peter havriluk Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) I'd love to get my stash built up before I check out (183 models in boxes). Suggestions that can improve 'throughput' will be very happily appreciated. Thanks, folks. Edited February 15, 2019 by peter havriluk spelling correction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonbryon Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I wrote this on the subject: https://jonbryon.com/2018/06/19/on-increasing-productivity/ Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Jon, that's a wonderful summary. Thank you. And it sure sounds familiar. Very familiar. I've done a lot of what you suggested, lacquers, quiet compressor, simplified interiors. Rattle cans help, too. Easy cleanup, just put the can away. I need to adapt to 'superglue', I've used it extensively for r/c projects, but not for display models. Today's trip to the hobby store will attend to that missing link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hi Peter, Here are my thoughts on increasing productivity. Paint your cockpits black Five more ideas They're not for everybody, but maybe you'll find something helpful. Steven Brown Scale Model Soup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Steve, thanks for the wonderful links. The relaxed standards make a lot of sense, some of which I'd been already practicing. Instead of black, I'd been applying 'interior green', and I then found that RAF dark green, I don't remember the shade's name, comes from a rattle can and saves a whole lot of time, similar to your rattle-can black. I'd been wondering about all that stenciling, nice to see a realistic view of it expressed. I got the sense that nicely painted on the outside shelf models are a goal, one which I share. I could never figure out the allure of spending thirty bucks on resin parts for a ten-dollar kit, nice to know I'm not alone. Much obliged for the encouragement and confirmation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan S Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 55 minutes ago, thegoodsgt said: Hi Peter, Here are my thoughts on increasing productivity. Paint your cockpits black Five more ideas They're not for everybody, but maybe you'll find something helpful. Steven Brown Scale Model Soup I do the same as what Steven suggests. Although not exactly the same for building modern fighter jets as the cockpits are very visible, so what I've enjoyed is the pre-painted photo etch or decals for finishing cockpits quickly. Don't bother with all of the etch that comes in the set as well. Highly recommend reading Steve's two articles here. Get rid of kits that you don't want to start because they aren't easy to build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harold55 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Couple of my thoughts: I do buy paint masks. It might not help much on certain models but I use them often and find it saves quite a bit of time. Agree to sell the kits you will not build but I also think in terms of upgrading to a more buildable kit of the same subject. To me nothing sucks time like filling and sanding and newer kits I have found are leaps ahead of old short run kits. 100% agree that some of the PE can be left behind as it often does not add much to the overall model and I also generally don't add after market goodies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Paint masks can, indeed, reduce time spent at paint prep. Sometimes, a lot. I do squirm, though (cheapskate alert) at spending sometimes more than what I paid for a kit for the canopy/wheel masks. I did find that a surprising number of 1/72 wheels can be masked with Tamiya paper tape masks made by taking a paper punch to the tape and using the punch-out for the wheel mask. Can't get wheel masks much cheaper than that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Nobody mentioned stopped buying kits 😮 Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 And how would that make building go faster? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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