Give up

[HPeterB]

Hi Jimbo,
I'm glad you've expressed this sentiment. I've had the same sort of thing in all my hobbies, from languages, watercolor painting, R/C planes, plastic kits, and ship models. I'm 65 too, and about 3 years ago, I finally decided that I'm going to take each project on as a tool to learn just one or two (maybe three if they're not too much beyond my current abilities), and do it and learn it the best I can. I look up techniques, read books, and watch youtube videos of people explaining how they do it. I practice and just try to do it a little bit better than I did before. I'm not looking for perfection, because I'd noticed that all my life my desire for perfection kept me from having fun at the things I most love to do (conundrum right there). I like to review 'full builds' also, as there are many modelers out there who bless the rest of us with their how-tos, without which I would be in the dark. Right now, I'm working on a plastic Revell sub 1:144 scale that is teaching me quite a few things, like proper planning, weathering, and how to depict rust on the hull. When I get stuck, I study how the experts do it.
In short, I try always to 'go to just the next rung on the ladder', not focus at all about the roof, the end goal.

Very sage advice, Zocane. I’m just a wee bit more advanced on my personal timeline. When I’ve taught photography I used to teach the technical stuff (stuff is a tech term), then a student I had a few years ago was struggling with composition. Fast forward to the end of the story…I now teach people to have fun first.

 

[Uwek]

Hi Jimbo,
I'm glad you've expressed this sentiment. I've had the same sort of thing in all my hobbies, from languages, watercolor painting, R/C planes, plastic kits, and ship models. I'm 65 too, and about 3 years ago, I finally decided that I'm going to take each project on as a tool to learn just one or two (maybe three if they're not too much beyond my current abilities), and do it and learn it the best I can. I look up techniques, read books, and watch youtube videos of people explaining how they do it. I practice and just try to do it a little bit better than I did before. I'm not looking for perfection, because I'd noticed that all my life my desire for perfection kept me from having fun at the things I most love to do (conundrum right there). I like to review 'full builds' also, as there are many modelers out there who bless the rest of us with their how-tos, without which I would be in the dark. Right now, I'm working on a plastic Revell sub 1:144 scale that is teaching me quite a few things, like proper planning, weathering, and how to depict rust on the hull. When I get stuck, I study how the experts do it.
In short, I try always to 'go to just the next rung on the ladder', not focus at all about the roof, the end goal.

Hallo @Zocane
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Albert Mary]

This is hilarious. I did too, almost as a passion! To this day, I'll finish a kit/project, and my son will say, 'Hey, should we light it on fire?' Kills me everytime!

I've got the very same problem with my son: he dreams to grab my last model currently under construction by its bowsprit, smashing it out first, then throw it in the fireplace. I always replay I'll be grad to leave him the whole atelier as my unique heritage.

 

[BoteEnjoyer]

Hello everyone, I am also currently working on the Le Hussard model, but it was bought second hand and some of the rather important diagrams were left out. Would it be possible to anyone to scan theirs? It would be greatly appreciated.