AHHH The Painting is the worse part.

[TheBenzon]

lol nice one lilbudman ill give a shot at it at the end of the summer. I get nervous usually and come to close to the model with execive paint drops from the side of the car.

[LS1Aaron]

Just practice more man its not rocket science!Also,if someones going to paint your models for cheap there not very good anyways.

[klutz_100]

[quote=cbrain]The essence of buying model kits is in building and painting them... whether they turn out magnificent or crappy.QUOTE]


I haven't got a lot of experience, but I have been "frustrated" with every model I've made so far because it hasn't come out as well as I had planned or because I messed something up. But on the BIGGER plus side for me is that I also see the bits that DID come out as I had planned and the bits that are BETTER than my previous model.

For me modelling is a bit like golf, you may be playing a round with someone else, but the person you are really playing against is yourself and if you don't play the game, how can you hope to ever get better?

sorry to be a bit pompous about it, but I just don't see the point of getting someone else do my hobby for me...

stevenski

[Sticky Fingers]

All I'll say with regards this discussion is; Would you get yourself a girlfriend and then get your local barman to perform foreplay? Na, didn't think so. I'm pretty poor at painting but I wouldn't dream of asking someone else to do it. I'm sorry but I'd feel a failure if I done that. Almost akin to someone having their model built for them and then taking their model to a contest and pretending it's all their hard work! It's all or nothing in my opinion.

[tonioseven]

Originally Posted by TheBenzon

i know but dont you guys care about all the money that goes with the effort.

Nope

[Murray Kish]

Lots of good replies already but here's my $0.02

1. To me, the hobby is about building. Beginning to end. Paint included.

2. However, if you just want a nice model to display, and are willing to pay someone else to do it (or part of it), then that's your choice. Nothing wrong with that, unless of course, you plan to tell everyone else that you did it yourself.

Murray

[Spitfire7]

Building the model is the fun part. If you want someone else to do this for you, then fine. But you'll get a lot more satisfaction out of the build process and when the model is complete being proud of your own work.

Money is also an issue. Of course this hobby is expensive, but if you're willing to put in the time, money and effort the results will show. Or you could go and find another hobby with instant results and completely free, but how likely is that.

[p9o1r1sche]

If you dont want to paint and can pay someone else to, and if you get satisfaction out of having a model on the shelf and not building it all yourself, dont see any problems with it. Ask yourself, what do you want really want to get out of your modeling experience?

[tardster]

If I was you I would practice at painting, go out by some $5.00 piece of crap model at the LHS. Take it home, and paint it, when you mess up, put it in brake fluid to strip off the messed up paint and redo it. Continue doing that untill your good at it. This way you have only spent a few bucks on it and its no big deal. Once you get down the painting part of it you will be alot happier than paying someone else to do it for you. besides just think of all the fun you/we can have by posting pictures of your paint jobs while your learning....

[TheBenzon]

ok thankyou for all the helpful comments people.

[DSM-Mark]

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for life."

If you know someone who is quite capable, don't ask him to do it for you, ask him for his secrets. On top of that, there are many, many threads on this on this board, as well as a tutorial or two on cutting/polishing.

But I do see where you're coming from. I've begun to set a high level for myself, and am disappointed when it comes out bad. To top that off, sometimes there are things out of your control that can go wrong, like paint cracking because two coats are drying at uneven rates...

[Bas Carwash]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

I haven't got a lot of experience, but I have been "frustrated" with every model I've made so far because it hasn't come out as well as I had planned or because I messed something up.

So I'm not the only one Painting comes with practice, definetaly. On my last completed thread I got a reply that my models are becoming instantly better every time I finish one. That first of all makes you feel good, and means you're learning more and more about modeling every day. Modeling isn't easy, it remains to be an art!

[willimo]

Build build build!

And I really have huge questions about paying someone to do it for you being cheaper than doing it yourself. Whoever does it has to have materials, too, right? And do you think they're doing the labor for free? Something doesn't add up there.

[Cosmic Fur]

I'd say painting is the 'best part'. It's where all your skill shows - you don't need as much to make a good-looking engine or interior. I'm actually starting to dislike all the 'building' leading up to the painting of the body, cause it takes so long, lol. Especially with my recent project, which a 1:24 Mercedes Benz truck - painting and waiting for all the suspension bits to dry is sooo mind-numbing.

And, as other people said, who cares if your first attempt doesn't look show-room quality. Who are you trying to impress?

[willimo]

Girls.