This is the second night I have got all my model stuff out and attempted to start something. Last night I just looked at part finished models and unopened boxes and didn't even bother. Tonight I forced myself to put a coat of paint on the ex GB Ford Escort I almost finished for a Blitzbau. Forced is the word because I just couldn't be bothered. I have stuff I need to start and models I need get on with but I just have absolutely ZERO motivation. I'm just looking at models and thinking 'what's the point? I know the point. I know the best methods for getting through the block but I really have no interest at all for some reason. I WANT to do something I just have no motivation at all. I was going to pick up my electric RC helicopter instead but I can't find the handset so I'm on here instead. Jeezus this is driving me nuts.
Moan over, sorry folks.

All the best.

Greg

We've all been there, Greg. Several times! Sometimes the motivation and interest just isn't there. I have the same problem sometimes. I know I have stuff I need to do but I just can't be bothered. So I don't

Go and have a nice relaxing bath and read for a while (some fiction) before going to bed. And remind yourself this is a hobby and not something we have to do.

Greg,

"I have stuff I need to start and models I need get on with . . .". No wonder you don't feel like doing any modelling. That sounds like a chore or a job rather than a hobby.

Take some time off. Do something else and forget about modelling for the moment. The world won't end. We'll look forward to seeing what you do when you return, refreshed.

regards,

Martin

Cheers guys. I know if I leave it I will have a devil of a job getting back into the swing of it again. Sometimes I have to make models for work (and by god those are uber blitz builds - Armourfast Panther start to finished in 80 mins flat is the fastest I have done) I will have to choose a kit I'm not that fussed over and just throw it together and whack the paint on as I go. That's the only way I have found of getting over this. Trouble is choosing the kit. I'll have a look in a short while after reading for a bit.

All the best.

Greg

Sorry to hear that Greg, but not unusual. Like mentioned above, try to take a little break. Just a week could be enough for you.
I know for myself if one day I feel like I should or have to build to get on with the models, it'd be a chore and not fun. I therefore wait till next day when I'm more up to it.

Ian's recipe for a relaxing bath and good fictional book reading is one I fully support. Oh, and don't forget the glass of red wine!

I found I was getting this way with the new tool Airfix Swordfish, it was really annoying me that for a new tool kit it fits so poorly. It made me start losing interest in the hobby.

My response was to take out the old Airfix Duck which I have wanted to build for years, it's a great little kit, built it in a day, decided on a fictious 1 colour paint scheme and it brought the fun back.

Maybe that is what you need a simple, quick fun build.

Thanks Lady and Gents. I've been out in the car (giving one of Sarah's mates a lift). Read a bit. Looked on youtube at some funny stuff then put my paw in a box of models and pulled the nearest two boxes out. Both Italeri and one a Hawk 100 prototype and the other a C130. Doubting the wiseness of starting the Herc (Though it IS tempting) but I will start hacking at the Hawk and will do a 'whif' just for the hell of it. The kit cost me nothing so if I make a hash of it I won't be bothered. Pics time soon.

All the best.

Greg

OK. Pic time. Here's the kit and some markings I have dug out. In honour of our resident Viking Queen I have dug out some Norwegian markings that I found.


All the best.

Greg

Love it already!

OK. I've been tinkering with this model and guess what, it's stupid o'clock in the morning, The airframe is together and I really should have been in bed just over five hours ago. BUT I have been modelling. YAY. I've just taken a pic of where I am at with it and I'll post it in this thread tomorrow....well later today actually.

All the best.

Greg

Should look pretty cool in Norweigan markings.

Glad to hear you are getting somewhere with the block Greg.

What works for me is having the TV on with DVDs of certain subjects I am working on, for example having on a bridge to far while working on a 30corps scout car, or battle of britain while doing a hurricane, ect.

Sometimes instead of war related it might be good Sci fi like Deepspace 9 or Babylon 5 or even the star wars movies, and I sort of listen to them while working on the project, or even sports.

This evening for example I had a ball game on while I (slowly) scribe and old Hasegawa Corsair. The time passes and the work happens and I feel no block.

Get inspired.

As above - watch a model related movie (war or sci-fi) and/or read a few books.

Pick an easy assembly kit.

Don't tackle anything too complicated.

Try and avoid AMS by building the model with minimal research.

Running into a wall is common. I dont know why it happens but I am pretty sure it happens to all of us. For years I've been into very small R/C airplanes. Doing rubber kits to R/C conversions with micro servo's and tiny brushless motors etc.
I ran into a total lack of motivation one day. I was just over it. I'm starting to want to get back at it, but when I hit that balsa airplane wall I decided to build a few of the 1/72 kits I'd been collecting over the past several years. Man, I got bitten again and have been going at them for around 3 years and 35+ built kits so far.
I have 3 interests that seem to permanently rotate around in my head. Plastic models, small R/C models and music...so, I always have something constructive to do when I get burned out on whatever else I'm doing at any given point in time.
I think it helps to have something else to go to.....for a while.

Sorry abou the lack of pics. I'll get some on here later of I can.

All the best.

Greg