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Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 8:01 pm
by tempestjohnny
Temper, temper :ballbat:

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:17 pm
by speedgraflex
Tom, I feel you, sincerely—because I have been there. I have felt my grip on the model building project slip away, and there is nothing I can do to pick it back up again. I also know that little bit of relief that comes from letting go of something that is no longer working, something that is no longer viable. And I think back to something Lyle the Wise One once said: "It's only a model." Yes. It is only a model. It takes courage and integrity to let go, not to put too fine a philosophical point on this. Cheers.

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:15 am
by KSaarni
BlackSheep214 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:16 pm Ended up trashing out of anger because of too many delicate flaps kept popping off. :scream: Screw it all! :headbang:


I feel better now releasing all that anger by crushing in half and million pieces. :ggun: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Feels very familiar!

Sometimes, a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do! :-D


- Kari

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:47 am
by BlackSheep214
speedgraflex wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:17 pm Tom, I feel you, sincerely—because I have been there. I have felt my grip on the model building project slip away, and there is nothing I can do to pick it back up again. I also know that little bit of relief that comes from letting go of something that is no longer working, something that is no longer viable. And I think back to something Lyle the Wise One once said: "It's only a model." Yes. It is only a model. It takes courage and integrity to let go, not to put too fine a philosophical point on this. Cheers.


Absolutely correct. It is only a model. Since I crushed it, not once I dwelled on it. Instant gratification it was out of my misery. :giggles:

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:48 am
by BlackSheep214
KSaarni wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:15 am
BlackSheep214 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:16 pm Ended up trashing out of anger because of too many delicate flaps kept popping off. :scream: Screw it all! :headbang:


I feel better now releasing all that anger by crushing in half and million pieces. :ggun: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Feels very familiar!

Sometimes, a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do! :-D


- Kari

Yup.

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:52 am
by LyleW
When that time comes, it is an easy decision to make. Too bad it came to that, but time to move on.

It is much easier to understand the glue-bombs and messy work we did as "yutes"!

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 5:18 am
by Stuart
cbaltrin wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2024 7:10 pm
Excuse me, but I must point out that Section 72-8.1A of the Scale Modelers Regulations states that--and I quote: " A model with recessed panel lines may not be referred to as 'vintage' or 'classic' :lashed:

That said... I love this. Will be watching! :popcorn:
LOL! Ah, but subsection 3a of the above act states ''You have obviously not built a Matchbox kit with recessed panel lines that appear to have been cut with a spoon''

:whistle:

Re: Reviving a 34 year old vintage kit...

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:03 am
by BlackSheep214
LOL! Good one, Stuart...