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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: bobs_buckles on November 07, 2012, 07:54:48 AM
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The flip side ;)
I love:
scratching replacement parts lost to the carpet demon.
Airbrushing
Solving problems
Rigging!
Rigging!!
Did I mention RIGGING!!!!! hahaha
What things do you love about our superb hobby?
Cheers,
Von Buckle VC & Bar :P
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I love EVERYTHING - except waiting for paint to dry........
Des
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Seeing the parts and sub assemblies come together, especially in WWI as almost everything is modular!
Learning new techniques like woodgrain, rigging etc, and getting results beyond what I could believe I could do.
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I love sitting in my little man-cave (6' x 9') surrounded by many of my favorite things (model kits, antique firearms, & military gear) while drinking a favorite beverage, listening to some great tunes or an interesting news story on the radio while I attempt to replicate some history in miniature.
Warren
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Pretty much what Warren said: the intersection of hobby, passion, and interest; a cold beer, an interesting podcast, my pup at my feet. What could be better?
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I love the fact you can build 'history' and love seeing it all come together.
I also enjoy learning (currently reading, not 'doing') new techniques and watching how the artisans on this site create their masterpieces and deal with problems, etc.
Andrew
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Cockpits, research, unmasking that complicated paint job and it all sticks!!
Steve
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Buying!
Especially bargains.
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Messieurs !
Art, Relaxation, Creativity, Skill
When I was a boy modeling was an isolated hobby in the village I was born. Almost all of my lads thought it boring and the
girls were irritated by the military tinge.
That did not keep me from becoming a dedicated modeler - and of course, we played with the models, I repainted them once in a while and so on.
While modeling one used what was handy and of course the models were not perfect at all; this did not matter, because at this
stage they seemed to be perfect.
But instantly it was not only the process of "Basteln"-kit building that caught me but also the interest for the real thing, the
background, which- as a little boy was made out of scarce information combined with imagination.
What I love is to open the box, the smell of the new kit, the process of building, how-to-do-ideas coming to my mind,
imaginations of the real context, painting and airbrushing (sometimes I only build to paint), feeling satisfied by doing all those things, feeling happy with the results, the suspense before showing it to my loving spouse ( her artistic eye knows no mercy),
take a look at the built model often, the smell of Humbrol paint (already burnt into my brain).
As a boy one learns fast; when reopening an old spare parts box after a quarter of a century I still knew from which model
the parts came... .
Some label modeling as "childish" or do not take it for a "serious" hobby; but playing is not cheap fun but the source of headway
and development.
Furthermore there is a lot to gain from life that has nothing to do with getting money out of it.
Through modeling I learned a lot .
viele Grüße, Gunther
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Agreed, the escapism is my favorite aspect of the hobby.
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Buying and collecting models and accessories.
Seriously though my favourite part, if I had to choose, would be the initial research and planning. A close second is the cockpits. I have serious AMS issues and models building takes me a very long time due to this.
I tend to buy ALOT of tools and accessories.
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+1 where tools are concerned - love 'em!
BVB :D
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For me, it's a great feeling of accomplishment when I finish a model. None of it comes easy for me as I don't have much imagination nor any artistic aptitude at all. That's why I'm forever asking questions and pestering everyone to see in-progress images of their work. The interaction in forums like this have enabled me to improve my modelling abilities to a far greater degree than I could ever have hoped before the advent of the internet age.
Cheers,
Chris
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Hey Chris, the models you've posted here look pretty impressive to me! :D I do agree with you about the feeling of accomplishment when a model is finished. I sometimes look back and wonder how it actually turned out the way I wanted! ;)
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I'm a finisher completer and love the final stages, then putting the old box in the recycling as "closure" :-[
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I love looking at my older books. They may not be the most accurate at times but they were the begining of "serious" colour research. This one is only from 1968, a mere 44 years ago.
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Some more pics
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and a WNW teaser
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Thanks for posting those Steve! :D Very interesting stuff. I pull Phelan's "Heros & Aeroplanes" off the shelf frequently. It's fun.
Regards,
Bob
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Theres an old copy of Fighting Triplanes at a used book store here for $10. Any one interested?
Steve