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Title: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: Brian James Riedel on March 09, 2025, 06:21:18 AM: It suddenly occured to me that maybe fifteen years ago I was working on building a 1/48 Siemens Schuckert D.1 from a Testors Nieuport17. Had the fuselage put togeter, landing gear struts attached, and a cowling made from a Smer (Aurora) Fokker Dr.1 attached ss well. Now I can?t remember what box it was in or where to even start looking for it.

It was going to be a real good looking build too.

I hate being 71 sometimes.

Brian Riedel
Title: Re: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: NigelR on March 09, 2025, 08:12:58 PM: You old guys really do seem to have some challenges..... ;) Thank god I am only 67 :D

Maybe your issue is stash size rather than memory? I have the same problem with modelling bits and bobs, I buy/accumulate so much stuff in terms of paints, modelling tools, add on bits etc that I often find I re-buy stuff I had forgotten I had.
Title: Re: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: Borsos on March 09, 2025, 08:17:16 PM: Quote from: NigelR on March 09, 2025, 08:12:58 PM
You old guys really do seem to have some challenges..... ;) Thanks god I am only 67 :D

Maybe your issue is stash size rather than memory? I have the same problem with modelling bits and bobs, I buy/accumulate so much stuff in terms of paints, modelling tools, add on bits etc that I often find I re-buy stuff I had forgotten I had.

You do not have to be 67 years old for that experience . . . :D
Title: Re: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: Dirigible-Al on March 09, 2025, 10:59:33 PM: Looking for something and not finding it is one problem but another is buying a kit or tool and then finding out you already had two of them bought previously.
Alan.
Title: Re: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: Rick_H on March 14, 2025, 05:46:42 AM: 71 indeed.
A year or two ago, I finally got a little bit organized and started notebooks for any projects I am working on. I have gotten sick of wondering what color of paint I was using on a particular project, or where the parts came from, or what the reference was. Of course, this would all be moot if I finished a model in the same month I started it, but I don't think that has happened since 1965.

And as for buying duplicates, I don't mind duplicate kits, as anything for 1/72 won't hit the bank account as hard as it would for a 1/32 builder, but ohhh, those decal sheets. I have been driven to multiple decal sheets like a moth to a flame. "Do I already have that one? hmmm - not sure. Better add it to the order".
Rick in Seattle
Title: Re: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: Flamingo on March 14, 2025, 06:09:24 AM: Turning 72 this summer...
EH, what did I want to say?
Oh yes, this should help with the box:

Sorry, scalemates links do not work here
Title: Re: My memory is ?uh?what was I going to say?
Post by: Richtrad on March 14, 2025, 12:17:07 PM: Being 71 isn't too bad so far. Except that my stash will outlive me :P