Tired of your current kit?

[Roadworn]

Hey all, I'm curious how many of us get tired or frustrated with the kit you're working on and want put it on the shelf before it's complete.

I'm working on a kit now that's just giving me grief every step of the way. I know there is something to be said for sticking with it, facing and overcoming challenges but im losing interest in this one. Do you ever call a timeout and put it on the shelf incomplete to get to it at another time? And...if you do put it on the shelf when do you generally get back to it?

Love to hear everyone's thoughts.

 

[BarleyBop]

Hey! I'm a relative newbie to model making, but do have a lot of experience in the creative arts.

Unlike other domains where the work ethic adages of old force us into submission, talk to artists and you will hear them say a few things: nothing is gained by forcing it, more to lose;
stepping away gives time for background mental processing to run its course;
there may be other things you need to learn first, on a simpler project that you don't care so much about.

I'm sure other folks will have much to say on this subject! We've all been there!

 

[mark2]

I usually have more than one on the go,if one becomes a bit tedious I get on with the other, sometimes I don't come back to kit for ages and just start new things,most get done eventually, when I put my tamiya tiger on the shelf of doom I came back and finished it four years later, enjoyed finishing it.

 

[Roadworn]

"Shelf of doom" HA! I love it!

 

[Pantherman]

Hey all, I'm curious how many of us get tired or frustrated with the kit you're working on and want put it on the shelf before it's complete.

I'm working on a kit now that's just giving me grief every step of the way. I know there is something to be said for sticking with it, facing and overcoming challenges but im losing interest in this one. Do you ever call a timeout and put it on the shelf incomplete to get to it at another time? And...if you do put it on the shelf when do you generally get back to it?

Love to hear everyone's thoughts.

Hi and welcome to the forum. I tend to have 2 kit's on the go so when one gets frustrating I move to the other, the break kinda refreshes it. Never yet used the shelf of doom or the flak hammer (ask Downtime). Pantherman

 

[TimM63]

I just put a partially completed kit back in the box and put it on a shelf. I currently have two kits that are incomplete and waiting for me to get inspired again to finish them. I have also had two kits end up in the trash bin. One I dropped and it broke into about 100 pieces (I have since bought a new kit of the same model) and the other was just unbuildable.