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In lugnet.space, Wayne R. Hussey writes:
> I have a very difficult time answering the "How long..." question. Should
> the answer include the hours of experimentation, thinking and planning
> before and during the build? Is the person asking going to understand "40
> hours", "80 hours", "500 hours" as compared to "two weeks", "two months",
> "two years"?
Good question, Wayne. I never know myself, either. My inn, for example, took
exactly a month from the second I laid the first brick until the time I
posted "finished" pictures. In hours I probably didn't work on it for more
than a 30-40 hours; but then again I spent a *lot* of time taking pictures
of the progress, putting them up, reading and replying to feedback, and
mulling in my head over what changes I should make, and what to do next. And
even after it was "done", I was still trading for pieces that I needed for
color-coordination.
My Daphne-and-Rose's-cabin took just about two days in building, *total*,
including breaks for the computer, etc. It looks to me like a lot more
planning was put into it, because there's so much detail crammed in a little
space, but honestly - there really wasn't much of any planning at all.
And then my newest creation, which I'm just finishing off, had been in
planning (off and on) from the second I finished D&R's cabin - about six
months ago. Sheesh! I had a tiny little part of it built, but I only really
started working on it a few weeks ago (when exactly, I'm not sure...). I
built it from the top down, and that took some extra careful planning and
testing. Now I'm having trouble with the roof, I was very close to not
putting any; then a kind and generous soul (Chris, ;-) gave me a good idea.
The experimentation and such has been taking me a few days already; and
until I get the right pieces, it'll probably be a few days or even weeks.
So really, how can you tell how long you spent? I guess you can just specify
what sort of time you're talking about. i.e. "It took me six months from the
moment I first thought of it til the moment it was done", "it took me 3 days
from the first brick to the last", "it took me five hours of straight
building", etc. Otherwise it's really hard to know!
> Sometimes, I just don't have a clue about how many hours I've spent on some
> models. Others came so quickly, or efficiently, that the number of hours
> wouldn't be believed because they were so few. And then there's the ones
> that took 'forever' but look like they should have only taken a few hours.
Definitely understandable.
-Shiri
FUT .build
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