WHY YOU SHOULDN'T QUIT YOUR SCALE MODEL BUILD IF IT'S MESSED UP

[@gsr4535]

I don't quit a troubled build. I put it aside. Sometimes for weeks, sometines for months. Very often after time passes, I think of a way of re-working it. 👍

[@RustyscaleShow]

This is a very good strategy. But im too impatient to do this, i need to get the model finished. Thanks for the feedback!

[@asdf9890]

Yep. I have found if I start another kit or look in my past kit stash when something isn’t going as planned, I can find something that works. I’ve even used sprue trees to scratch build parts.

[@davidsmithson9236]

I thank you for your encouragement and positivity. Cheers!

[@RustyscaleShow]

Same to you too, thanks David!

[@cygnus618]

Model looks great. I’m one of those guys who when I mess up I smash it against the wall. Now I won’t do that any more and will take it through to conclusion and experiment like you did. Very encouraging. Thank you.

[@RustyscaleShow]

😅😅😅 you know how many times i would have loved to do this! But im one of those guys who just cant do that. Even if i tried to. Like i ve been playing video games my whole life but never ever smashed a controller. But i wanted to like 1000 times already😄

[@scaleffect]

Timely discussion. I quit on my recent build in the sense I stopped caring and simply wanted to finish. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Yeah ive been there too, but realised not finishing would frustrate me more than looking at the unfinished one for the rest of my life (even if only in my memory)😅

[@pucarasetenta4361]

Very good question. Answering your question, I follow the same route as you, and I fail a lot of times, but consifering the time, the economic invest done in the model, paints, etc., I always decide to press on and drill sone new skills. Have a nice day!

[@RustyscaleShow]

Love to hear this👍🏻 Thanks have a nice day you too!

[@paulhennessy5627]

Agree wholeheartedly... my personal modelling mantra is "Build, Fail, Learn, Succeed ... ENJOY" 👍

[@RustyscaleShow]

What a great mantra, i love it!

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

I don’t ever enjoy failing but I don’t bury my fails in the trash either. 😁 I tend to leave it aside till my frustration goes away, then come back to it days or months later. You are so right, failing is part of the learning process. I also find that thinking ahead reduces the chance of a fail so I don’t rush my builds, even when they are going well.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Exactly, same over here as soon as i start moving forward too fast and stop thinking ahead properly, is when mistakes are being made

[@bueshirt]

I was building a Hasegawa 1/72 F-15E Strike Eagle . I had to sand down some of the joins . The plastic was very hard . I was going to give up but I thought I would keep going. It took two months to finish it but in the end it turned out very good.

[@artisticglow7486]

Good advice. Thanks for sharing.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@davidnayda103]

Rusty, thanks for your insight and inspiration. I have been building a kit that has warped, missing and poorly molded parts and did I mention flash!!!! So many times I wanted to trash this kit, however I will not be beat by a piece of plastic. The good news is that the kit is finally coming together and it looks OK not great but OK. I build two kits at the same time which allows me a little bit of a break from frustration on one while allowing for preparationassembly,painting and dry time on another. Also I enjoy the challenge of scheduling and organizing my assemblies while having to think of two builds at the same time, try it, its fun!!!!

[@RustyscaleShow]

Its something i want to do, building two kits simultaneously but exactly the organisation is going to be a real challenge and its sounds scary😄 Thanks for the feedback!

[@sgtango4310]

Never. I recently screwed up my Eduard P-400 and through my frustration, continued to mess it up more and wouldnt quit because i really wanted to have it on my shelf. But in the end, it looks decent. Im very proud of the paintjob, and was able to weather it very heavily since the real plane was so weathered in real life. Its the worst model I've built this year, but it was the first and it was only up from there. It was a lesson in building in the end, even if the model isnt the best ive done

[@alanmcdade2459]

I have a lot of models where I end up just testing technics 😂😂 maybe I have the wrong hobby

[@RustyscaleShow]

I believe the extra effort and hard work on a maybe somehow messed up or very challenging build pays off in the future. As you say, maybe in the end its not the best build but it had hard work invested, something the viewer of the finished model maybe cannot see. But there will be a reward in future builds👍🏻 Thanks for the feedback!

