Well,

painting the rubber rim of the Hornisse and Sd.Kfz 251 roadwheels tonight (while listening to the Eagles kicking some Lions butt, which was a good thing) made me realise that that is now officially the most annoying part of modelling for me. It has replaced the cleaning up of indy track-links... part of it probably is that I have to do it all by hand (because of lack of airbrush).

So, this made me think, what is your least favorite part of modelling ?

Also, it made me shiver with fear of what is ahead of me, as my stash but for one Pz IV J and Marder I solely consists of 16 more German vehicles with interleaved roadwheels (including 1 Tiger and two Panther-chassis). And on my near future wishlist is at least one other.

Cheers, and happy modelling,

Harm

oh man, i had to paint the rubber rims of my Stug today. It is pretty slow, sometimes you just have to take some brakes. i like finishing my model the most.

I hate it too!

To me, the most annoying (and tedious) part of modeling is decals.

tracks, maybe even roadwheels specially the clean up.

Zen moments it is ,building track.
I find opening the box the longest part of the experiance.I dont really have a part I dislike from model to model.I may have some very tough to assemble bits which are temporarily annoying. (++) (++) (++)

I think it has to be decals because painting wheels, and roadwheels is so easy.......

#1 paint your rubber color first with the airbrush...

#2 get a circle template.. (square plastic with circles inside in all sizes..

#3 figure out the correct circle to use for your wheel color..

#4 tape up other circles around it..

#5 hold over wheel with circle over inner wheel to be painted your base color and airbrush... crisp clear and easy....

Cleaning and assembly of indy links plastic or metal. I hate the process but love the results. So I gues its a love hate thing. :-)

I am not too fond of repairing knock out pin marks in hard to get at areas, nor am I fond of doing faces on figures.

Paying the credit card bill........ LOL :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Least favorite modeling chore is painting the rubber on the the road wheels. Always do that first, then it's out of the way.

Just finished two sets of Crusader wheels.

I'm a brush painter, so spraying is not an option.

I am a brush painter to! I have two jobs I dislike.
#1 Sanding off road wheel seams.

#2 Painting canopy frames on aircraft.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Cheers,

Garry

I agree with grumpyoldman, paying the credit card bill and or explaining to the :-)8 about the credit card bill

I guess the one thing I wished some of the models never had, was the maufacturers name branded into the model, especially when it is in an almost impossible place to get to, to remove.

Kerry

I would have to say cleaning and painting road wheels, then those mold ejection marks. I love doing the decals, it marks the end of the model.

Mold-shift lines especially on a 1/72 Ma Deuce

Well trying to clean mols lines and flaws in a figures details without destroying them is a hard time guys!!1 try this some time , and then u ll love roadwhells and tracks and everything

Costas

For me, it must be masking plane canopies. Getting the tape there, the cutting it without scratching the canopy. Then I have to apply at least two coats of paint (I paint with a brush). And then there the risk of raised ridges of paint, no matter how carefully you paint and take care not to apply too heavy a coat at a time.
And the idea of taking the tape off after the first coat and putting in another one sends shivers down my spine. The more masking I have to do the more cuts I make to the delicate canopy that's supposed to be clear and transparent.

Another thing I hate is using metal paints. I must have separate brushes and thinner containers and the paints are always a paint in the butt to use.
You can't paint over them, they don't even always accept another coat of the same paint. And you have to be extra carefull when using washes over them. I still haven't found a really good enamel metallics. I think I should move to citadel acrylic metals, as they seem to work wonders.

I find capturing the proper tone flesh, shadows and higlights of figures, especially in faces, annoying. Especially if I make a mistake. Grrr......

Angela

I hate cleaning up kit parts prior to building them...

Cleaning up mold lines and sprue attachment points, filling ejector-holes, tracks,....

Its gotta be cleaning/sanding mold lines followed by indy links. I don't mind painting the road wheels, they seem to go pretty fast if you put them on the head of a pencil and spin against a brush.

In no particular order
-filling and sanding seams
-masking canopies
-mold lines on the road wheels

Tip for painting the rubber on road wheels. I have a bunch of wooden Kabob skewers that I mount the roadwheels on after I spray the hub color. Mix up some tire black and sit down at the kitchen table. I rest by brush hand on the edge of the table and hold the kabob verticaly, resting against the edge of the table. In this method both the brush hand and the kabob/roadwheel are braced making for a steady way to paint just by rotating the kabob.

It must be painting the pads on moderne tracks! - And cleaning resin parts....

Bjoern

Finishing one on a deadline (next show).

Mike

I have to second Frag's emotion. Stick those roadwheels on the end of a pencil and spin them under your paint brush. I have even used the Testors paint pens with good results. I hold the brush or paint pen in my right hand and spin the pencil between my thumb and forefinger on the left hand. Works great. Going to try the AB and the circle deal next.
Oh, and painting (paining more like it) faces has to be my least favorite thing. One time I will be amazed how good they turn out and the next I will be shocked by how crappy they look.

Shaun