I joined this group in April, but have only recently posted to the Forum. I retired completely this year after forty years as a full-time, then part-time Professor of Physiology at a local medical school. I have been modeling for perhaps a dozen years, and decided early on to focus on small open boats of historical significance because of voyages they made or events they participated in. The 1/24 scale suits me just fine, and most of the boats I model end up at this scale as models 12-18 inches long. I usually add figures, which doesn’t please everyone, but I want my models to tell a story and the figures help. I have recently posted images of two of my completed models, to show my approach to this hobby. I have not done much modeling in recent months, to my surprise, but am involving myself in posts to this group as a way to restart my model work. I have a half-finished model of the James Caird sitting on my workbench, calling to me as I write this! It would be nice to know if others suffer occasionally from “modeler’s block” and how they snap themselves out of it.
James
Maine
James
Maine