Is there an accurate term for doing this hobby?
A couple of years ago when out with some collegues for lunch, we started talking about our interests. One lady in aour group asked me about my interests and I said I like history, travel and I do modeling. Her eye went wide in disbelief and she stammered ‘Y-you model? Y-your a male model’?
Everyone who knew me well errupted into laughter (as I did - I’m no Brad Pitt, but hey I’m not Quasimoto either!'. Since then I ‘Scale Model’.
HEY,
I say that i model, but when i told someone about my modelling magazine(FSM) they thought i was talkin bout fashion and stuff. What has the world come to?
Randy
I’d have to say I “Build Model Kits” as I do very little scratch building.
I too build “Model kits”
I used to say I do modeling, but then I got that some reaction…“you model?!” now I say, I build models.
I fall into the “I build models” category.
Yeah, that’s what I’d say in English, too. “I build models.”
In Japanese, I’d say “puramo wo tsukurimasu” (I build plastic models) or “mokei wo tsukurimasu” (I build models), or just “mokei zukuri” (model-making) if asked what my hobby is.
None of these phrases, by the way, would be mistaken for the other type of modeling!
I would say “I build models” but if I did say I did modeling, well , I would probably let them think I was a male model. Of course, I would probably cause a lot of mags to go out of business if I ever did model. LOL
When I tell someone I model. One look at me and they know am not a fashion model [(-D]. I do plastic kits only. Would like to try fire engines. I love fire trucks.
I build models is my line.
I usually say “I build models” , but sometimes I have to explain that I build “scale models” and not model homes. Some people thought I build mannequin models?!?!?!
I guess I do both,When building my fire engines I find myself so in depth,I,m looking up info on the net,or in trade mags.All my sons say I,m going to go blind if I continue to small fine detail work,of course I tell them I’m blind already,48 years old with bi focals,and 1000x magnifier around my neck,is it crazy,is it a hobby,what is it?..
Its the the idea,when completed you can honestly say you did it with your two hands.
People ask me why I do it,I tell them its my way of expressing myself,my wife calls it art in miniture form…Well enough about it,wether its scale or box once you have laid down that first coat of paint and glued the first part ,Your not a builder anymore your an artist…
“I’m Ed and I’m a model builder”[8D]
I’ve done both, so any of the terms would be accurate. If people ask, I just say that I’m a modeler, and let them draw their own conclusions.
demono69
“I build models”. “Of what?” “Planes, ships, military subjects. I also paint miniatures” “Oh, how cute”. “Babe, I’ve probably sunk enough money into my hobby after all these years to buy a Porsche”.
DJ
I’m a model builder, but I don’t generally talk to non-modeler about my hobby. They just don’t get it and that’s fine with me.[swg]
Im a model builder although I have been known to tell people who ask that I build Scale models, military models or Model Fiqures, to prevent that [:O] shocked look if I say I model[:O]
I too usually just stick with the build models line.
I build models, plain and simple.
I think I build scale models - most of them on contract basis for others, though.
But more accurately, many of the models I build for myself could be classed as “scale replicas” cuz I have that obsessive compulsive disorder that requires massive amounts of scratchbuilding and superdetailing on almost every subject I build. OOB?
Gasp - shock, horror! For some silly reason, I just have to “improve” anything I think looks “poxy” or just not right.
Subsequently, I don’t finish many of the bloody things very quickly.
My clients understand - and they’ve never complained about the time it takes to build them - they’re always happy with the finished product.
Cheers
LeeTree