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Old 08-30-2013, 05:00 AM   #46
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Re: Car modeling... confessions

Years ago when I got back into the hobby There were several grail kits I wanted and swore I would put all others to the side if I were to obtain them. I have all of them except two and have only built one.
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Old 08-30-2013, 05:36 AM   #47
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I never polish my cars, juist put a clear coat on it and tamiya wax
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Old 08-30-2013, 06:17 AM   #48
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Re: Car modeling... confessions

I am too afraid to fail with some kits that I never find the guts to start building them.


Fail in this case = meeting my expectations
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Old 08-30-2013, 08:33 AM   #49
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I have essentially stopped posting, and stopped building- because I hate taking pics of builds. If the pic doesn't look as good as the build it's of, it just isn't much fun....
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Old 08-30-2013, 08:43 AM   #50
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Sometimes I download hundreds of photos of a car, and spend months watching on ebay for just the right model at just the right price. I buy it.

But as soon as it arrives, I put it on the shelf, and start dreaming/researching about another car...

Same problem here...
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Old 08-30-2013, 04:01 PM   #51
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Sometimes, I get some extra money by working on a friend's car or from overtime at work, and I don't tell my wife about it so I can buy model car stuffs.
Sometimes I just buy even though I don't have extra money

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Sometimes, my friends invite me to a really amazing party or something, and I say, "Nah, I got this real important thing to do," and the important thing is gluing pieces of plastic together.
Even call off work, only to ed up playing MMOs

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I spend all day daydreaming about the kit I'm working on and get home to watch TV.
Daydreaming and texting other builders about it. But with same results

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Old 08-30-2013, 09:15 PM   #52
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Re: Car modeling... confessions

After reading thru all the posts here, the question that is begging to be answered is... IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?!
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Old 08-31-2013, 06:04 AM   #53
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yes there is !!! ....but the doctor is a modeller too...
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Re: Car modeling... confessions

Hey doc!, not feeling good, can I get a script for some more model kits
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Old 08-31-2013, 03:16 PM   #55
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Re: Car modeling... confessions

Buying new models even though I have many many stared and unstarted but open already waiting...
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Old 08-31-2013, 03:41 PM   #56
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Re: Car modeling... confessions

Perhaps this is a condition we all suffer from. I mean, reading everyone's posts I was like hey I do that too. And by the looks of it we all someway do it. My name is Keith and i have a problem lol
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Old 08-31-2013, 07:50 PM   #57
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The smell of Testor's model glue calms my nerves.
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Model doctor?! I've seen a lot of model surgeons around here. Is that the same? I can see it now...
Model doc: ok just take 2 tamiya or hasegawa kits and call me in the morning.:
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Old 08-31-2013, 09:45 PM   #59
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I always hide to my wife the real price I paid for a model.
I have around 400 models and she still believe in me!!!!!
shame on me
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Or you think, "I should get a spare set of decals just in case",,,,, I have spare sets of decals for spare sets of decals if that makes any since.
xzibit's meme would definitely be happy with you

i also confess to using 1000, 1500, 2000 grit then straight to rubbing compound and wax when finishing up paintjobs. that usually ends up with raised/hard edges having sanded off paint (fortunately, i've so far had this only with black).

and back then when i had this lanevo obsession, i snapped up a ton of fujimi's lanevo7 kits - i'd complain about how they may have a racecar exterior (ex: advan piaa lanevo7) but have a street-spec suspension, floorpan and cockpit, and yet still buy another one once i'm done building it, then complain about it again ("what?! same parts, just different plastic, different rims and decals?")... fortunately for me the local hobby shops nearby didn't buy more of them kits and i was only buying kits online back then for old macross kits (which i ended up selling all of them except 3 small kits since i didn't have time to build them)
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