Bad habits!

Yesterday was a disaster, working on my Olympia battleship.  Was doing the PE railings.  Lost the first small section when I dropped it and it bounced off the bench surface.  Looked down- did not have the apron in place so it must have gone on floor.  Picked up the next piece, same size, figuring I'd look on the floor after putting that piece in place (I had gotten the message and arranged the apron), and quickly managed to drop that piece too!

It must have bounced off the apron, 'cause it was not on the apron.  So I have now lost three small sections of the PE railings, and Encore does not provide any extra!  Maybe canvas is not the ideal material for an apron, since it apparently does not catch PE perfectly.  On the other hand, I have found several PE pieces I did drop in my lap, but it is certainly not perfect.  Amazing how that stuff disappears.  Was actually thinking, maybe PE suffers from the square/cube law, like dust particles.  Because of the low mass per surface area, maybe it kid of floats on the air and slowly settles out, landing far from the location from which it was dropped.

I guess I need a check list-

     Apron in place- check

    Supplemental glasses in place- check.

 

tigerman

Probably giving up and moving on to another build rather then just finishing.

Hey, not sure of the armor version of the Mono B-36 but I'm THIS close to "moving on".

tigerman

Probably giving up and moving on to another build rather then just finishing. I have improved in this area over the past year or so.

This is sort of on my list. Although it's not usually "giving up". I routinely get 99% done something, then start on the next kit... and realize weeks later that I still haven't finished the last one that only needed a pitot tube or other fiddly bits attached.

Probably giving up and moving on to another build rather then just finishing. I have improved in this area over the past year or so.

i do that too. get the squadron books and history books and carry the whole pile with me when i go out so i have something to read or from room to romm. opened a new set of instructions for lcs-1 while basking in the tub and the decals were inside and fell into the water. fortunately dragoncare sold me a new set. i have started making a copy of the instructions so i can write all over them. i also will carry half built models upstairs to work on when it's cold and downstairs when it warms up and some little part will fall off. i have corrected this by always putting the model in a box before moving. yesterday i spent 20 minutes looking for a part, decided i would have to fabricate one, looked again and i had already attached it to the hull. i do the same thing w/ xacto's, close in work, and no glasses. i can't use magnifiers, my eyeball/hand boreesight range is wierd. and i have "caught" a brand new xacto sideways with my thighs when it dropped. i am breaking this one. when wet sanding a small piece sometimes i just lick it instead of dipping it in water.

Bad habit!!

Rubbing my eyes when I take my glasses off to do close up work!.............Not a good idea when you have an x-acto in hand or glue on your fingers.

Nothing has happened yet but I've had a few close calls.

 

My worst habit? I get that great new kit and my mind starts racing with all of the things I want to add. So I crack it open and pull the instructions and decals, then retire to the reading area and start to pull down books and old articles. Before you know it, I've lost either the cartoon pages or the decal sheet, or both. Can't tell you how many times.

Never tried to catch the knife. I tend to keep my lap as far back from the bench as possible so I won't get a free vasectomy.

RedCorvette

Modeling while drinking red wine.

Trying to catch Exacto knives when they roll off my workbench.

Mark

That is another advantage to having that apron in place. It has saved me from thigh stabs several times on occasions when I did remember to put it in place. My reaction times are not enough these days to catch the knife before it hits my lap.

RedCorvette

Trying to catch Exacto knives when they roll off my workbench.

Oops....

Tried that myself a couple of times, and discovered it's not beneficial to the continued pursuit of modeling.....

Modeling while drinking red wine.

Trying to catch Exacto knives when they roll off my workbench.

Mark

 

 

A little time in a Russian "work camp" will take care of the last two.

I have three:

1) living life on the razor's edge

2) booze

3) drugs...

That's why I must have about ten pairs of Wally World cheaters around the house, getting old bites.

My biggest bad habbit is getting in a hurry and forgeting to test fit things..... ALL things, which would save a ton of sanding and "adjusting" later.

fermis

 

Don Stauffer:

 

I have two bad habits/........

....... It is not until I drop the first part on the floor, during each session,....

 

I'd say you have 3 bad habbits!!!

1.Glasses...2.Apron...3. Dropping parts

Show me a modeler who doesn't occasionally drop parts and I'll...I'll....- heck I probably couldn't see him if you did show him to me- I couldn't find my glasses :_)

Don Stauffer

I have two bad habits/........

....... It is not until I drop the first part on the floor, during each session,....

I'd say you have 3 bad habbits!!!

1.Glasses...2.Apron...3. Dropping parts

Don, don't feel too bad

I have at least one recurring habit,,,,that one that happens every start of session

The very first time I go to paint with the airbrush, every single first time,,,,,,I get it all set, and push the plunger down,,,,,and nothing happens,,,,,,,then,,,,,I connect the quick disconnect on the other end of the braided hose

after that,,,,,not every time, but far too often,,,,,,I push the plunger again,,,,,,,and realize that now might be a good time to start the compressor up and fill the tank

once I am over those two humps I am pretty much good to go,,,,,,unless I use a paint brush and go to clean it and find out I didn't get a jar of thinner to swish the brush into,,,,,or something equal to that, that should be automatic each session

 

Rex