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| Subject: | Re: Frustration Get a grip man! |  |
| Date: | Jul 24, 2004 |
| From: | Nfafan Steve | |
Relax and have some guilt-free fun Yc!
Just remind yourself of what you are doing: saving a mongrel model from the plastic dogpound! Accept the challange and have fun doing it.
Anyone can do a shake n bake model, it takes skill and patience to turn a pig's ear into a silk purse. Just have fun doing it.
Your'e a kindred spirit guy! I do - and look forward to - the exact same things; took the much-maligned Zvesda T60 - and finished it as best as I could while practicing my whitewash skills. Fine tuning my finishing skills without fear of wrecking a pricier kit.
Took the twin CCLee T34 kits, finished the T34/76 1941/42 and finished it as best as I could OOTB, all seams, pin marks, etc, carefully worked over, etc. Treated the build/finish process as if it were a $40.00 Tamiya kit. Build confidence in oneself for when the time comes to tackle that expen$ive kit.
I'm working over the Lee T34/85 right now, using as many household bits and pieces as possible to substitute for PE and fiddly "details", again - building a dogpound pup into something to look at - and as cheap as possible. There is a degree of satisfaction in acheiving a result where others simply sneer.
Other dogpound pups include a Lindy T55 and their T80, I can't wait to get a leash on them.
Past pups included the AMT/Ertl "T74" and Hasegawa 1/72nd Tiger I "Final".
Meanwhile, my mucho-easier to build Tamiya kits sit on the shelves - they're not as much fun as "trying this" or "trying that" - all without fear of the dreaded A M S roadblock or worse - a mistake.
I mean - how many of us have accumulated the tons of aftermarket bits and referances to tackle that ultimate and expen$ive Tamiya kit - only to run into paralysis from analysis.
Instead, we can play with the plastic puppys and have fun doing it! |
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 | Frustration with Modelling Projects - Yc. Wang - Jul 24, 2004 |
| . . . Re: Frustration with Modelling Projects - Paul A. Owen - Jul 24, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: Frustration with Modelling Projects - Yc. Wang - Jul 24, 2004 |
| . . . Re: Frustration with Modelling Projects - Dave O'Meara - Jul 24, 2004 |
| . . . Re: Frustration Get a grip man! - Nfafan Steve - Jul 24, 2004 |
| . . . Two types of AMS - Peter Ong - Jul 25, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Thanks! - Yc. Wang - Jul 25, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: Two types of AMS - Paul A. Owen - Jul 25, 2004 |
| . . . Re: Frustration with Modelling Projects - karl heinz - Jul 26, 2004 |
| . . . Re: Frustration with Modelling Projects - D.T.Cote - Jul 26, 2004 |
| . . . Re: Frustration with Modelling Projects - henk meerdink - Aug 13, 2004 |
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