No patience for model building!

Here are some better pictures of the abandoned grainery

Yes, that is fantastic work!  I have no patience for that kind of work, either.

That is good work.  I'm not sure patience is required, but skill is.  

It takes extra skill to learn how to make things like that quickly, so you don't need patience.  THAT is real model making, I think.

Stu is a very talented model builder and I am always impressed with his work.  I am fortunate to have two of his structures on my layout and they are stunning.  Stu is also a very nice gentleman and I always look forward to visiting his tables at York to see his newer structures and to talk with him.  He seems quite willing to share his ideas with others.

I really like the station and the abandoned mill he did for you.

I have always felt you should do the things you like in the hobby and in life and get help doing the things you are not comfortable doing or have time to do.

Happy railroading,

Don

 "I'm not a very patient guy! I usually rush things, especially with building models. I just can' t wait 24hrs for things to dry! You may argue that this is a bad trait to have. Well, i'm here to tell you that it is! I've ruined more projects by rushing things then I can remember. But I have found a work around."

   Don't give up on building if you really want to do it. Most of us spent many years learning the tricks and developing our "patience" . If you really like buying finished stuff then go for it but if you are not modeling because of lack of experience or skills they will come with time. Of course if building models is not fun for you then the time would be wasted.....DaveB

 My solution to short attention span theater? Super glue! Wood super glue! 5min. flex-epoxy, and JB 5min. quick-weld epoxy. Paint with alcohol or water based latex/acrylics, and/or learn to dry brush.

  Funny thing, I bet you could build a large loops worth of side by side buildings, but your increase in skill wouldn't really be noticeable till the newest build stood right next to the oldest. Good or "bad" doing more yourself will overall set a style consistency, uniquely you.  

Very nice looking buildings. I've seen his work on here before.

Patience is really a function of expectation.  If we expect to produce superior results quickly without experience, training, etc., that will lead to frustration, and when we get off the learning curve because of that frustration and stop our efforts, we ascribe the stoppage to a lack of patience--what we really had was unrealistic expectations.

I used to do a lot of modifications and accessory installations on my Electra Glide, and the techs at my dealership would congratulate me when I'd show them the bike.  I always acknowledged that although what I did was much the same as what they did on  their customer's bikes, I would starve to death if I tried to do it for a living--it took me much longer than it did them.  But, I did it because I enjoyed doing it--it was an important aspect of my enjoyment of that hobby.

Almost everyone here can appreciate the skill reflected in these detailed models.  Speaking for myself, I have little interest in devoting the time to this aspect of our wonderful hobby and there is no assurance that even if I did that I could achieve comparable results.  There are plenty of aspects to this hobby to provide a lifetime of enjoyment for us all.

I'm terrible impatient as well being ADD/OCD compromised/balanced and the work around that I use is to be working on at least 3-6 construction projects at a time scattered across all of my work space. While glue or paint is drying, a step or 2 away is another project........  I have at least 3 freight car projects, a structure, and 2 trolley/traction projects active right now.  I've also got a chair to put a new cane seat into in my shop.

The key to model building is to enjoy the process. Speed of construction has nothing to do with that.

See that is the opposite of me... love to model build. But Benchwork and wiring! Argh...

seems like I just cut wood and recut and recut...still turns out wrong and have to cut more wood.

Making big ones into little ones...

I was never patient.  Mistakes and "ah shoots", happen all the time, even to the best modelers.  The key is accepting the challenge of an "ah shoot" and being able to fix it. That's where the real satisfaction is. IMO.  Mike

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Hello again everybody! Just wanted to share my thoughts and experience with model building. I'm not a very patient guy! I usually rush things, especially with building models. I just can' t wait 24hrs for things to dry! You may argue that this is a bad trait to have. Well, i'm here to tell you that it is! I've ruined more projects by rushing things then I can remember.

Years ago, when I worked in a historic theater, there was a fellow employed to do nothing but paint. I'd watch him once in a while, painting dental moldings an such without any sort of masking or other aids. Finally I asked him if he had any secrets or tips he could share. His one word answer: patience.

I find that things do turn out better when I am patient.

I use mwb's method, with less success, but more than if I didn't.  That railroad station

that has been trimmed up, until I did not immediately recognize it as a "me-too"

commercial model, is great.  I was wondering what protoype it represented, at first.

Colorado,

I model nothing but the PRR (1950ish) that way I can get away with running both diesel and a little bit of steam. I love prototypical! I am going to have Stu build me some custom stuff soon (REA transfer building and some industrail fronts). But I first needed to have him "Dr. Up" some pre-built stuff I had. The station was modeled after a PRR station in Milton, Pa. Even though the station is a fictional name "Lycoming" (Pa. County I live in) I had sent him these pics to work from. I think he nailed it!

Good work, thanks for sharing.