Brother maynard bring forth the holy hand grenade!
I’ve got 4 I’m working on all at the same time, plus 9 others waiting in various stages of completion around the work bench.
everything I know I learned form Monty python and fawlty towers. maybe that’s way my wife looks at me funny sometimes. or is it the magnifying hood I wear around the house cuz I forget to take it off.[whstl]
John
I find that when I have two or more projects going at the same time, one or the other invariably suffers. I cut corners on one section or the other; I lose parts, I hurry the weathering or detail painting on this or that.
I am amazed at hearing of guys who have two, three, or even four models going at the same time. One thing I’ve noticed is that, when working on more than one model at a time, it actually extends the “finish time” for EACH project so that by the time I get ONE model finished, I"m then impatient to get other one done too, and it starts to feel like a “chore” to finish up the one that is 2nd in line–which inevitably leads to cutting corners or rushing.
I"m a one-model man, for the most part.
I do many at a time. I have 4 on the go right now. Makes things a little interesting now and then but I’m gonna knock it down to 1 at a time after this.
Usually three for me. Now I may not work on all three on the same day or so, but I usually find there is a time when I will have a couple of hours to spend and that would be the day that the current kit I am on needs a 5 minute gloss coat job and the 24 hours of rest. Without something else to jump to, I would be forced to be productive:)
I find I don’t really build them that much faster, just more efficiently especially when getting all the paint stuff ready to go just to spray two wheels.
John
One at a time, unless I loose interest then I pack it up and put it way and start another. If I loose interest I stop and pack it up because if I loose interest the modeling results can be awful.
It depends on what I’m building. I use enamels and generally try to be really careful about drying times, so if I am priming, painting, futuring, or spraying clear flat I’ll wait at least 48 hours before I touch it with anything else. So to fill that time (my modelling time is limited to about 7:30 pm to around 10:00 when my toddler is asleep and I’m not heading that way) I’ll work on a different model. However, for something like a large ship with lots of sub-assemblies, I try to get 2 batches of bits going 24 hours out of sync so that I paint a batch one night, and work on the other the following night, then the 3rd night, batch two gets paint and I can start tinkering with batch one as needed.
One thing I have found to be wildly helpful for multi-building are the partitioned ziploc tupperware things. The dollar store sells them and they are fantastic for keeping parts organized and separated!
Groot
I find it helpful to build 2 or 3 at a time…I will put all sets of wheels together, cockpit ,maybe props and then paint, when I have my black, interior green, etc… it’s nice to use the air brush for more than one prop, tire or interior parts…
Ten.
My answer: as many as you think you can handle. I currently have about 15 or so subjects under construction now; I’ve gotten at least eight of them to the painting stage. That will allow me to finish at least five at about the same time since I’ll be weathering them all at the same time.
I generally have 4 or 5 models going at once. In addition to ‘waiting for paint to dry’ etc. Several of the models are fairly simple and built right out of the box while others get after market PE and other special efforts. Usually weeknights after work I’ll work on the simpler projects and Weekends (especially mornings) I tackle the more involved projects. But whatever works and makes it fun for you Currently I have a TBF avenger, M110 Self propelled Howitzer, a Destroyer escort and an F 106 on the bench. Will soon start a zero and be adding alot of aftermarket to it
it takes super discipline and incredibly hard to do in real life, but you should really do 1 model at a time start to finish. Even if its a bad model, a simple model, or something you might throw away, there is something to be said about complete finishing something. Like I said its tough in reality to do this. Every week I want to start something new, so it takes super disapline
I don’t have the space to do more than 1 at a time. But I’m not organized enough to keep up with more than one at a time, so I guess it works out. [8-|]. When I’ve got one in progress, my work bench is a total mess until the kit is finished. Then it’s clean and neat for awhile until I start my next project.
Two is the max for me.
I found out that I much prefer to build 3 at a time :
a land vehicle
an aircraft
a boat
no more, no less
I work one till I get my fill of it, then work on another already started on I lost interest in before, I think I have four started projects at the moment, maybe more, I’ll have to look once I get home