Need help overcoming model build failure frustration

Trust me everyone of the so called "Masters" has muffed a build ! I have a junkyard of oops and oh shoots !! Thing is just never give up. You know what you want to do you just have to get it done. I think I ruined four bodies before finally getting a good looking top chop. I learned more by my own attempts and failures then I did reading a how to. Dont get me wrong the how tos really help and get you on a good start. But just because I read a book on pin stripping doesnt mean I am then going to set up a booth at the next car show and start painting! Start small, have the right tools ( a rotary tool was the best money i ever spent ) and never force yourself to build models. You should want to build. I run down those stairs like a lil kid on christmas morning and some times i dont come up till its dark !

Man oh man! I'm sure everyone here has glue bombed, ruined paint jobs, and straight out slammed kits on the floor or wall out if frustration. To me its part of a learning process. Well not the slamming part. I agree with beast about the how to's and tutorials. They are a great foundation but not until you practice it will you get better at it. Take the mustang I finished for the torque wheel contest. I screwed up the windshield big time. I knew that if I invest the time I might have possible saved it. Did I even attempt to do so? Nope. Took the easy and expensive way out and purchased another kit. But I learned along the way how not to treat a windshield.
My advice for all clear parts is as soon as you open the kit wrap them in tissue paper and tape them up until you need them close to the end of your build and when u do take those parts out do not use super glue or anything strong. Sometimes the fumes are strong enough to haze the clear parts. Use Elmer's clear glue or testors clear glue. They both dry clear. It take longer to them to dry but it's worth it. There's a tutorial here on a little gadget you can make to hold the windshield in place.
The paint job issue. This has evaded builder after builder after builder. You'll see us asking for help and almost everyone has a different way of painting and or fixing screw ups. Try a couple and see what works. Same with a simple paint job. Find what works for you and stick to it. If you need help as soon as a screw up happens take pictures and post. Sometime we can give advice depending on what we see. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't too.
Don't give up. This hobby shouldn't cause you aggravation. 2 out of 4 isn't bad at all. Overall that's probably night than my percentage.
Which remind me the scrap box is getting full again. I think it's time to empty it out.

whenever i feel like i "have to" build something i don't even go in the modeling room. if i'm not feelin it, it ain't gonna turn out any good so i don't bother. sometimes the source of frustration will go in the box until i'm ready to try again.  i have partially complete builds that are 5 or more years old. sometimes starting or working on a different project for a bit helps, biggest reason i usually have 4or5 projects goin at once. paintjobs?!? ha!  sometimes i'm lucky if a clear coat goes on, if the paint looks smooth-ish and shiny-ish...then i'm good:) course i don't do shows and like chris "artful photography angles" are standard practice around here too  
but mostly i just build to please my own eye and i'll advise that you should too   oh and remember...we are our own worst critics

Don't let it get you down, it's only aggravation.
Grandpa, Ice, Wheaton, and Knarf have pretty much given the best advice.
For me the biggest source of frustration comes when I push a build too hard, try to do too much too fast. Like knarf and Iceman, that's why I may have multiple builds so I can be doing something while another sits drying or whatever. Usually if I just take a break when frustration raises it's ugly head, and I do make it ugly, I can come back later and everything works like it is supposed to.
So I'm going to leave you with what I have told my boys when they were growing up and other people who inquire;

1) A professional is one who can make his mistakes look or work like it's supposed to be that way.

2) The better someone is at something, the more mistakes they had to make to get there. So if they are really really good, there is a landfill of mayhem and carnage somewhere.

3) If you don't make mistakes you will never truly learn anything.

4) Books and video are great for knowledge, but skill is only learned from hands on experience and experimentation.

5) Never give up

Man this thread right here shows what a brotherhood we have as modelers and what a family we have become here on Jerry's Cherry's !!

Were all here for a common theme, our love of models

Thanks so much tbill!