Every now and then (more so than not) a modeler will hit a wall with a current project. Either a problem has come up that requires some though, or that there has been enough frustration that one just needs to step away for a while. For me, it's been a mix of the two. That Revell Typhoon has been pretty frustrating lately and I just need to step away for a bit. Momentum will slow down and the worst thing to do is to step away completely as it could be a while before you'd want to go back to the bench. That's why I maintain a small stock of easy to build, cheap kits. I call it my Burnout Pile. It'll be a simple build, done any way you want, simple assembly or paint scheme (I tend to pick up cheap Matchbox or Airfix kits for $1-3 when I can find them). This one is a Italeri/Testor's F-19 Stealth Fighter from the 80's, before everyone had heard rumors of a stealth plane, but not much else:
I picked this up for a grand total of $1! Cheap cheap! I had this kit back when I was a kid and I enjoyed building it. It's only got three sprues (two black, one clear) and doesn't have an awful amount of detail, but my memory of it was that it was a quick and easy build.
This is actually one of my favorite boxes - the box art in the back show the completed model, along with some "facts" - I remember totally geeking out when I first saw this. The kit was in its original shrinkwrap, and opening the box up transported me back to 1991. Nicely packed, instructions and decals at the bottom. The bubble canopy had broken off the sprue, but I never liked it anyway and will opt for the smaller, more sinister framed canopy. I started off with a quick brush paint job, brushing the equivalent of dark gull gray on the cockpit details.
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