What's most satisfying

[Pantherman]

Hi, having just spent 3hrs completely stripping down, cleaning and reassemble my two cheap Chinese airbrushes which are now 4 years old I realised how pleased I was doing it.

Just let the world and it's hassles pass me by while humming the banana splits theme tune (thanks to the bit of fun thread).

So what does everyone else find the most satisfying part of this great hobby????
Pantherman

 

[wjbrandel]

As odd as it sounds I find the cleanup of the work table after finishing a build the most satisfying part.

 

[TimM63]

For me it's when I get to that point in a build where I empty a sprue tree. Nothing like the feeling of progress than taking that last part off a sprue.

 

[OldManModeler]

When I get the paint mix correct and my airbrush does great work.

 

[BarleyBop]

That fleeting moment when a collection of disparate parts comes together, and looks like something!

 

[kevin]

I agree with TimM63, cutting away that last part on a sprue
My last three builds have been 1/16 armour with full interiors ........ so many, many sprues.

I'm 58 years old, and opening the box for the first time still makes me feel like a kid on Christmas morning.

 

[OldManModeler]

I'm 58 years old, and opening the box for the first time still makes me feel like a kid on Christmas morning.

Truth! Funny how the simple thing like inert plastic kits can make a old man as happy as a grade school kid on Christmas Day!

 

[Calico Jack]

I enjoy the whole process. It's hard to pin point the one thing that is the most satisfying, but I would probably have to say any time you get into the zone and everything is going together like a well oiled machine. Everything around you melts away and you are honed in to that exact moment in the present.

 

[BarleyBop]

Everything around you melts away and you are honed in to that exact moment in the present

Well put! Psychologists call that a state of flow, flamenco gypsies call that 'Duende', athletes call it 'in the zone'.
I call it 'lost in a build'. "I'll be done in one minute sweetheart" turns into 90... in the flash of a second.

 

[Pantherman]

Well put! Psychologists call that a state of flow, flamenco gypsies call that 'Duende', athletes call it 'in the zone'.
I call it 'lost in a build'. "I'll be done in one minute sweetheart" turns into 90... in the flash of a second.

I have said the immortal phrase many a time "I'm now coming" .................... then the other one 45mins later "oh crap, I'm in trouble".
Pantherman

 

[papaof2]

Saturday afternoon, college football on the TV, painting all those microscopic parts that hold up assembly.

 

[lacrosse dad]

I would say removing masking tape from a canopy to discover clean crisp frame lines.....

Second would be lining up projects and seeing one job better than the one before it.

 

[Steve Ski]

What Calco Jack said, all of it. Although my bunker is lookin pretty grungy right now with my current project, the cleaning phase will be a pleasure as well.