I wish I had more modeling time, but then again don’t we all.[;)]
Personally, I get about 10-15 hours of modeling time a week into my schedule. Sometimes more and sometimes less, though this depends on anumber of factors. This week I had spring break so my modeling time this week was about 55-65 hours.[8D] Other factors include if I’m in the mood to model, sometimes I’m a lazy SOB and glue one part and other times, I don’t feel like doing anything at all.
Working an 8 to 5+ I get a couple nights a week to put in 2 hours or so. Weekends sometimes free up some additional time.
Chris
well i should have more time,but i’ve been working my butt off recently,so i’m knackered at the moment…and the british superbike season has just started so my weekends are full.
probably 3 or 4 hours a week.
Mine varies alot. When i am not on leave, i live on camp during the week. I have my own room and no distractions, so in theory i could model from the time i get in at 4.30 untill i got to bed at 11pm, but on average i would say about four hours a night. But when i am at home its a bit awkward. I don’t have my own place to build so i use the dining room table, which is also where the PC is and a bit of a throughfare. I don’t like to spray with people around and find it awkward doing fiddily little things with all the noise. So i don’t get much time, as well as all the usual stuff with family life.
Simple answer - not enough
Most of my modelling time is during the weekend, maybe an hour or two. I sometimes can squeeze in another half hour on workdays. My girlfriend doesn’t like it when I am upstairs all night, working on some modelaircraft. So I do my workdays modelling at the dinner table.
My commute (2 hrs each way) is a killer during the week, but on the weekend I get about 4 hours dedicated. My wife is usually out at garage sales all Saturday mornings when the weather is nice. That’s my time at the bench. The rest of the weekend is spent ensuring my marriage lasts our lifetimes.
With 5-6 models on the bench, it’s usually a very productive 4 hours. I average a finished kit each month, sometimes sooner.
Tim
I’m going to say about 8-12 hours per week, but I’m a little weird with my sleeping habits. I have to get up at 330am to catch a bus to work. I get home about 630 pm. From that time to about 10 pm I spend my time with my family. From 10pm to 11 I usually work some on my modeling at least 3 or 4 of the weekdays. I hit the bed about 11 and read until 1130 or midnight and then get my four hours of sleep. It does work for me. I spend about 3 hours on the bus, coming and going, so I get some more rest then. On the weekends I spend an hour here or there at the bench during the daylight hours but sometimes most of late night with modeling. Now my son is really interested and we build together sometimes, although I really have to work closely with him (he’s almost 7).
Modeling for me is very theraputic, as I’m sure it is for most of us. I know now why I loved it so much back in my junior HS and HS days. I’m 45, soon to be 46. My wife is very supportive as well, so it’s been a lot of fun.
Had my procedure today. 2 more weeks to recover so I guess it’s back down to the shop for my mental therapy…
I get up early every morning, before my wife and, and spend at least an hour in my shop on work days. Weekends I get up early (0430) and can spend up to three hours in the shop. And if I’m home while my wife and son aren’t I’ll try to get down there as much as I can. But I still don’t as much time as I’d like. I spend the evenings with my wife and son and most of the time on weekends.
Steve
Interesting topic. I was only thinking to myself the other day that I don’t get much modelling time. Three years ago I completed 8 Warhammer cavalry figures that had taken me about a year to build. I probably got about 1 or 2 hours a week modelling time. I’m 42 and seem to get quite tired, not bored just tired if I model for longer than a few hours at a time. I’ve also been studying for a degree for the last 8 years, moved home and working fall time in a sometimes very busy 18 hours a day IT job although thankfully it has returned to a regular 9 to 5.
I’ve completed 50% of a 1/6th scale resin Aliens Hudson figure and it’s been staring at me (literally) from the display cabinet asking to be completed. There are also quite a few 1:72nd aircraft in boxes awaiting build (lancaster, halifax, stirling, hampden, spitfire, 2 x hurricanes, swordfish, defiant and a multitude of warhammer figures). So my plan of action this year is, complete the degree, get the hallway dado up and painted. Then I should be able to get down to some serious model making. Well, I hope so in between formation flying in FSX, gardening, cycling…
Another interesting thread would be, how many unbuilt models do you have in the loft!
I could probably manage at least an hour a night, but by the time I’ve got home I often don’t feel like doing much, especially when work has been heavey, as it has of late.
I have more time at the weekend, but usually end up doing other stuff like, DIY or stuff around the garden.
I find I definitely have to be in the mood to model, otherwise the mojo just doesn’t work.
Karl
I’m a regular working stiff, but I can usually put in a hour or so weekday evenings.
Weekends I can usually get in 4-6 hours over both days.
Often it depends on the project’s current stage of construction. The parts I like to do, assembly, detail painting, decaling and finishing up, keeps me at the bench. Sanding and fixing seams, etc., things go slower.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been better at “walking away from the bench” when things just aren’t going right. If I get too fumble-fingered, or the eyes get tired I can back-off. Wasn’t as easy doing that before.
Guy,
With a 11 and 15 year old boys, their sports, work, the “honey do list”, and so forth it varies from week to week. Luckily my 15 year old is also active in modeling and in this forum! So I have a built in excuse to work on my projects. I problably manage to log about several hours a week.
Keep on modeling all!!!
right now none as in zero! When I’m not painting I’m either sleeping or on here. And then when I’m on here I’m waiting for the paint in an area to dry so I can get back at it again. I’m sorta thinking that along about next Wednesday I’ll be somewhat back in business again (I can’t even see my stash of kits right now as everything is buried!) This all leads into problem number two. I cooked the motor on my spraybooth the last time I used it
gary