Java Swing JLabels show in a buildGUI method but not if added from another method -

i'm amateur writing archery score card. programme works @ cost of 19 sections of identical code each of 18 lines. i'm trying condense code using method call. i'm using java se6 , mig layout

here section of code in gui works. gui called below

homepage (containing main method) -> choicegui -> buildscorespanel

    public  void buildscorespanelmig(jpanel scorespanel) {              (row = 0; row<(int)numberofrows; row++){          scorespanel.add(scorelabel1[row],"gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px,split 18");        scorespanel.add(scorelabel2[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");        scorespanel.add(scorelabel3[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");        scorespanel.add(scorelabel4[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");        scorespanel.add(scorelabel5[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");        scorespanel.add(scorelabel6[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");        //another 12 jlabels              }     } 

if, put code in method , call below jlabels won't show though i've tried revalidate() repaint() , setvisible(true)

    public  void buildscorespanelmig(jpanel scorespanel) {             (row = 0; row<(int)numberofrows; row++){                  addscorelabels();             }     }      public void addscorelabels(){       scorespanel.add(scorelabel1[row],"gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px,split 18");      scorespanel.add(scorelabel2[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");      scorespanel.add(scorelabel3[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");      scorespanel.add(scorelabel4[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");      scorespanel.add(scorelabel5[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");      scorespanel.add(scorelabel6[row],"gap before 0px,gapleft 0,w 35px, hmin 35px");     //another 12 labels      //scorespanel.revalidate();       //scorespanel.repaint();      //scorespanel.setvisible(true);   } 

i have trawled internet quite while trying solve problem , realise have fundamental misunderstanding of how swing components work , grateful if explain.

try passing scorespanel argument addscorelabels() method too:

addscorelabels(scorespanel);  ...  public void addscorelabels(jpanel scorespanel) { ... 

as chris cooney points out in comments, have different panel stored in scorespanel field variable, being hidden local variable in first method, not in second.