What the hell is going on???

[stona]

You are definitely not alone!!!!!!!!


If any member of this forum claims he or she has never made a silly mistake I'll show you someone being 'economical with the truth'


Cheers


Steve

[eddiesolo]

My only silly mistake is taking up this hobby...I never learn


As Paul says, you're trying too hard. Leave that model alone and do something else, the more you keep going back the more it will annoy you, just leave it and go back after a while...say 10 years  I joke, but just leave of of it for a few weeks.

[Guest]

I think a big part of modelling is learning how to overcome mistakes and not to worry about them too much.

Wise words - worrying will only make it worse.


I have got to the point in the past where I have been very nervous when modelling - almost too nervous to continue and have had to psych myself up to carry on.


Got to the point where I really had to have a word with myself - and remind myself it's just a bit of plastic.


As for mistakes:-


I NEVER finish a model without cocking something up - mostly snapping off small parts or letting at least one decal fold itself into a ball but sometimes I outdo myself. Only yesterday I stuck a small clear gunsight on a piece of Blu-tak to keep it safe only to later forget I had done it and when tidying up I lumped the small bit of Blu-Tak back in with the large lump I keep - So I then had to roll out this very large piece into little sausages that I could then squash to see if the gunsight was in it - It wasn't. I'm now melting bits of clear sprue to scratch build another (Busting things is brilliant for your scratch building skills)


I'm also guilty in the past of ruining a whole model by washing the sprues in the sink and the leaving them on the radiator to dry. - only to come back to a deformed mess - but thats more pure stupidity than a modelling mistake - my Wife didn't stop laughing for a week  :$

[Guest]

mate, I started a Ta 152 in 1/48, and everything was going well until I applied a pin wash like a ceramic wash. It messed it up completely and had to be scrapped/binned. Everyone makes stupid mistakes. Just keep on pushing on mate, with every "mistake" you learn new techniques and you gain a lot from trashed models.


Cheers, John

[Gwyn]

Hi Mark, I recently gave some advice about planning each step in the process to so you do not make mistakes, well I am making a wood and white  metal model of the Stephenson Rocket and constructed the right hand piston assembly from a number of white metal part. I dry assembled it and then superglue it, great. Then I assembled the left hand assembly and left it all clamped up to dry. The next day I picked it up and noticed that the main part that all the others glued to was upside down. I Then I spent a whole day trying to disassemble it to put it right. Thank goodness for glue buster. The moral of this story it can happen and does happen to everyone, move forward and enjoy your modelling. 

[Guest]

Well the good news is I received the spare sprue yesterday and I had an amazing day! I got loads done and it all went perfect :-), its weird because it was one of the most productive days I have ever had since I came back to modelling.

[Guest]

mate , half the fun of modeling is making mistake's , learning and doing it better next time , some of the howler's I've made , you feel so good next time it's done better


steve

[flyjoe180]

I really need help as I'm totally confused! I am making stupid mistakes in my modelling and now I have 3 models on hold until I order the spares that I need. I took a couple of years off but started again about 6 months ago, my modelling was going great when I took the time off but now I feel like someone who has never built a model in my life. I'm now looking at my stash and in all truth I'm scared stiff of starting another one! HELP.

I quite often have to really think when building after even months away from it. But that's all part of the process. Good advice regarding patience. I'm a shocker for eagerly trying to get to the paint stage, I have to put the brake on myself.