Disasters in Modeling

It's amazing how some people have no regard for other's personal things, being not just models but anything. I once loaned a neighbor a small hydraulic jack so he could work on his car. A few days later he returned it all neatly packed in its box. A couple of weeks later I took it out to use it and it was broken. I have no clue how he broke the darn thing that was just about bullet proof. Since then, I do not loan out anything.

Mine just occurred a couple of weeks ago.  I built a Monogram F-5E and mounted it on a wood base.  Not even 24hrs later while looking in his office, I noticed some of the weapons were off and a main gear was broken.   Well it seems that Murphy paid a visit.  A couple of books that never moved, fell right on the wing and the rest is history... easy fix though.

Does pretending that your 1/48 Monogram Harrier is flying while making jet engine sounds and dropping it on the floor count as a disaster?  I know a guy who did this

I built a Monogram 1/72 B-36 when I was in 6th or 7th grade. The thing was a monster and it was back heavy. I ended up breaking a magnet up from an old car stereo speaker and cramming it into the model to keep it from falling backward. Over time something weird happened to the paint job on the plane. I had painted it by hand with Testors silver paint from the small bottle, and the sprayed it with gloss coat.  I had always wondered if the magnets inside were messing with the plastic or paint somehow. I can't see any reason to believe they were. Is there iron in oil paints or polystyrene?

seasick

 Over time something weird happened to the paint job on the plane.

Back when Dragon started putting out their Tiger mega kits, I picked up a couple when my skill level still called for Monogram snap together kits. Anyway, after painting the tub I set is aside to dry. Being the impatient person that I am, I placed it under the desk light on the bench. I had only left it for a few minutes but you can guess what happened. A $60.00+ kit was ruined because the tub warped to the point of no return. Suffice it to say that I learned my lesson well that day.

Biggest disaster: a glass plate falling in my glass cabinet, squashing all the models underneath. And it was my fault because I was "adjusting" the plate. I think that took out 5 or 6 models. Most of those are repaired, still have one to do.

seasick

I built a Monogram 1/72 B-36 when I was in 6th or 7th grade. .......I had painted it by hand with Testors silver paint from the small bottle.....

I was in sixth grade at the time. I was on summer vacation and I painted for an hour every day until the plane was finished. Yes it took a while, but I was a kid and didn't care at all. The build was great and it was a very attractive built kit. The dried paint had lines in it over time. The magnets were from a bass speaker. The magnets were strong enough to hold a screw up against the side of the model. Now that I think about it I had decided with a friend that it was discoloration caused by dust.

had a hobby boss F/A-18 hornet, was all finished except the decals. was my first time applying a gloss coat and when it had dried you could run your finger the whole length of the model and not feel a single panel line. it looks OK and is on display but it will always be in the absence of panel lines will forever be in the back of my mind when looking at it. been afraid to put a gloss coat on ever since.

Wonderful memories. After taking a break I got back into modeling. My wife showed some interest in what I was doing. the light bulb went off and suggested why don't you build one with me. So she like the JU-87. We got the Trumpeter 1/32 JU-87 to build with Eduard photo etch. She learned quite well and the assembly went well over the next few weeks. Got everything done in the build and was going to gloss coat for decal prep. Gloss coated hers and then went for mine. I lifted it up and it slipped. After the 5 foot dive the pilot never pulled up. Well at least she has the nicest model on display.

      Someone should make a u-tube series from this thread.  It would make a good companion to the "Adventures in scale modeling" series.  Two catagories could be  comedy and heartbreak bench.   Misery does love company,  so it's nice to know im not alone in creating disasters.

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Man, yeah, too many disasters to count to be sure. I had two 1/700 ships sitting on a homemade plexiglass shelf with plexiglass legs that sits on top of my regular wood shelf. Underneath these two ships is a third 1/700 Warspite. Anyway, the shelf was near the edge and over time, unbeknownst to me, it was moving with vibrations (walking close to shelf, footfalls, etc). Anyway, I hear a crash and one side of the shelf slipped off the shelf, crushed the superstructure of the Warspite and the other two, Lexington and Bismarck slip nicely off the slippery plexiglass onto the floor between two cabinets. Total destruction for all!! The Lexington with full Air Wing took me months to do....what a heartbreaking day that was!!