After reading some of the posts I've came up with a little list of rules for scale modelers. This includes everyone. Please feel free to add to it.
1) The kit you want really badly, and have searched years for, is only found when you have no money.
2) When using tweezers, the part you are holding can and will be launched into the wilds and never seen alive again. The distance is also proportional to how badly you need the part.
3) The paint you thought was a perfect match, isn't
4) A dropped loaded brush will always land point down, but only after hittting everything on the way down.
5) Ditto for a dropped knife, but it usually involves blood too.
6) After reading all the hype and hearing how good the soon to be released kit is, it isn't.
7) There is no kit of the particular variant you need to complete your set.
8) The amount of damage to a dropped kit is in direct proportion to the amount of time and money invested in it.
9) There are NO cheap kits. (AM, PE, etc. etc. etc.)
10) Only after finishing a kit will you find out that your research is wrong.
I know there are more out there, so lets hear them.
Kevin M. Bodkins
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