Yes I have to admit it, I had to give up in frustration after spending way to much time trying to get all the small pieces together, keeping them together and not dropping them into the carpet monster. This is one model (by AFV club) that is just to intricate for me to do[:(]. The instructions were not as clear as reviewers made them out to be, or else I am just not seeing things right. I thought I had alot of patience but i guess some things just are not ment to be. I am building a F-104G by Hasagawa instead. My apologies to the armor guys, I did try though[:)]
Put it on the shelf and come back to it in a few months. I find that is a good way to overcome frustrations- you forget why you were frustrated before and find all new reasons to feel that way! Isn’t modelling grand? Whoever said it was relaxing should be locked up in a room with a Dragon Panzer III, no instructions and a time limit.
[#ditto] Build that F-104G and come back to the 88 when you feel adventurous again. Either that or get yourself a good magnifier and assume the hunched-back postion over your workbench. [:D]
Miller41,I know how you feel so I to go and put the kit up and build some thing else till I get the nervie to work on it again.To releave the carpet monster problem try laying down some 30 gallion trash bags on the floor of your work area.Since the bags are black this should help you in finding your lost parts.Digger
Oh, we have all been there Miller. Sorry to hear of it, I thought about getting that kit. I’m after their Pak 40 now. Take the advice and shelve it for awhile and then come back to it. I do it way too often myself.
I started doing a 1/83 Ship early this year for my wife but I got bored and put it off for a while. Sometimes things like that happen but I believe the urge to finish it will come sooner or later. Retreating is not always an unwise decision.
Don’t worry…
M41, even the most experienced armor guys get frustrated with some kits. Like the folks have already said, put it away, work on something else for a while, then when the urge hits get after it. It’ll come together.
thanks guys, will do that, if only to prove that gun cant beat me in the end
And if still you can’t beat it. Use a bigger hammer.[:D][:D][:D]
Just kidding of course.[;)]
Heck Ken! thats why I bounce back and forth from armor to aircraft. If my armor kit indy treads are whipping me, I take a break, and go work on one of my aircraft! It’s fair to say I have a balance of frustrated projects in both areas, but eventually I will tackle each of them and prevail. Like most of the folks said! just give it a break, sometimes that is what allows you to overcome the block that has jumped up in your face. You’re normal friend, it comes with the hobby. semper fi, mike
Don’t give up the ship. If the 88 is not beyond salvage, pehaps you could find something slightly less challenging that would might help you improve your skillset so that you could later comeback to it with renewed confidence. Perhaps some of the treadheads here might know of such a kit.
I sort of got into armor for a similar reason. Previously, I was usually a ship and aircraft guy. So when I got back into model building a few years back, that’s what I built. Then I got some good 1/700 ships and got really intimidated by the photoetch. So my first tank that I started was really done with the idea of developing my skills with photo-etch and CA glue. Not only are the parts bigger, but if you make a mistake its easy to pull off the offending part, scrape the glue and retry. My skills with photo-etch have improved 1000 percent during the construction of my close to complete Sherman, and by the time I finish with all the !@#$% tanks I bought in the meantime, I’ll probaly be able to confidently attack my ships.
Was this your first dip into armor? If so I might not have picked an arty piece for my first trip… Pick up one of Tamiyas shermans or something and do that. I think you’ll find it a little better for a first tank…
Sorry to hear of your frustrations…