Ok last post of the evening. My 11 year old wants the PC!
It seems that every time I'm nearly finsihed with a kit I make a really STUPID mistake. Tonight was no exception. I'm nearly finished with my HE-100. I was working of the landing gear and dipped the top side wing tip into super glue. I used some debonder and micro brushes to remove the glue and removed some paint. Now I have to sand that spot and touch up the paint.
Does anyone else have these experiences?
Every. Single. Build.
Without fail.
At least I'm consistent.
Keep the jars, bottles and tubes of stuff away from the bench when not being used at that very second. Keep them handy, I keep mine in tool boxes and or on shelves next to the bench.
The hardest part is keeping them where they belong and not piled around the project your working on.
We must be separated at birth...I make the same mistakes. I have whittled it down to:
a. Fatigue
b. Clumsiness
c. Anxiousness to completethe build
d. Little elves that inhabit hobby rooms
Just like Jon it seems like every build! I lose things to the carpet monster and I don't even have carpet!
I tend to rush when I'm getting close to finished and something always gets screwed up. When a kit is close to done I start giggling to myself as I picture the lastest aircraft in the hanger dive bombing the dog... that's when I get impatient and start to rush for some fun time.
Paint touch-ups probably result from half of my blunders.
I'm sure we're not the only ones
The carpet monster is getting ready to move out and sue me because of sprue damage and I'm afraid to enter my modeling area if the debonder is more than half empty.
Thanks guys,
I feel better. I'll be out of town for the weekend so I can step away from the project and start fresh next week.
Everyone have a safe and enjoyable 4th!
I do'nt think we'll every stop making mistakes in the progress of our builds. The difference is being able to repair the mistake and finish the model. Learn as many tricks as you can here and you will find that you are able to complete more models and be much happier with the end product.
Soulcrusher
Mistakes come with the territory...the Ta-183 I just finished....for example....I had finished with the painting...natural metal finish, first time using mettalizers, done with the tail mottle and had the yellow nose done....looked great. As I continued to build next was landing gear...well SURPRISE the mounts for the gear which are molded into the jet motor visible from gear pits were in backwards!!! Left on right side and vicea versa...!!!! ARRRGH!!!! i was about to split the fuselage halves open! Luckily the nose cone and tail cone popped off and was able to switch the sides out...but had to touch up painting.....its inevitable in a build...thats how we learn and laugh..!! and keeps it fun.
If you look closely you can see a bit of a rough edge at the tail cone..oh well...
Carlos
jwb wrote:Every. Single. Build.Without fail.At least I'm consistent.
I allways do something like that, a few days ago I forgot to put some weigth on my PBY Catalina before closing the fuselage LOL
regards
Jeremias
I'm with everyone else, there's always something I screw up. I'm always rushing to finish or trying something new that didn't quite work out.
Mike
Working on a 1:72 scale engine for two and a half days, weathering and chipping it untill it looked exactly the way you wanted it, only to forget to mask the d*mn thing while coating the plane with it's base colour....
That's what i call stupid...
Being able to solve problems (you created) is what makes a modeler good imho.
Kermit (who has corrected his mistake since then)
Now I don't feel to bad. I was cleaning up around my bench tonight and found the Spit I was building for last years Weekend Build. Thought I'd mask it and paint the Dark Green. Finished painting and realized I reversed the camo scheme. Just gonna roll with it, most people who see it will never know.
Hans von Hammer wrote:I don't never make eny misteaks...
Just slight errors in judgement like me huh Hans
Unlike Hans though, I suffer from cronic Brain Fade, and YES!!!! the dog does move things around and steal stuff off of my bench errrr TV tray.
Wing_nut yours is an interesting problem LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!