Nigel Bunker Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 We all enjoy modelling but there must be one bit that makes your heart sink when you get to it. For me, it is etched brass. I find the finished item can be very flat looking and invariably the bits can be so small they are a nuisance to apply. And so many bits have either been dropped, pinged out of tweezers or shot away when being cut from the surrounding sheet that when I change the carpet in my modelling room, I'll take the old one to the scrap metal merchants 😁. Well that's my grouse - what's yours? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I'm not mad keen on painting, as it's quite difficult to get it right, with lots of opportunities to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Maybe that's why a lot of my projects stall at the painting stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed-209 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Painting for me to or if the kit has multy part clear bits that u have to glu together that gives me the shudders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Knowing what to do with them after being built. 3 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Deciding which version or scheme to do if there is more than one option offered oob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckw Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Filling and sanding and filling and sanding and filling and sanding ... Cheers Colin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Surely no one likes cutting canopy masks. My personal peeve is the getting together of all the gubbins for final assembly. There's always another little jubbly bit that you forgot to paint or prime or clean or find in the carpet. Always ends up taking three times as long as you thought it would. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Seams. especially when they don't match and have to be filled and sanded and filled and sanded 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Decals for me. As much as I like seeing them on I’m rubbish at getting them to settle into details and those stencils and silvering…… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ian- Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Tiny stencils, especially when there are literally hundreds of the little sods to apply. The carpet monster. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 55 minutes ago, Nigel Bunker said: when I change the carpet in my modelling room, I'll take the old one to the scrap metal merchants 😁. Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Cleaning up my parts can be tedious. 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Etched brass. I hate it with a passion. I'll use it for seatbelts and nothing else. I won't buy a kit that relies on it for any major parts and doesn't include a plastic alternative. I'm looking at you, IBG and Dora Wings. Seams. Why is it that you can get a perfect finish and then a week later it's visible again? Does my flippin' head in. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapsell Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Love building - dislike painting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 The worst bit for me is convincing myself to go back to that desk and make some progress. I hate the way that part-built Bf109 looks at me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Decals and etched are both very good calls but the tedium of painting tank wheels can get on my nerves, especially the ones with the rubber strips. Also the chrome detailing on some cars. It can be quite daunting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: Cleaning up my parts can be tedious. That's enough about your personal problems ... All photo-etch is the work of Satan, especially when you're supposed to use flat bits to represent stuff like brake lines or fold it six ways to fit between two atoms. But when it's made of steel, it's what falls out of Satan's bottom. 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, pigsty said: when you're supposed to use flat bits to represent stuff like brake lines I have a theory that you can make them round(er?) with solder, but I've never been interested enough to test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpion Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Cleaning the airbrush and paint brushes. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: Cleaning up my parts can be tedious Bertie! Just be thankful that @CedB has gone AWOL. As it is, that one deserves a quick f'nar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: Cleaning up my parts can be tedious. 😕 @Pete in Lincs I never know whether to slice the little knobbly bits off with a scalpel or just sand the whole thing down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bertie Psmith said: I never know whether to slice the little knobbly bits off with a scalpel or just sand the whole thing down. Snort! Woof! bark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Snort! Woof! bark! As I was just saying to the bishop... No. Perhaps it's time I stopped this and poured myself a drink. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Cleaning the airbrush, especially after using a metallic paint. The constant battle to impose some sort of order in my workspace. I know I am not by nature a very tidy person, but I still get annoyed by the state of my work area. No matter how much it gets tidied it very quickly slips back into the usual chaotic state. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Time. I rather enjoy modelling but until I win the big prize on the lottery (or buy a ticket first even) and employ folk to do all the jobs I get at work or round the house I never have enough time to start a load of builds far less get one as far as the shelf of doom these days. I expect most of us are in the same boat. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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