andrew.deboer Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 In a moment of clarity (I have learned to act when these occur), I tossed three half-completed 1/48 Hasegawa kits today. An F-14A, and F-14D, and an F-16D all went in the trash. It had been years since I worked on any of them, and when I opened the boxes, I was completely uninterested in touching them again. The Tomcats have been more than eclipsed by Tamiya (I’ve finished 3 to my single Hasegawa), and the F-16D was not some of my best work. Anyone else ever dispose of things because you just know you’ll never touch them again? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I would have taken them off your hands for you. I love reclaiming projects that have been given up on. I bet they weren't as bad as you thought they were. In response to your question, I've done it a couple of times over the years. Ususally, I just push through and give them to a kid if I don't like the finished project. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 At least you guys have finished models! 😔 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) If/when a project starts to head south it gets placed in a box for a rush finish and hung in my kids room. Edited December 24, 2020 by fulcrum1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Just last week-I was going through The Naughty Closet picking my projects to revisit in January when I opened the box on an Eduard 1/48 FW-190A-5, the early release that can be built with everything opened up. It was years ago when I started it and the wing went on so far off the wing root gun panels didn't line up. After collecting dust for a few years I bit my lip and tore the wing off successfully and refitted it. Then the paint went straight to hell. I tore it apart again last week, pulled the motor and cockpit and trashed the rest. I bought another kit last year so I will give it another shot. But every now and then you get a jinx build like that and the time comes when you have to decide if it's worth the extra time to beat it into submission. Fighting a build isn't a pleasant experience and that's not what my hobby is about. Besides, with the next attempt at it I am already a couple steps ahead with the engine and cockpit built Edited December 24, 2020 by WymanV No preview feature. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Have you been watching Marie Kondo? 🤣 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvWs2X-bEA Did throwing away those models "spark joy"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fasteagle12 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 10 hours ago, andrew.deboer said: In a moment of clarity (I have learned to act when these occur), I tossed three half-completed 1/48 Hasegawa kits today. An F-14A, and F-14D, and an F-16D all went in the trash. It had been years since I worked on any of them, and when I opened the boxes, I was completely uninterested in touching them again. The Tomcats have been more than eclipsed by Tamiya (I’ve finished 3 to my single Hasegawa), and the F-16D was not some of my best work. Anyone else ever dispose of things because you just know you’ll never touch them again? Andrew...dig them out and send them my way....I'm less than an hour south of you.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Sometimes. I threw out a revell A-7 which I was building for a GB .. it was a cheap kit which I did not do a great job on, and I figured it was not worth going back and finishing. It was a relief to get it out of my life and get something off the shelf of doom. Too many other models and limited time and attention span for me to go back to something which would need a lot of remediation to look acceptable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Kurt H. said: I threw out a revell A-7 oh geez, if this was the 1/72 kit I could have used some parts for an incomplete kit I have... 😞 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I've given kits like this away for free and just ask for the postage to ship them. I have many in the pile of shame that may follow suite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) I've done it. Not so much because I wouldn't finish, or even touch, a kit again, it's mostly because I was so frustrated with the quality of the work I had done that I would have been ashamed to continue that kit. I've done it maybe 5-6 times. However, I've written here that most recently, I've put models away, ones I've not been happy with at the time, and resurrected them later, to complete them and be at least okay with the end product. Which is not to say that I won't ever trash another kit, depending upon how horribly I end up doing things to one. Edited May 12, 2021 by Curt B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I’ve thrown out more than should probably admit to. My philosophy with each has always been that I can still find that kit, and I can do better the next time around building it. If it has no sentiment it goes. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrew.deboer Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 2:58 PM, JackMan said: Have you been watching Marie Kondo? 🤣 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvWs2X-bEA Did throwing away those models "spark joy"? You’re a funny guy! And no, I didn’t hold each one and thank it before tossing it. Throwing them away did not spark joy, but looking at them didn’t either. I’ve built several Tamiya F-14s, and when I looked at the surface detail and shape and fit of the Hasegawa parts, I just couldn’t justify spending another moment of my rapidly-dwindling time on earth working on them or even storing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 8:47 PM, habu2 said: oh geez, if this was the 1/72 kit I could have used some parts for an incomplete kit I have... 😞 it was the 1/48th kit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Kurt, I feel you. Sometimes the kit is soooo bad I get less than 1/2 way through and pitch it. (z.B. Hasegawa 1/72 F-105D) Sometimes I get through with the building (not too bad) and mess up the paint job and send it to file 13 (more than one I am afraid). Sometimes I just hold onto it/them for 25+ years, knowing I WILL finish it/them someday. So I feel your pain and exhilaration at cleansing the "to do" pile a little. Congrats! You have mastered the art of modeling reality. K/r, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ARCAccount#1 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I've come close, but I never ever start a new kit unless I've completed the previous one. Learn all the lessons I can (and make all the mistakes I want) then move on to the next. Even if it starts to go down hill, I figure it's an excellent opportunity to experiment with a new weathering technique, or maybe try some scratch built details, or a paint scheme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 My unfinished kits become 'paint targets' vs landfill material. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheRealMrEd Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Come on now -- if you ever hope to grow up to be a kit-basher or scratch builder, you're gonna need all those spare parts someday! Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Dutch said: Congrats! You have mastered the art of modeling reality. K/r, Dutch Thanks! 👍👍 And I did finish a model which was stalled for 23 years this summer, a General Lee I started when the pro modeler 1969 Charger was first released.. back in 1997. Sometimes it isalvageablele, sometimes it is not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Good for you, Andrew! When you no longer find a model compelling, better to trash it and move on. Life is too short and there are too many other (more exciting) models asking for your time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breadneck Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Well i`m happy for you. This means you have not (yet) grown an emotional bond with your model kits/stash, in other words there is still hope for you. Trust me when i say this is not the case with many modelers 😉 At the end of the day you (most likely) paid money for something that ended up not being put to good use. Money down the drain...ethical issues...how to best consume a plastic model kit toy? Personally i don`t like the idea of throwing away a half completed kit. Why not save it for a rainy day? That being said, if it can be of any joy to someone else i would not hesitate to give it away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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