Hello
I commute/work 13 hours a day and found little time for model making.
I've 'created' between 2.5 and 5 hours a week by using my lunch breaks.
I've got a small tool kit (scapel, razor saw, swiss files, tweezers, rule, brush and glue) in my desk.
An advantage working in short bursts is that the glue dries before I try and add another component which could knock the first one off!
I haven't done any railway modelling at work yet, but have produced this: http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=85639 (http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=85639)...
Its been suggested that I should bring my baseboards in! lol At Nokia we had a 'hobbies day' where I put LGB around my cubilcle :)
Best regards
Michael
I'm at home most of the time doing housework but that's an advantage as far as modelling goes, I can do a bit of modelling and while the glue or paint is drying carry on with the housework :D
I don't envy those of you with office jobs, finding time after work when you are tired and at weekends must be difficult especially with family demands. When my children were small I stopped modelling completely for a few years.
I know of quite a few people who do some modelling during their lunch hours at work and some like me who always take a couple of small modelling projects with them on holiday to keep them occupied in case the weather is bad.
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Quote from: Michael Shillabeer on July 15, 2013, 08:27:53 AM
Hello
I commute/work 13 hours a day and found little time for model making.
I've 'created' between 2.5 and 5 hours a week by using my lunch breaks.
I've got a small tool kit (scapel, razor saw, swiss files, tweezers, rule, brush and glue) in my desk.
An advantage working in short bursts is that the glue dries before I try and add another component which could knock the first one off!
I haven't done any railway modelling at work yet, but have produced this: http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=85639 (http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=85639)...
Its been suggested that I should bring my baseboards in! lol At Nokia we had a 'hobbies day' where I put LGB around my cubilcle :)
Best regards
Michael
That's a tough one, after 13 hours my guess that if you did do any modelling you would propping up your eyelids with match sticks! :sleep:
But what about the weekends, do you work those too?
Looking good there Michael i clicked on the link & found on hitting log in i'm a memember on there no idea when i joined ::) look forward to seeing more on the build.
Nice build so far Michael..... :thumbsup:
I also do a bit of Military modelling...Tanks and trucks mainly 1/35 scale.
Not sure about books but search for info/articles by Mig Jimenez and Adam Wilder.....two of the heavyweights of military modelling/Painting/Weathering. :thumbsup:
Ste.. :NGF:
Like DS Michael i do other modelling HO railways (i know the darkide) & at the moment here it's like transport cafe :smiley-laughing: had a 1/24 truck kit arrive this morning two more on the way & a couple on the bench under construction.
Nice work, well done for squeezing in the time! I work in a primary school and run my own photography business. There isn't much time for modelling as such but I do have my layout running around the monitor so I can at least see my RTR stuff doing it's thing.
Because my work is seasonal, I should find a bit more time after the summer to paint/weather wagons and maybe make a few wagon loads.
We've just moved house so I've finally got the room to seriously think about starting my railway but I have always done plastic scale modelling. I normally get about an hour in before I go to work in the mornings (of course, waking up at 5.30 helps with that. :)).