CRS.
I cleaned it up so the nanny bot wouldn’t freak.
I find that I’ll be working on a project, get to a certain point that I need to do something, only to find I don’t remember how I did it the last time. Usually paint techniques or weathering. Does this happen to everyone or just me? Does anyone keep a kind of log book or something just in case they forget things and how they did them?
Some do…some just prefer the fun of discovering it all over again. Me I 'member everything…except…what were we discussing again?
You didn’t say how old you were. I find it happening much more frequently as I get older. Lately I seem to forget everything from a week or a month ago, but what happened fifty years ago is clear as a bell 
Same here!
A couple of years ago, I began keeping a tablet of Post-it notes next to the bench to jot down notes like color mixes and such. After completing the build, I transfer all of that info onto the front page of the destruction sheet for future reference.
I recently built a Corsair for a Korean War group build… I built the Corsair in WW2 scheme… Forgot I was in the group build. [:(]
What works for me is a ring binder (actually several) with dividers and pockets. The modeling binder holds instruction sheets, copier enlargements of paint call-outs and other fine print, decals, and most important, progressive build notes.
If I didn’t do this, I would spend most of my project time trying to remember where I left off, what color mix that was (is), etc., etc. The very back section of the binder is for downloads, paint color charts and other handy references.
mike
I’m 41 and have been forgetting stuff since I was 19. It’s terrible. Some folks have a certain way to do, say, weathering and do it the same way each time. Me? I’ve got weathered aircraft in the case I like the looks of but can’t remember how I did it.
I can never remember the stuff the wife tells me to do…or I’ll knock out tasks 1 and 2 and forget 3 through 4,194…
Wait till you get my age (63) you think you forget a lot now just wait aceses5
Happens to me all the time, because I take so long to build! Plus, I ahve about 10 projects going on at a time…I’ll pick up the model, shoot the unpainted back half with light ghost gray, and upon finishing, notice the fron is in dark ghost gray. DOH!
In case I forget what? [*-)]
Sounds like a case of AAADD or Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. There is a way to overcome it, but I can’t find my log book or reading glasses!
Happens all the time…adds to the fun of completing a kit. Now… what did I do with that kit???
Now that I have reached the sixties, I take lots of notes. I spent hours recently looking for my notes on the P-40 that is on the table. I just cannot remember where I put them!
I keep diaries of my builds. It helps if I’m trying to remember if that was the first or second coat of paint I’ve put on the part last week.
Interesting way to do things. I’m so bad I’d forget to log my progress.
Sometimes I go into a room and then look around to figure out why I went there in the first place. Get to the middle of a sentence and forget what you were talking about. It gets worse the older you get.
Jim [cptn]
I blog about it. But a diary or build log makes a lot of sense. Could also be good for planning, like “prep parts A25, C3, H7 and F4 for Alclad” instead of trying to figure out what all parts you can do at once on the spot.
my usual on a random trip to the supermarket. (to get something we forgot)
(get in the car)
Me. “Where are we going again?”
Her. “Supermarket, get something for dinner”
(half way there)
Me. “What are we getting again?”
Her. “Something for dinner”
(walking through the supermarket)
Me. “Why are we here again?”
Her. “IM NOT ANSWERING THAT!”
I don’t keep a log book, and I honestly just seem to remember 99% of what I feel I need to know to pick up when I start a project over again. Then again, more elaborate projects may require more detailed procedures/knowledge that memory simply doesn’t do justice to.
Don’t feel lonely - it happens to everyone. I’m in my 60’s, and I “Lost” a super decal sheet for the RofG F-86F-40. The decal sheet WASN’T in the kit. I looked and looked and looked, but I just couldn’t find it. About 2 months ago, I saw where Encore was releasing an F-102. Soooo, I pulled my Deuce out of the stash, and lo and behold, THERE was the decal sheet for the -40. Now how in the H - - L did they get in there???
Now I’ve “Lost” the clear plastic lenses for the Eduard Japanese aircraft carrier deck. I’ve looked and looked and looked, but to no avail. So I went to Sprue Bros. and bought ANOTHER Eduard carrier deck just for the clear plastic - only cost around 8 bucks or so. As of today, I STILL can’t find the ones I lost.
So cheer up Buck-O, and know that you’re not alone. We can empathize with you. BTW, I save my destruction sheets with painting notes, and any internet stuff I find, and I keep them in a binder.
On the bench: Too much!!!