How many kits at one time?
OB
Ok, this may be similar to the "what's on your workbench now" type
thread, but I'm just curious about how many different specific kits any one
of us has going at any one particular time? AND, you can't say "ALL OF
THEM"...that's too predictable given the modeller's curse of being
completely incapable of opening only one kit at a time, and not touching
another kit until the first is finished (and yes, I know, they're NEVER
finished.)
The reason I ask this question is that I was remembering the days when I
was a kid and my dad would bring back a good 3 to 4 models with him from
every business trip (and he travelled 1 to 2 weeks out of every month, so I
was a pretty happy kid--especially since most were brought back from
Europe)--My "pile" of unbuilt kits started taking up so much room in the
basement that my Dad put down his foot and told me no more new kits until I
finished the ones I had--not the right move.
I went into the basement and laid out my kits in piles according to
interior paint schemes, and just started an "assembly line" of all interior
base coats, then everything that was "black", then washes, then, etc. I
only left the basement to go to school and bed, and in one weeks time, I had
done about 30-40 different planes, and seeing that no homework was getting
done and the err of his ways, my Dad finally lifted the ban--thank God.
So, whatcha got going now? This is a hard one for me to answer since I
generally have few breaks away from doing work (at least I work at my
computer so I can check RMS), but at the moment, as its been for weeks to
months now, I have slated:
Building stage: 1/48 P-38J, PRU Mosquito, RAF P-47, A-1H, P-40N
Reference stage: 1/48 Russian Front He111, Begian F16A Tigermeet,
Finnish Gladiator & Ju88A, Operation Torch SBD & F4F.
Man, its a miracle I ever get my work done.
DManton300
Okay here goes.....
AM P-51, Fujimi Phantom(f-4c), Revell NH-90,Airfix Lightning F-3,Tamiya
Dinah,2x italeri P-51D, Airfix Lancaster(with paragon grand slam
conversion)...the list goes on
All somewhere between started and nearly finished!
It,s what it,s all about!
regards
Drewe Manton
Sahara emb
Ok, most are in various stages of assembly and paint:
B5 Starfury
PL J-2
Movie J-2
SW Tie fighters
Monogram Flying Sub (almost done)
PL LIS Cyclops diorama
Addams Family house (built already, waiting for a new base to be built.)
Halcyon Predator 2 (awaiting final paint job)
Looking to begin:
Battlestar Galactica kits (all 4)
Geometric Cyclops
Horizon Green Goblin(parts are trimmed, just need assembly and paint)
PL Bride of Frankenstein
About 200 hundred more I have in storage.
BucholtzC
I USED to be a one-at-a-time modeler... But now:
--T-28C Trojan
--Jet Provost T.5
--HU-16A Albatross conversion
--Bf 190G-14/AS
and, commanding most of the attention
--OH-6A Loach
Oh, how I long for a larger workbench...
--Chris Bucholtz
rfranklin
On Sun, 3 May 1998 16:38:02 -0400, "OB" <o...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Ok, this may be similar to the "what's on your workbench now" type
>thread, but I'm just curious about how many different specific kits any one
>of us has going at any one particular time?
Up front, a 1/32 resin MC-72 '30's float plane racer and an unamed,
(because I don't read Japanese), neat little anime kit. On the back
burner, staring at me mornfully, is a 1/48 Shinden.
New kits on the way which may change everything. My heads easily
turned by a pretty piece of plastic.
wrf
SVanaken
Its more fun to have multiple kits underway. That way, one is always near
completion!
Currently:
Hasegawa 1/48 A6M3 type 32
Aeroclub 1/48 F3F-2
Polar Lights Robot from LIS TV series
Hasegawa 1/72 F11F-1
Airfix 1/72 F2H-2
ProModeler 1/48 Ju-88A-4
Fujimi 1/48 OH-58A
One day, they will all be gracing my shelves!
Have fun, build a model, be a modeler!
Cheers,
__________________________________________________________________________
Scott Van Aken IPMS Canada 5729
The Aviation Nut Webzine
http://members.aol.com/svanaken
Fly by Nite Productions
Björn Bäcklund
Building stage: 1/72 A7V tank, Centurion tank,Ju87B, FW189 1/700 Flower
class corvette (ship)
Reference stage: RMS Titanic, HMHS Britannic, RMS Olympic, Leopard 1 tank
Some mix, or what?
john t. c. lester
OB wrote:
>
> Ok, this may be similar to the "what's on your workbench now" type
> thread, but I'm just curious about how many different specific kits any one
> THEM"...that's too predictable given the modeller's curse of being
> completely incapable of opening only one kit at a time, and not touching
> another kit until the first is finished (and yes, I know, they're NEVER
> finished.)
<snip>
Well, lessee ...
Painting/Weathering:
Anubis (Not)Whitestar, AMT/ERTL A-Wing, ESCI 1/48 Hs123a1, AoG Minbari
War Cruiser
Construction:
Monogram 1/48 Devastator (fuselage finally together and working on
wings), Hobbycraft Hurricane IIb, R-M Starfury
Started and set aside ... oh, jeez. Maybe a hundred
<snip>
> Man, its a miracle I ever get my work done.
>
> OB
> o...@bigfoot.com
You and me both ....
