Modelling time and retirement

Retirement has meant pursuing many of the other things I hadn't had time for, at least at this level.

I only retired in May so my routine still hasn't really settled in but I found myself doing *much* more work in the yard, reading lots more, actually watching some television *and* not doing any more modeling that I had previously. That will probably change when winter really sets in here in Southeast Idaho but we are still in the 50's so I'm not housebound yet.

Enzo,

I've been retired for six years now and I find that my output has actually dropped off. The primary reason is that while I have more time to dedicate to the hobby I find I work slower, spend more time on research, and check things out on the internet more than before. I find I also model at the same time of the day as I did before my retirement, usually later in the evening. I spend the earlier time on research and other new interests, such as photography and travel. I also limit myself to two models underway at any given time, one aircraft and one ship. I noticed that building a larger number of kits at time resulted in a completion rate close to zero. Now I build about one large ship model a year, one small one, and two or three aircraft projects.

Paul

Enzo Matrix wrote: SNIP

I modeled to get away from work. Now that I'm retired, I find I model very little any more :>{

John

Enzo Matrix wrote:

Hey Enzo...

I retired from air traffic control about three years ago. Since then...I've completed no models!!! Seems now that I'm 'retired', I'm busier than I ever was with more, varied activities. I still keep slowly increasing the stash and I've got some out on the work area but nothing has taken shape. Actually, a part of the problem is that, in conjunction with retiring, we moved a short distance to a larger (?) house and I haven't really committed a dedicated area to model building. My youngest is moving out next month and I'm thinking of using that as an impetus to finally make myself a work area and get to work. One other thing that I promised myself would get me going again is for Tamiya to release a 1/72 P-51B. Tamiya...are you listening?????

Seeya John

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I'm not officially retired but I can say that I haven't finished a model in a long time. Something about having lots of time makes one slow down. There was a saying that went "Work expands to fill the time available." Apparently when time expands work shrinks.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

I'm not retired, but I was completely off on disability for about three months back in '06...I got down to building and built like I hadn't done since high school. Then I went back to work half time and it slowed/ceased. I haven't touched a thing since I got back to work full time in the fall of '07.

I think in my case I may actually finish my stash before I die if I don't grow it too much more...

it's why buy a cow, enzo. you're not getting all the time you want to build, aka, free milk, so you can't buy the cow. milk has more value so you are more wanting it.

heresy!

Since I started writing for a living, I've completed more models that I did when I was otherwise employed. In fact, in the last three months, I've completed 4 F-16's, three F/A-18F's, a P-3C and three E-2C's. (Naturally, I built the kits by Fujimi that had been laying around just before Hasegawa announced its new E-2 kits...). I think I've built about twice as many in the last three years as in the previous five.

Don H.

I retired 4 years ago, moved into our home in Maine, set up my hobby shop in the basement, unpacked my stash, purchased a used display case, and started modeling. In four years I've completed 21 kits, various ship, tanks, missiles, and my first love: aircraft. Our computer setup is in the basement as well as my wife's sewing center She sews for Grandkids and neighbors and I model. Retirement is pretty much as I had hoped and planed for. Just hope it lasts a little while longer. My health concerns are about losing the feeling in the tips of my fingers. Using tweezers more to pick up things. Eye sight supplemented with magnification. But life is good, modeling enjoyable, and most important: wife is happy. Dick...

I find that I also work slower. Thus while I put in more time modeling, my completion rate is not that much higher. I find ANYTHING I do these days takes longer. I read something recently about how as we age, the speed our nerve impulses travel slows down!

I CAN, if need be, really put a lot of time into a model if a contest is coming up, so that is nice.

I've been retired for eleven years and find that I, generally,when not traveling have spent more time in modeling and the requsite research. Mornings are for household "Honey do's" and yard work. So usually I can spend from 1:00 pm to about 5:00 pm every weekday and about the same amount of time on Sundays. Modeling on Saturdays is always after morning coffee with other IPMS members and the weekly visit to the hobby shop. The Mrs.'s days are spend doing her house work , genealogical research and her volunteer work for the genealogical society and church. I normally get between four and six aircraft bullt and about the same number of car kits in a year's time.

Overall, after spending 38 years as an administrator and teacher, life is pretty good!

The only bad thing about retirement is that you don't get any days off ! !

...that's me - always bucking the trend!

i'd rather trend toward some bucks right now.

I heard that...I think I'm down about 1/3 to half my life savings...and falling...

...homesteading in Alaska is starting to look promising.

i'll hitch up the mules, you gather up the women folks. don't forget the cigars and rubber ducky.

...grandma, you ride up on top...

Been 'retired' for almost 15 yrs now. Even though I wasn't that prolific to start with, model completions have dropped to the point that the last one was close to 3 years ago. I can't even get my self going to finish renovating the rest of this old Victorian barn. I guess my 'get up and go' got up and went :-)

Chuck Ryan Springfield OH