Need to blow the cob webs out a little?

Try making it a little simpler.

Last month I started AND finished two models.  From sealed in the box/bags, to sitting on my shelves.  The first one was my entry into the CSMs inter club (later expanded to intra club) Airfix Challenge.  I chose to build the new Airfix 1/72 Spitfire PR XIX.  In a bow to more extreme tendencies, I did embelish the kit with Xtradecals, stencils swiped from an Aeromaster sheet, painted walkways, and tape seat belts (all legal under IPMS OOB rules).  Total time...7 days.  I actually had the paint base coated within 24 hours and then life got in the way a bit.

The second was an Academy AT-6 I built for a group build over at US-Aircraft.com.  This one took a little longer becasue the Holidays actually got in the way a bit.  Never the less, built OOB again, it was less than 14 days from start to finish.  Aftermarket decals for the Norweigan markings, and tape seat belts again.

I can't remember the last time I built a model in a month.  Much less in a week.  And even I can't really believe that I not only built one in a week, but two, from start to finish, in a month.  But it was a lot of fun.  I didn't get too wrapped up in the history or the accuracy (I'm pretty sure that given the 1950's time period for the Spit that the black cockpit is correct, but I'm wondering if the T-6 shouldn't also have a black cockpit.  Then again, who cares!),  but I did try to do as good a job as I could, as fast as I could.

It's not the way I normally build, and I wouldn't want to build this way all the time; and I know that for some, building this way wouldn't be any fun at all (SD01, you out there son?); but, give it a try.  You might just find that simple pleasure of gluing plastic together you enjoyed all those years ago and reconnect with it.  Or, maybe not.  But you won't know unless you try!