Mine is to stop buying so many figure kits I bought that many last week i could have gone with a Dragon kit
Let me know!
Martyn
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New years resolution: Modelling wise.
martyncrowther
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:15 PM UTC
Now christmas has gone, what are your new years resolutions to do with modelling?
Mine is to stop buying so many figure kits I bought that many last week i could have gone with a Dragon kit
Let me know!
Martyn
Mine is to stop buying so many figure kits I bought that many last week i could have gone with a Dragon kit
Let me know!
Martyn
05Sultan
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 01:07 AM UTC
Mine should be 'build more,post less' but that won't last long..... 
Rick
Rick
markm
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 02:03 AM UTC
mmmmmmmm.......................finish one 
martyncrowther
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 02:39 AM UTC
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mmmmmmmm.......................finish one
Same!
Sabot
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 04:02 AM UTC
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That was mine last year. I've built more and posted much less. I used to halt construction until I took photos, uploaded them, post them to forums, write reviews or articles about them, etc.Mine should be 'build more,post less' but that won't last long.....
Rick
Now I start a kit, finish it and put it in the cabinet. I will post a photo if I enter a GB though. I think I finished more kits in 2008 than I did in the last two years combined.
On the flip side, I probably posted fewer messages in all of 2008 than I normally would have posted in one month in 2007 or earlier.
This year's resolution will be to minimize aftermarket additions. I will build more kits straight out-of-box.
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 04:33 AM UTC
1) Increase output
2) Reduce amount of "shelf queens"
3) Less time wasted online ... more on actual modelling
4) Buy less kits
5) Avoid non-modelling related threads that go round-and-round in circles, and end up with nobody being any better off.
These are practically the same resolutions as I have every year ... hopefully some of them come true. 
2) Reduce amount of "shelf queens"
3) Less time wasted online ... more on actual modelling
4) Buy less kits
5) Avoid non-modelling related threads that go round-and-round in circles, and end up with nobody being any better off.
These are practically the same resolutions as I have every year ... hopefully some of them come true.
sgtsauer
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 04:36 AM UTC
My participation on Armorama was pretty limited in 2008. However, I completed 5 or 6 kits this last year which was great progress for me. My intent for 2008 is the following:
* Submit more content to Armorama
* Post more
* Complete 8 to 10 models
We will see how it goes.
I'm with you Sabot......Anymore, I am mostly interested in building out-of-box. I found that I enjoyed modelling less if I became to obsessed with accuracy. My OOB builds have been my most enjoyable.
* Submit more content to Armorama
* Post more
* Complete 8 to 10 models
We will see how it goes.
I'm with you Sabot......Anymore, I am mostly interested in building out-of-box. I found that I enjoyed modelling less if I became to obsessed with accuracy. My OOB builds have been my most enjoyable.
martyncrowther
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 05:00 AM UTC
Some good posts guys, I will try them!
Martyn
Martyn
matt
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 05:27 AM UTC
Finish more kits than I start!!!!!
Bigrip74
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 06:44 AM UTC
To build up a respectable stash and make a better work bench that will catch the peices that are dropped so I can find them and not have to scratch one to finish a model.
Robert
Robert
exer
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 06:52 AM UTC
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1) Increase output
2) Reduce amount of "shelf queens"
3) Less time wasted online ... more on actual modelling
4) Buy less kits
5) Avoid non-modelling related threads that go round-and-round in circles, and end up with nobody being any better off.
I'll go with Frank's since I never seem to keep my own. I tend not to get involved in "philisophical" threads anyway. There are a couple of miniart and masterbox kits that I want but apart from that I'll start building from the stash.
newfish
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 10:27 AM UTC
1)paint vehicles
2)start using an airbrush
3)dont buy anymore kits til im done with the ones ive got
4) atted more model shows
2)start using an airbrush
3)dont buy anymore kits til im done with the ones ive got
4) atted more model shows
Tarok
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 11:10 AM UTC
1) Finish something - anything!
2) Manage my time better.
2) Manage my time better.
CMOT
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 11:26 AM UTC
I have promised SWMBO that I will not buy anymore kits except for AM items until I have put a dent in my current number of boxes.
Rockfall
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 12:34 PM UTC
Try to keep my modeling bench somewhat clean and organized. I don't have alot of space and what I do have gets messy really quick.
There are times where I want to model but I don't because the room depresses me.
Jeff
There are times where I want to model but I don't because the room depresses me.
Jeff
sgtreef
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 01:11 AM UTC
Agree with Rob also.
Build more out of the box and now with 3 great looking Sherman's that are not started yet will be busy.
