war wounds

USMC6094

I had that happen once when I was stationed at Miramar, my best friend kicks open my door and yells "HEY!" while I'm cutting plastic on a Minicraft Boeing C-97, I got blood all over my rack, the deck, and the model while he's standing there laughing his a$$ off

Squaddies, so sympathetic and helpful in times of crises, especially when its their fault.

Eric, OUCH, I hope the nurses didn't have a good giggle at your expense.

I'm saying nothing, I ain't going to jinx myself. I like my figures where they are and I have no plans to paint my current build blood red.

I had that happen once when I was stationed at Miramar, my best friend kicks open my door and yells "HEY!" while I'm cutting plastic on a Minicraft Boeing C-97, I got blood all over my rack, the deck, and the model while he's standing there laughing his a$$ off

echolmberg

Ouch!  I hope it wasn't too bad and that you didn't need anything more than a bandaid at the worst.

About three years ago on New Years Day, I stayed up until about 2 AM working on a kit.  I was having a really good night but I figured I should pack it up and head for bed so I wouldn't be useless throughout the rest of the day.  As I was cleaning up my workbench, I took a step to my left.  I didn't see that a round toothpick had fallen off my workbench and was being held at a slight upward-pointing angle by the carpet.  As my foot passed over the upwardly pointing toothpick, the pointy tip caught my sock and speared itself about an inch and a half into the sole of my right foot and then broke off.

I ended up driving myself to the hospital ER around 2:30 AM.  They had to numb my foot to extract the toothpick.  I think the needle to the sole of my foot hurt WAY more than the toothpick did!

Eric

Sounds like the carpet & toothpick were of Vietnamese origin...........   

My worst wound was when I was shaving some plastic and ran the entire length of the X-acto knife into the meat of my thumb.  Still have the scar 30+ years later.  No stiches, but hurt like a son-of-a-gun.  As I always say, though, I'm not actually working unless I leave a little blood on the site.  

John

Ouch!  I hope it wasn't too bad and that you didn't need anything more than a bandaid at the worst.

About three years ago on New Years Day, I stayed up until about 2 AM working on a kit.  I was having a really good night but I figured I should pack it up and head for bed so I wouldn't be useless throughout the rest of the day.  As I was cleaning up my workbench, I took a step to my left.  I didn't see that a round toothpick had fallen off my workbench and was being held at a slight upward-pointing angle by the carpet.  As my foot passed over the upwardly pointing toothpick, the pointy tip caught my sock and speared itself about an inch and a half into the sole of my right foot and then broke off.

I ended up driving myself to the hospital ER around 2:30 AM.  They had to numb my foot to extract the toothpick.  I think the needle to the sole of my foot hurt WAY more than the toothpick did!

Eric