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| Subject: | Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? |  |
| Date: | Oct 29, 2007 |
| From: | Sean Langley | |
Only twice that I can recall. Once was Tamiya's old Sd Kfz 250/3 - couldn't cope with the separate track links, lost all patience, off it went. In my defence, I was something like 15 at the time.
The other time was Italeri's Do 24T. All was going swimmingly until I had to attach the wing to the struts. None would stay up - the wing tipped to one side, tipped to the other, even tipped backwards, and all the struts fell off. Bloody butt-joints. So, again, off to the round display case in the corner. I was old enough to know better by then.
Since then, I've grown a lot more patient. No point getting het up, just step away for a bit - hours, days, weeks, whatever it takes. Plus, I've lowered my expectations. To get a kit finished at all is enough to make me happy now. Everything else is a bonus.
(For my second Do 24T I'm going to use jigs, and add pins to the joints, and all will be well. He says ...)
seán |
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 | Have you ever quit on a kit? - tom deimling - Oct 27, 2007 |
| . . . Yes - Luke Pitt - Oct 27, 2007 |
| . . . Yes - Paul A. Owen - Oct 27, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: Yes - Chris Oldfield - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . please send me any kits you want to toss! - Glenn Bartolotti - Oct 27, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: please send me any kits you want to toss! - Paul A. Owen - Oct 27, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: please send me any kits you want to toss! - David Bredau - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . yes! - Alex Borsboom - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - Martin Webster - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . OH Yeah, tossed some. - Mike Riedeman - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - John Murcutt - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit?/ Yes, Tamiya T-62 - Marc Brandes - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Lots of Revellogram auto kits - Ken Hartlen - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: Lots of Revellogram auto kits - tha pit - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - M. Wawrow - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Considering tossing my Shelf-Queen actually... - Hans Haase - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Quitters never win (model shows) [IMG] - jamesmorgan - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - Bruce Probst - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . Yes - the DML Bishop - Andrew Herbert - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . You were better off.... - Hans Haase - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: You were better off.... - Andrew Herbert - Oct 29, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - Ted Nichols - Oct 28, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Ha! - Andrew Herbert - Oct 29, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - Sean Langley - Oct 29, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - Jerry Hulshoff - Oct 29, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Have you ever quit on a kit? - Steven C. Johnson - Oct 29, 2007 |
| . . . Does 'put off indefinitely' count? - Kevin Johnson - Nov 9, 2007 |
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