No PE for none only whats in the box,well maybe a Barrel if better.
Buy less stuff for the stash.
Learn to make Better bases and Thanks to Frank never again a Plain Jane wood base.
Thanks Frank.
Learn to Paint Figures
Write more reviews and post more Detail shots of builds.
Cheers
Jeff
Build more out of the box and now with 3 great looking Sherman's that are not started yet will be busy.
No PE for none only whats in the box,well maybe a Barrel if better.
Buy less stuff for the stash.
Learn to make Better bases and Thanks to Frank never again a Plain Jane wood base.
Thanks Frank.
Learn to Paint Figures
Write more reviews and post more Detail shots of builds.
Cheers
Jeff
Joker
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 03:08 AM UTC
To continue to respond to questions for modeling help by newbies, dispite the fact that a simple search could have found the answer.
I would sometimes blow these questions off as trivial and simple, alas it seemed as though I have forgotten what it was like to be a beginner.
I will try and share my knowledge as others have taken great care in sharing theirs with me.
All the Best for the New Year
Pete
I would sometimes blow these questions off as trivial and simple, alas it seemed as though I have forgotten what it was like to be a beginner.
I will try and share my knowledge as others have taken great care in sharing theirs with me.
All the Best for the New Year
Pete
05Sultan
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 07:47 AM UTC
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Try to keep my modeling bench somewhat clean and organized. I don't have alot of space and what I do have gets messy really quick.
There are times where I want to model but I don't because the room depresses me.
Jeff
That is just sooo sick..........
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:27 PM UTC
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Avoid non-modelling related threads that go round-and-round in circles, and end up with nobody being any better off.
Now this sounds like a workable one for me.
and then maybe-----
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Spend less time wasted online ... more on actual modelling
and then
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mmmmmmmm.......................finish one
----- No original thinking needed! 
ZombieKraut
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:30 PM UTC
Hello everyone,
I guess mine are mostly the same as yours. One thing I'm particularly proud of is that I don't have a stash and one of my resolutions is to keep it that way. I'm only gonna buy kits that will be started right away. So I guess for me it's:
1. Finish a kit
2. Finish at least 5 kits this year
3. Stop feeding the carpet monster
4. Get rid of the carpet monster
Happy new year everyone and let's hope that we can keep some of the stuff we intended to!
I guess mine are mostly the same as yours. One thing I'm particularly proud of is that I don't have a stash and one of my resolutions is to keep it that way. I'm only gonna buy kits that will be started right away. So I guess for me it's:
1. Finish a kit
2. Finish at least 5 kits this year
3. Stop feeding the carpet monster
4. Get rid of the carpet monster
Happy new year everyone and let's hope that we can keep some of the stuff we intended to!
janwillem
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 12:28 AM UTC
Build more
Buy less
Learn to take photos
Post more
Finish started and shelved projects
Try and stik to do some OOB model
That should be enough
Buy less
Learn to take photos
Post more
Finish started and shelved projects
Try and stik to do some OOB model
That should be enough
Rockfall
#202
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 02:17 AM UTC
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That is just sooo sick..........
Ha ha. Thats great!
At first I was wondering how somebody got a picture of my bench!
Although mine wasn't quite that bad it still wasn't very conducive to getting any modelling done.
Thanks!
Jeff
DT61
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 02:39 AM UTC
All great suggestions
Here are my modelling resolutions:
1) Build more
2) Regain the fun of modelling
3) Build more
4) Thin my stash by trading for other kits (hmmm guess that really isn't thinning lol)
5) Continue to enjoy my time here.
Happy New Year and all the best in 2009 everyone!
Darryl
Here are my modelling resolutions:
1) Build more
2) Regain the fun of modelling
3) Build more
4) Thin my stash by trading for other kits (hmmm guess that really isn't thinning lol)
5) Continue to enjoy my time here.
Happy New Year and all the best in 2009 everyone!
Darryl
afv_rob
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 12:26 PM UTC
i'll be intrigued to know how many of us will have huge stashes of unbuilt kits and half finished projects by the end of the year......................
mine would be focus more attention on one project and focus on that until its done, leave all other kits alone, and dont buy anything except things for that project.
mine would be focus more attention on one project and focus on that until its done, leave all other kits alone, and dont buy anything except things for that project.
dispatcher
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 01:02 PM UTC
Finally after getting a camera and figuring out how to post photo's here, my plan is to do the following.
Review 8 times this year.
Do 2 to 3 build articles.
If I can do the above I think I'll have done well in 2009.
Joe
Review 8 times this year.
Do 2 to 3 build articles.
If I can do the above I think I'll have done well in 2009.
Joe
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