I have noticed that truly hate having to clean my airbrush. There are days where I look at the pile of unfinished models on my desk and realize that most of them are waiting to be airbrushed. But they usually just sit there longer because I don’t feel like going through the hasle of cleaning my airbrush…I think I spend more time cleaning it than using it and that just takes the fun out of it. That is what I hate most about modeling. Fortunately there are plenty of positives to keep me going.
So what do you think is the worst part about building models?
I would say weathering, I have a couple just waiting to be weathered and I can’t seem to be able to do it, cuz I’m afraid I’ll mess it up (no pun intended).
Well, for me anyway is when you finish it and put it on the shelf. I love to see the results of hard work but I totally love working on the things! But I think the worst part to all model builders is when they mess up a part. Gets me steamed.
To me the worst part is building a kit OOB and having a good time with it and then reading a review from someone that says that the wheels are wrong or the tracks should be different or the interior is for an earlier version. Then I remember the enjoyment I got out of just doing it and think " f— it, who cares and I will do better on the next one". If you don’t learn by trying, then you aren’t learning.
For me, the worst part of modeling is losing pieces, particularly the tiny fiddly bits, or launching PE through the air, across the table, and onto the floor, and then hearing that dreaded rattle as it goes down the heater vents. I think it’s aggravating, not so much because I lost the piece (that’s certainly irritating), but because I’ve interrupted my natural rhythms and thought processes. Now I have to stop everything, and crawl around under the table trying to find stuff.
I would have to say right now for me, as I am in the final stages of the Tuskegee Mustang- is finding out that the rear fuselage windows are too small for their opening and that the engine exhausts are too big for the depression that they are supposed to fit into [banghead][censored][censored]
HEY,
I have to agree with mike here and say that the worst part about modelling is when a peice doesnt fit. I had a 69 camaro convertable and the body did not want to fit on the chassis, and i got extremely angry and threw it across the room. Now it is in the big display case in the sky.lol
Going right thru the process of getting the model to the painting stage ,trying a painting method you’ve never done before and completely buggering it up. Either that or the paints the wrong consistency or whatever,using it anyway and thinking “she’ll be right”, and you end up with a disaster.
Jeff
Idiots who tell you to “grow up” and pusue adult hobbies and see models as kid’s stuff.
Honestly, how many museums do you have to visit and see models standing in when the real thing isn’t available, before you realize models aren’t toys and it takes a trully skilled individual to bring them to their full potential.
Usually I don’t care what someone else thinks of me, but when someone tells me to “grow up” when I’m building a model and their idea of a more adult hobby is Friday night at the local stripper bar, it REALLY burns me.
I can understand what you are saying but I look at the airbrush as a fine tool that needs care. Cleaning it is something I kind of enjoy because I know it is being taken care of and will be ready the next time I need it. I do the same with tools like wrenches and sockets that I work on my truck with also, cleaning and taking care of them gives me the satisfaction that they will be ready to use the next time I need them. [2c][:D]
I agree that fixing seams is the absolute worst part. I would much rather spend time in the assembly and painting stages.
And, although I have never experienced it, I would be very upset to have my hard work picked on by a more experienced modeler who thinks that only the most highly superdetailed models are even worth looking at. All I really want is to build my kit and have fun doing it, regardless of the results.[|)]
Having to see your bird destroyed shortly afterwards from a couple of little rascals, vermins, pests you name them and been forced to control yourself since they are your baby nephews…