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| Subject: | Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? |  |
| Date: | Apr 21, 2002 |
| From: | Kevin (Bluey) | |
Seems Alex and I have the same problem too... knackered after work to sit and model and a
large detached shed in the back yard which I am fitting out as a workshop .I'vejust
finished building benches ,next will be a lathe and milling machine.
My daughter is also pressuring me for a new cage for her guinea pigs ,I guess I will be
busy for some time to come .I've still to get the shed wired and lights and power
installed.A few modelling related bits like a spray booth and ventillation are also on the
back burner.
"Alex Hodges" wrote in message news:3cc23575@dev.routehero.com...
> I have to BE relaxed and rested in order to build. When come home from work
> it is hard for me to get into the model building mode because I'm mentally
> exhuasted and know I need to go to bed at a decent hour. When I am
> modelling I tend to get carried away and loose track of time so it is best
> avoid during the week. Here lately my weekends have been spent dealing with
> spring, i.e. yard work, etc. and my wife and I just had a detached garage
> built in our backyard. So I have been pre-occupied with it thus cutting my
> model time out alltogether! When I do actaully sit down and build it is in
> my own room where I also have my computer, TV, stereo, PS2 and full bath.
> Basically my own life-support system execpt for food and beverage. I have
> occassionally craked a window open and smoked my pipe while building. Music
> is also present....sometimes. I tried modelling during football season last
> year; trying to blend 2 good things together, but I found that the football
> game/games usually took over. I have not completed a model since
> 1986........a long hiatus taken have I. I took a crack at a model right
> after I got married in '98 but our house was too small and the burden of
> cleaning up and unpacking everytime I wanted to model squashed it. I started
> to "lurk' in this ng around 2000 and having moved to a bigger home in '99
> have slowly tried to get back in. I am about 95% finished with a Tamiya M8
> armored car, but it seems that last 5% is dragging.........Oh well, sorry to
> ramble folks.
>
> -Alex
> "Yuchung Wang" wrote in message
> news:3cc22987$1@dev.routehero.com...
> > Hello T-L,
> >
> > The General Discussions NG seem ghostly quiet nowadays. ;^)
> >
> > Here is something to bring some life back into it... I hope.
> >
> > Anyway, I am really busy nowadays. Sometimes, I leave half-built models
> > sitting on my shelf for weeks. I only sit down at my workspace when I have
> > the time, usually when I am feeling happy and spend a few hours to twiddle
>
> > with PE parts or try to work zimmerit patterns into the smallest niches.
> As
> > of such, I have yet to finish building a model kit for quite a while.
> >
> > A dirty little secret of mine: I get joy from building (and painting)
> > models; it is the process that makes me relax and have fun!
> >
> > The woman factor isn't making my modeling sessions any easier! ;^)
> >
> > Question(s):
> >
> > HOW frequently do you sit down and build models?
> > What setting(s) do you model in (noisey, peaceful, quiet?)
> > Do you listen to music when you model?
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > -=Yc. Wang=-
> >
> >
>
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 | POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Yuchung Wang - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Alex Hodges - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Dave L. - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Darryl & Michèle Tuominen - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Kevin (Bluey) - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - MSW - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . Re: POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - C Bolick - Apr 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Gary Cunningham - Apr 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Randall Smith - Apr 23, 2002 |
| . . . Re: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Adam Vukich - Apr 22, 2002 |
| . . . Re: POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Andrew Herbert - Apr 22, 2002 |
| . . . Re: POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Ken Dixon - Apr 22, 2002 |
| . . . Re: POLL: How frequently do you actually sit down and build models? - Tim Streeter - Apr 23, 2002 |
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