What is your least enjoyable task in modeling?

[Orso]

Painting.

[steinietrabi]

I read so many truths here and keep thinking of myself...
Why am I a model maker?

[notime4me]

The boring and tedious job of filing/sanding mold lines from tiny parts when there are many copies of the exact same part to do.

[CK]

First is using putty to fill gaps. I use Tamiya grey stuff. However or unknown reasons, it always end up with some voids. So it is always fill sand and fill and sand couple times before I can get a smooth surface.

Second is painting. To get a smooth surface without dust particle or orange peel seems to be quite difficult for me.

[fastbackfreddie]

Applying Bare Metal Foil. Not so much required on the F1 cars, but for the sportscars and the occasional 50's American car I build, it does become tiresome - and more ends up in the bin, and myself, than on the model.
Complex masking for paint schemes also doesn't excite me, especially when there is little room for error.
Sanding and filling endless exhaust pipes for a V12.
Oh, and when I get a bit heavy handed on the polish. Is that primer?
Having said that, it must be the satisfaction and enjoyment we all get from the rest of the hobby that keeps us coming back to the bench, and continue to buy endless supplies of kits that we will never build (my wife calls it SABLE. Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy)
Keep enjoying it guys. You all do great work!

[jorgeralvear]

Vacuuformed windshields…..by far. And drilling endless holes in a model and my finger tips.

[Hein]

seat belts....just hate doing them

Me to

[JamesB]

. Seat belts is also what pushed me to do MotoGP bikes. No harnesses there!

Give it time!!!

[lvndeva]

I guess its prepping the plastic for painting (sanding, filling), as well as priming.
Also sanding the clear. But now i switched to 2k and try to avoid that.

[Shiiya]

I guess its prepping the plastic for painting (sanding, filling), as well as priming.
Also sanding the clear. But now i switched to 2k and try to avoid that.

Me too , the worse for me is masking model , even worse in small parts