"To go" - rituals ?

[KSaarni]

I was wondering, what sort of rituals or habits, if any, do you SPAM members usually have before starting a brand new build ?

Myself I tend always to install a new x-acto blade nr 11 before I start a new project. Gives a sharp start for the build

Might be I have some other rituals as well, but this is my "to go" ritual

How is it with the rest of the group ?

- Kari

[LyleW]

does whiskey count?

Honestly, i don't have any "go to" rituals starting a new build. There is a better than even chance that it will not be finished. Makes me sad, but we press on. One thing I've discovered and it is probably nothing, is that I mke better progress if I do not worry about posting thngs until I am well underway. I also do look longingly at the destructions, uh, instructions.

[Stuart]

To celebrate starting a new kit, I immediately start another one!

is that I mke better progress if I do not worry about posting thngs until I am well underway....

That's good advice - I've noticed the same thing with me!

[KSaarni]

One thing I've discovered and it is probably nothing, is that I mke better progress if I do not worry about posting thngs until I am well underway

Yeah, makes sense, applies mostly for me as well

To celebrate starting a new kit, I immediately start another one!

- Kari

[BlackSheep214]

Hmmm... I don't change #11 Xacto blades prior to every new build to start.

I'd say I decide which shade of color looks best on the subject... be it auto, aircraft, etc...

[Stikpusher]

I honestly can’t think of any set ritual I have before starting a new kit. Perhaps the closest thing I have to that is to periodically clean and organize my bench, but that can also happen after immediately a kit is finished, or partway thru a project if the area gets too cluttered…

[jeaton01]

After pondering this for a few hours, about the only thing I always do before starting a kit is go to my workshop....Unless I am traveling, and then it is to go to the local hobby shop in the area!

[keavdog]

Have a couple beers

[Brandons_Iron]

Step one. Sit down at bench
Step two. Open next kit
Step three. Commence to building kit mentioned in step two.

[Tojo72]

Just brush the bench off and organize stuff.