Post by cerbera on Sept 17, 2014 11:36:36 GMT
Hello everyone
I'm new to the IPMS and I am getting back in to modelling after a decade or so away from it. I started as a very young child as my father and grandfather made models, and I probably peaked in my late teens / very early twenties winning a few Air Training Corps modelling competitions before burning out, getting a career and a family etc. and also quite heavily investing in r/c models and sports cars.
I've made many excuses for not modelling, to my understanding wife but mostly to myself including a lack of anywhere to leave half-built / wet painted stuff lying around, lack of anywhere to spray and so on. In truth I think I set myself minimum standards that were frustratingly high. If someone could feasibly be improved, it HAD to be improved. I realised I hated competitions because it never felt as though I was building for myself, I hate losing and I'd self-critique prior to letting judges do it - the net result of which would be that I'd condemn everything I did on the basis that it could have been improved upon.
My father was never burdened by this perfectionism, and didn't give up when someone hadn't gone quite as well as it could have. He just finished it, accepted what he got and moved on to the next one, enjoying it as a hobby. I think I've seen the light now and am restarting with a far more self-forgiving approach! It's supposed to be enjoyable afterall!
I've been sorting through the model kits I'd dumped in the garage when I moved to a much larger house earlier in the year and have, I think, quite a nice collection of interesting models to make.
I'm new to the IPMS and I am getting back in to modelling after a decade or so away from it. I started as a very young child as my father and grandfather made models, and I probably peaked in my late teens / very early twenties winning a few Air Training Corps modelling competitions before burning out, getting a career and a family etc. and also quite heavily investing in r/c models and sports cars.
I've made many excuses for not modelling, to my understanding wife but mostly to myself including a lack of anywhere to leave half-built / wet painted stuff lying around, lack of anywhere to spray and so on. In truth I think I set myself minimum standards that were frustratingly high. If someone could feasibly be improved, it HAD to be improved. I realised I hated competitions because it never felt as though I was building for myself, I hate losing and I'd self-critique prior to letting judges do it - the net result of which would be that I'd condemn everything I did on the basis that it could have been improved upon.
My father was never burdened by this perfectionism, and didn't give up when someone hadn't gone quite as well as it could have. He just finished it, accepted what he got and moved on to the next one, enjoying it as a hobby. I think I've seen the light now and am restarting with a far more self-forgiving approach! It's supposed to be enjoyable afterall!
I've been sorting through the model kits I'd dumped in the garage when I moved to a much larger house earlier in the year and have, I think, quite a nice collection of interesting models to make.