[@RustyscaleShow]

...or exactly the right one! It gives you the opportunity to do so😄👍🏻

[@SteveT-0]

I had a massive failure yesterday. My first every try at doing Camo, after 3 days of painting, masking and painting again. I removed the masking tape and.. NO!! it removed all the paint in loads of places, right back to the grey primer. I was devastated and wanted to throw the model in the bin, but after watching this, I'll go back to it and see if I can make something of it. Thanks

[@RustyscaleShow]

Oh oh ive been there too. This is a tough experience but an important lesson. Maybe you can save it, give it a try and if not, let it be a monument of failure😄. To not re-do this again. Thanks for the feedback!

[@billwright2811]

Yes, you learn best from your mistakes. Not sure what you consider mistakes, I cant see anything to complain about. Great job as usual.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Its just because i was too frustrated to record it, next time i will. I tend to sometimes not document my fails properly because im already busy trying to fix them. Thanks for the feedback!

[@KGmodels]

Just on time! My brother was putting on decals onto a Tamiya Lotus 79,and he forgot to squeeze the air bubbles from under the decals with a cotton swab,but honestly he will just continue the decals today knowing What he done wrong,to make the rest of the model look better!Thanks for the tips ;)

[@RustyscaleShow]

Applying the decals is always a decisive phase in every build! The same happened to me many times, even though i did use a cotton swab, so it can always happen something unplanned. Thanks for the feedback!

[@andreuguimera5462]

Yes I am completely in agree. I am having the same experience with an old Airfix 18th century sailing ship: the Endeavour. While I am pretty skilled in the building phase, I am not so good when airbrushing and weathering. I tried to paint the hull and deck after the assembly (being the deck full of the associated structures). I got plenty of overspray here and there. I realized that it woul be better to paint the deck separately. Now I am experimenting whit the precission of my airbrush to correct the overspary as much as possible. On the other side, imitation of wood is another chapter: I have tried with liquid products for wheathering with mixed results. In summary: I am in the middle of the road and I still don't know if I will get a decent model.

[@RustyscaleShow]

I believe if it has minor flaws like some overspray this will not ruin the look of the entire model, if the rest has been done nicely. Flaws can be covered with weathering effects or something can be used to distract a bit from it. And sometimes its crazy how the finishing varnish can unite everything and tone down on some messed areas. Thanks for the feedback!

[@arghons.hobby.workshop]

The most important thing is to learn from our fails. Too many people do not draw conclusions from the past.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Tell this to our politicians😅

[@Shaneq718]

I've had a few that have driven me absolutely nuts. But taking some time off and coming back, figuring out how to resolve the problem (or cover it up) and making it look good when you're done it a great feeling. I had a Corsair I was just going to junk but after a few months of working on other planes, it's probably the one I'm most proud of now 🤣

[@RustyscaleShow]

Sometimes it needs some time and distance to come up with fresh ideas

[@siamodyssey]

This just happened yesterday with a decal. Applying the decal and thought it was dry. Started working on the next one. Look at my hands and the “dried” decal is off the model and completely destroyed. Therefore, had to use mismatched decals to complete the build. Live & learn. 😂

[@RustyscaleShow]

Oooh i know this feeling! I thought somebody has stolen the decal i just happened to apply, where is it??!

[@charlesnavarra8574]

Model building is not like cheering for your favorite sports team. Your team loses you get depressed. Having fun building is a stress relief, working with your hands. Creating a replica of something. Having fun your way. You build it for you, not the world. Paint it pink, white, yellow, just have fun with it. Making a 1\24 airfix P51 D into a Reno Air Racer , Suzi Q, was one of my favorite builds, 30 years ago. Today at 75, I build very little, eyes, hands, just won't allow me anymore.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Sometimes we tend to forget the main goal: having fun, relief the stress Thanks for the feedback!

[@philsmodelmaking2260]

I will put kits that I get problems with on a "shelf of shame" and wait as long as it takes before the inspiration to solve the problems comes. only yesterday, while looking for some brass tube in my bits cupboard I found some different diameters of it I'd forgot I had, which in turn gives me a way to carry on with a Jeff Wayne war of the worlds Martian handling machine kit that has been sitting on the shelf for about two years now. (although its been being built on and off for possibly ten years at this point!)

[@RustyscaleShow]

This must have been a sign, this kit wants to be built! 😄 Thanks for the feedback!

[@jb_makesgames2264]

Great Video - I wish there were more channels that focused on failure as opposed to success. At the very least these types of models can turn into paint mules for future projects.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Oh thats a possibility i totally forgot to mention. Of course youre right, i will keep it mind for the future. Thanks for the feedback! I wasnt too sure about the topic of this video at first.

