ever build a model without using the instructions

DURR

Member since
July 2013

ever build a model without using the instructions

Posted by DURR on Monday, November 23, 2009 7:30 AM

just curious as to if anyone has

i have done some . things like the simple heller or airfix, and many cars

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HawkeyeHobbies

Member since
August 2006
From: Neenah, WI

Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, November 23, 2009 8:40 AM

Regularly. Helps to have years of experience when doing the more complicated kits as well as some working knowledge about the subject you are building.

The most recent one was a Eduard P-39, I got it as a bag kit, no decals no instructions or clear parts either. Still awaiting the glass pieces but otherwise ready for paint and decals.

Still amazes me when I get requests for copies of instructions for kits with fewer pieces than the word instruction has in it. Especially those old kits from Hawk that even have raised details to where the decals go. But thats just me.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

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"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, November 23, 2009 10:03 AM

I did a Tamiya Pz II a few years ago. I'd lost the sheet and built i in an afternoon. In the serious figure world, that's the norm. Some have even had tiny pieces I had to carefully study the box art on-line to figure out. Most don't even have a painting guide or might have a guide in the languiage of the country where it was produced.

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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the Baron

Member since
September 2006
From: Bethlehem PA

Posted by the Baron on Monday, November 23, 2009 11:25 AM

Haven't yet, but I will. I picked up Monogram's P-41B and Hawker Typhoon kits in 1/48, from an eBay auction. They're bagged, with no instructions or decals.

I built the Mustang when I was a kid, and it's a relatively simple kit, in terms of the parts. I built a Typhoon, but it was Revell's 1/32 version.

As was noted above, it helps to have some knowledge of the subject. But I keep hearing in my head a line from Tim Allen's standup routine from years ago, "...and when I was done, I had a whole bag of real important lookin' stuff left over..."

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Monday, November 23, 2009 11:50 AM

the Baron wrote:

But I keep hearing in my head a line from Tim Allen's standup routine from years ago, "...and when I was done, I had a whole bag of real important lookin' stuff left over..."

Speaking of Tim, "Real men don't need instructions!"

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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Wirraway

Member since
January 2006
From: Pineapple Country, Queensland, Australia

Posted by Wirraway on Monday, November 23, 2009 3:53 PM

Uh, I just built a 1/9 scale ED-209 from "Robocop" No instructions, but it does have only 20 parts......

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" A hobby should pass the time - not fill it" -Norman Bates

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smeagol the vile

Member since
April 2008
From: Philadelphia PA

Posted by smeagol the vile on Monday, November 23, 2009 4:57 PM

quite a few of the older 1/144 gundam kits went together sans instructions.

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the Baron

Member since
September 2006
From: Bethlehem PA

Posted by the Baron on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:57 AM

ajlafleche wrote:
the Baron wrote:

But I keep hearing in my head a line from Tim Allen's standup routine from years ago, "...and when I was done, I had a whole bag of real important lookin' stuff left over..."
Speaking of Tim, "Real men don't need instructions!"

LOL!

Ogh, ogh, ogh, ogh, ogh!

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

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armornut

Member since
March 2007
From: Northeast WA State

Posted by armornut on Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:23 PM

built a 1/8th scale pocher ferrari without instructions i did however look at a picture on the web of the motor to see where the distrubuter caps mounted(odd place on the ends of the heads) but other than that just the box art(pix of finished model)the working suspention and hinged lids and doors were a trick. and yea i had left over parts.

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