that it isn't long for this
world.
Tried building a kit a week before a contest . That was in May...:-(
Tom
Mark Schynert - 21 Jul 2004 06:35 GMT
> >anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
>
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> Tom
I've only managed a deadline like that once-- it was the MAI Payen
Flechair (!)
As to builder block, I usually have more trouble finding time than
finding stuff on which to work, but I really was blocked the last couple
of months. That was mainly because I was mentally fatigued from building
the Sword S-43 flying boat--it came out nice, but it was really tough,
and I just couldn't face any of the other really tough things that were
in progress on the bench. This last week, I looked over all my kits for
subjects that were easy builds but still really cool. I settled on an
Aoshima 1/72 Ta 152H, then, for grin's sake, I also pulled out the DML
Ta 152C kit to do a side-by -side build, though that's not quite so
easy. I haven't done a lot with either yet, but it did get me back at
the brench, where I've also been working on some of my other projects.
So I'd suggest you focus on [1] easy-to-build, meaning good quality, not
too many parts, and not a biplane or with floats or twin booms and [2]
which you personally find really cool.
Mark Schynert
Edwin Ross Quantrall - 20 Jul 2004 08:14 GMT
> i mailed of a smer walrus done for a friend and started
> a airfix vulcan for another friend. it is a slow fill and
> let dry as you guys know, so i wanted to work on another
> kit. i looked at the stash and got overwhelmed because i
> couldn't pick,
> anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
Believe me, "builder's block" (in terms of which model to start next) is
*NOT* a problem with me at the moment! I have no fewer than 13
unfinished kits "on the bench", and it's taking quite a bit of willpower
on my part not to start several more! My main problem is that I don't
always have *time* to work on them. Also; I tend to run into the dreaded
"waiting-for-the-paint/glue/whatever-to-dry" syndrome that has me
skipping to another model, and it slows my progress on *everything*...

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Edwin (who'd like to finish *something* this Summer...)
(Remove "DIESPAMDIE!")
"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can trust to be dishonest...
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you
can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid."
- Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of
the Black Pearl)
Mad-Modeller - 21 Jul 2004 05:06 GMT
> > i mailed of a smer walrus done for a friend and started
> > a airfix vulcan for another friend. it is a slow fill and
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> Edwin (who'd like to finish *something* this Summer...)
Gott sei Dank! Another one with the same affliction!
Bill Banaszak, MFE
Erik Wauters - 20 Jul 2004 17:01 GMT
only takes a couple of months if get it :-(
Erik Wauters, Belgium
> i mailed of a smer walrus done for a friend and started
> a airfix vulcan for another friend. it is a slow fill and
> let dry as you guys know, so i wanted to work on another
> kit. i looked at the stash and got overwhelmed because i
> couldn't pick,
> anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
RedFred1 - 20 Jul 2004 18:28 GMT
>> anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
What works for me is to go to the bookstore and browse the magazines and
books...
There is almost always something that sparks my interest.
FredD
I'm building as fast as I can!
Rufus - 24 Jul 2004 20:04 GMT
> i mailed of a smer walrus done for a friend and started
> a airfix vulcan for another friend. it is a slow fill and
> let dry as you guys know, so i wanted to work on another
> kit. i looked at the stash and got overwhelmed because i
> couldn't pick,
> anyone else ever get builder's block? is there a cure?
Yup. Nope.

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e - 24 Jul 2004 20:43 GMT
>> i mailed of a smer walrus done for a friend and started
>> a airfix vulcan for another friend. it is a slow fill and
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>Yup. Nope.
sh.t! damn?