<*>
j
john lester
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Progress (It ain't just a Russian rocket)
http://www.baltech.com/onezero/progress.htm
Ray S. Katzaman
Björn Bäcklund wrote:
>
>
At one time, only one. Started and on top of the workbench, etc. about
fifteen. Cars, ships (plastic and wood), aircraft.
Ray S. Katzaman
IPMS 35112
Austin, Texas
Mark Schynert
And I was recently a six-at-a-time modeler, but this big flying boat (Do
26) has blotted out everything else. (I do have three single-engined
fighters on the bench as well, but I haven't worked on any of them since
mid-February.)
Mark Schynert
Joe Reid
I've got a Tamyia 1:20 Ferrari 310B, Monogram 1:24 Porsche 904, G&S
1:2[45] Porsche 959, Heller 1:43 Porsche 962, plus about 4 1:32 snap-tite
kits (cheap place to practice gloss coat painting/polishing).
I have 3 Ferrari 250 GTO kits on order (will be one car) plus a Sauber
Mercades and a Mazda 787B.
The 250 GTO and 310B research consumes alot of my time.
And this doesn't coun the HO slot car track I am modeling, plus I'm
trying to get my R/C car ready for racing (season started a few weeks
back...I'm a little late)
If I ever get my spary booth finished I'll get a little further along,
plus I'm thinking about moving so I'm looking for a palce to put all my
modeling stuff...
--
Joe Reid
jr...@vnet.net
Tactical Solaris Systems Engineering and Administration
Anders Bruun
OB <o...@bigfoot.com> skrev i inlägg
<6iiklu$h...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
> Ok, this may be similar to the "what's on your workbench now" type
> thread, but I'm just curious about how many different specific kits any
one
> of us has going at any one particular time?
I can't count that far :-)
jsh...@ptialaska.net
You're taking a pretty liberal view of "kits going at one time." Using this
criteria I would have to say that I have somewhere between 300 and 500 kits
"going." By that I mean that all of those kits have at something at least
glued together or painted (I never claimed I finish a lot, but I do build a
lot). I cycle through my 'active' pile (meaning on my workbench where I can
easily get to them) anywhere from 4 to 10 kits. Currently on that pile I have
the following;
1] Hasegawa 1/48 Bf-109E-3 being converted to a E-1
2] Checz Model 1/48 BV-40 (ready for camouflage)
3] Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1 Corsair
4] Hasegawa 1/48 Hawker Hurricane IIc
5] Heller 1/7? Arc en Ceil
6] Hasegawa 1/48 P-51D Mustang
7] Monogram 1/48 DC-3 being converted to an American Airlines DST
8] DML 1/48 Fokker DrI being built as Voss's Fokker FI
9] Revell 1/48 B-17F (Knockout Dropper with accurate weathering)
10] Trimaster 1/48 FW-190A-8
11] Trimaster 1/48 Ta-152C-0
12] DML 1/48 FW-190A-5
13] Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat
14] Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Vb
15] Trimaster 1/48 FW-190F-8
16] Hasegawa 1/32 F6F-3 Hellcat
17] Accurate Miniatures 1/48 A-36
18] Hasegawa 1/48 A-7E Corsair II
19] Hasegawa 1/48 F6F-5 Hellcat
so by my definition I would have to say that I have 19 'kits going at one
time'.
Of course I did just receive the Pro Modeler Ju-88A-4 and the Tamiya A-1H so
I might have to shove all that aside and get the Ju-88 built. If that happens
then I'll build a Bf-109F and make the Mistel S1 I've been wanting to do.
Jeff
IPMS something or other
PS for what little it's worth I had about 1400 kits waiting for my attention
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Tango2
I currently have on hand:
M-50 Super Sherman
Sdkfz 251/7 conversion
Willys Jeep
Pz IV H
Panther
Jagdpanther
M-36
M3A2
M21
Horch
Pz III H
All in various stages of completion, and some have been on the workbench
holding shelf for years. The Pz IV H has been there for three years. Still
waiting for its brass set.
The problem I find is that there are just too many new kits coming out, and
I lose interest very quickly. I don't mind juggling several kits at the
same time.
BTW, I also have one Jaguar GR1 and one Starfighter F104G waiting.
In the planning stage is a T-34/43.
Dominique Durocher
> You're taking a pretty liberal view of "kits going at one time." Using this
> criteria I would have to say that I have somewhere between 300 and 500 kits
> "going." By that I mean that all of those kits have at something at least
> glued together or painted (I never claimed I finish a lot, but I do build a
> lot). I cycle through my 'active' pile (meaning on my workbench where I can
> easily get to them) anywhere from 4 to 10 kits. Currently on that pile I have
> the following;
<list lost somewhere in the net>
Sounds like me. I could say I have up to 700 going, but most are stalled
for research/parts hunt/waiting for time.
What I was actually working on before I started packing, as I'm moving in
a few weeks:
Hasegawa 1/48 J7W1 Shinden
Hasegawa 1/72 J7W1 Shinden
Hasegawa 1/72 J7W2 Shinden
Matchbox 1/72 He-115
R-M Vostok
Monogram StarFury
Monogram Battlstar Galactica
Monogram BG Viper
Nitto SF3D Fledermaus
Comet Blake's 7 Liberator mini metal x2
Shadow Cruiser
Vorlon Fighter
Whitestar
Doesn't seem like enough, I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
Dom
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