[@johndillon8051]

I recently learned an important lesson. When I was painting the second camouflage color on a plane, I thought, "This color doesn't look right." Instead of stopping immediately, I pressed on, and after removing the masking, I discovered that my initial impression was correct; the color was wrong. Now I had to remask the entire plane, which is one of my least favorite tasks. The lesson was to stop immediately and evaluate the situation, which in this case would have saved a lot of time and effort.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Yes sometimes we do things altough we somehow have a feeling that its not right. In scalemodeling it can get critical and repeating an already done task is tough. Thanks for the feedback!

[@52down]

One of my kits waited over 10 years of no modelling at all to be finished in 2020. Got put together and painted as my 2nd airbrushed model ever

[@RustyscaleShow]

But you kept it all this time, thats remarkable. It knew youre not getting away like this😄👍🏻

[@andyshaw5378]

We don’t remember jobs that go perfect and that makes them harder to replicate. Top video 👍🏻

[@RustyscaleShow]

So true, i was recently looking at a good build of mine from last year, wondering how the hell i did that😄

[@DNModels]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@RustyscaleShow]

Mighty kind!

[@f1matt]

While building Tamiya's Mk1a Spitfire, due to my own mistakes I nearly threw it in the trash, honestly about four sperate times over several months of on and off building. In the end I decided, screw it, ill just do as good a job as I can despite my previous mistakes. It is not exactly how I hoped it would turn out, but im actually pretty proud of it! Adam Savage said in his book, "perfect is the enemy of done". It is a quote beside my work bench and it has helped me a lot.

[@RustyscaleShow]

What a quote really! Usually we are our biggest critics ourselfes and sometimes we just have to adjust our expectations to become reasonable again. Thanks for the feedback!

[@steriskyline4470]

Cool video man, im making the special hobby 1:48 tempest but made the mistake of buying the eduard resin cockpit, its an absolute hellish nightmare and made me want to burn it 😂 (I've been building commission work for 10 years so not new to the hobby) so thanks for posting this!

[@RustyscaleShow]

I had the great pleasure to use a resin ejection seat on a kit, which was supposed for a different manufacturers kit. It was a hellride and almost made me quit. I feel better now, hearing such things can happen to much more experienced modellers as well😄 Thanks for the feedback!

[@zaidedward2251]

I did many mistakes so far and I throw 1 Mirage F1 EQ to the bin so far , but most of my builds seems ok and I enjoyed every build .

[@RustyscaleShow]

...which is the most important anyway, in my eyes👍🏻

[@hakanjohansson6405]

The best way of making a good scale model is I believe to fail every now and then Personally, I have been struggling with the Vallejo primers and not getting good results. It’s easy to get frustrated but you’ll have to keep trying. Thanks for a great vid greetings from Sweden.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Thats very interesting what you said. Its easy to get frustrated but the outcome of it is bad. On the other hand its hard to keep on trying sometimes but the outcome of it will always be positive👍🏻 Thanks for the feedback! Cheers from 🇨🇭

[@salparadise1220]

Built a 48th scale Dauntless. ~things went badly wrong, so, excessive weathering applied with putting it in a diorama as the end goal. I did the best rust patches I've ever painted. Even now, 18 months down the line, and I'm still amazed by how realistic it looks. Problem being - they made them using aluminium, which doesn't rust. So an explanation for why the plane is rusty is required and none can be found.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Even if its true, aluminum may not rust, but it doesnt change the great work you did. And someone with less model nerd knowledge would never even think about this and just enjoy the great model. We are our biggest critics always😄 Thanks for the feedback!

[@gsr4535]

Exactly!

[@RustyscaleShow]

Yes!

[@peterrabito6011]

Thank you for this video! I am new to scale modeling and will be trying my first time at airbrushing - damn I'm nervous but you inspired me! Dumb question but what is the name of that black liquid (mask?) you used for the camo pattern? Thanks and I'll be watching more of your videos...

[@RustyscaleShow]

In the beginning it can tough at some points, but as soon as you found your way of handling the airbrush it'll be worth it! Its the AK Camouflage elastic putty for airbrush

[@tomspettel3646]

I was working on a hesagawa hurricane mk1 and had a big gap in the wing root. I dident know how to fix it it so its still in the box to this day

[@RustyscaleShow]

...and waiting to get finally finished. Every model kit wants to be built😄 Thanks for the feedback!

[@chrispacer4231]

First time seeing this 3 March 2024 I try to finish my builds 1 at a time…. I feel if you keep starting new projects, NOTHING GETS DONE….. One model at a time……….. CHRIS 🇺🇸

[@52down]

I would say 3 at the same time is optimal. Many times you have to spray some small things and it's just pitty to get your airbrush dirty to spray few small parts with clear varnish. Same goes with putty - you have to wait many hours for most instances to just clean up excess, while at the same time you can push forward another project: some scratch building or simply putting parts together. I've got 6 atm, 2 of them are stopped because I have to build vacu forming tool to make some progress, one demands some experiments to conduct before priming so currently I am building 3 at the same time 2 of which can actually be finished without issues (one requires vacu sliding canopy at the very end - again need for that tool).

[@chrispacer4231]

@@52down I’m with you… But sometimes, I get anxious to start something NEW… I have plenty to CHOOSE from… I STILL HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spend a lot of time researching, Colors, Markings…. I also like to detail kits up…. Photo Etch, giving a model more depth I also need a new Airbrush… I’ll get there….. Thanks for your comment…… CHRIS 🇺🇸

[@RustyscaleShow]

Youre a master, i couldnt handle several builds at the same time. I would start to mix up everything and switch the colours and decals by accident😅

[@RustyscaleShow]

Same over here, one buils alone takes so much space in my head, theres nothing left for another one. Thanks for the feedback! Chris🇨🇭

[@Beniah107]

Yep, great idea. Learn from your mistakes. They are part of your wisdom inventory... 😉

[@RustyscaleShow]

The inventory grows every day😄

[@Beniah107]

@@RustyscaleShow and long may it continue to do so. 😉

[@johnbuttery1171]

I don't think I've ever had a kit go "right"!

[@RustyscaleShow]

I think like this whenever i start a new build, "this is gonna be the one!"😄

[@jmatch3744]

Your point at the end is almost exactly why the USAF loses so many mock dogfights. They learn more off of failures than easy victories.

[@RustyscaleShow]

Its a global concept😁

[@Trainsaregreat365]

If i mess up i just find a way to fix it and if you think about it any failed attempt can be fixed

[@MorrowindES17]

We all make mistakes we only human nearly broke me 262 but repaired the part with super glue few 😅

[@RustyscaleShow]

Super glue is like magic sometimes😄👍🏻

[@MorrowindES17]

@@RustyscaleShow what spitfire model kit wss it you were making look like a good kit?

[@RustyscaleShow]

@@MorrowindES17 the one in the video is a Revell 1/72 scale kit

[@MorrowindES17]

@@RustyscaleShow oh cooll not made revell kit in a long time

[@neilbrotherton3314]

One man's crappy build would be anothers great build. Bit like me getting a an eight on a par five at pebble beach and Tiger Woods getting a 6 and been despondent. Though point taken. I always try to see a model through to the end whatever the stuff ups. Out of 60 maybe 5 have been tossed..

[@RustyscaleShow]

Well thats a very ratio 5 out of 60!!

[@neilbrotherton3314]

@@RustyscaleShow What I didn’t say was what percentage of those ‘finished’ were sort of crap? Quite a few at least!. In my golf game however out of every 60 shots 5 would be great

[@davidryall-flanders6353]

Gotta say, watching you spray that Spitfire confused the absolute bejesus out of me! It all worked out in the end though.😊

[@RustyscaleShow]

😂😂😂sorry for confusing

[@goforitpainting]

Cool tutorial. I'm a new Sub on your channel. 🛩

[@RustyscaleShow]

Mighty kind!

[@typhoon2827]

I think what we've learned there is that all that preshading and extra colours is just wasted time and paint. Great outcome though 👏🏻

[@RustyscaleShow]

Haha in this particular case absolutely! All for nothing 😄

[@borderlands6606]

I like to display bad kits. Some are old toolings that don't fit together, and do not warrant the hours of cutting and filling to make it good. The model is a testament to the difference between the manufacturer's claim and the reality. Other times it's a mistake I have made, and the kit represents a hurried build. We could turn a mistake into a crashed plane diorama, but that requires scratch building the broken sub-structure and internals, and it's easier to start again.

[@RustyscaleShow]

To me there is also a certain line, at some point the effort is just not worth it anymore and i leave it as it is. Then it can become a great monument of failure😄👍🏻. "The model is a testament to the difference between the manufacturers claim and reality" - Quote of the month!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@julianmhall]

Even if the build is a disaster, maybe the model itself is lousy.. make it a diorama of a crash. Then it's not /supposed/ to look good :)

[@RustyscaleShow]

👍🏻there are always options

[@Tasmanialupo]

Keep building anyway, trust the process and always improve yourself

[@RustyscaleShow]

Thats it!👌🏼