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Any body run into this problem.
Posted by SNOOPY on Saturday, September 4, 2004 12:44 PM
My hobby room is carpeted. I have not vacuumed it in a while. My wife says I should but I just know that I will start vacuuming and hear that crunk, ding, bang sound of a spare or needed lost part goes in the dusty garbage abyss of no return. Just makes me cringe.Smile [:)]
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Posted by MikeV on Saturday, September 4, 2004 12:47 PM
Put a piece of pantyhose material over the end of the hose and hold it there with a rubber band. Then go over the areas where you model and it will pick up any parts in the carpet and they will be held against the pantyhose material instead of getting sucked into the vacuum bag. Wink [;)]

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Posted by diggeraone on Saturday, September 4, 2004 12:47 PM
Snoopy we all go throught this.To help you,change the vac bag.Then you will have a clean bag to sfit throught and find all those spare parts.Digger
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 4, 2004 12:54 PM
spend some hours on your knees picking up everything ytou want, then vacume the rest
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Posted by leemitcheltree on Saturday, September 4, 2004 8:17 PM
Digger has the right idea.
I change out the vacuum cleaner bag - put in a new one - and vacuum away.
The new bag empties easily, and I usually find what I've lost.
But prevention is better than cure - I try not to drop stuff in the first place, or I keep looking till I find it - my wife and kids have been known to crawl around on their hands and knees helping to find that elusive little bit of plastic.......

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Posted by LemonJello on Saturday, September 4, 2004 9:00 PM
This is definitely a "been there, done that" situation in the LemonJello household. I give it about 15 or 20 minutes and then declare it lost. That's when it will magically appear! At least it works for me...
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Posted by wbill76 on Saturday, September 4, 2004 9:14 PM
I found some lost PE pieces that I was working on two weeks ago today...the carpet "grows" pieces kinda like a farmer's field will "grow" rocks....of course it's too late for that bit of PE now, but it did resurface. I too follow the 15 minute search party rule...even have a high power flashlight that I use to light up the area. If I can't find it in that space of time, it's time to scratchbuild or rig up a replacement. The carpet monster can be cruel at times, that's for sure...
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Posted by fightnjoe on Saturday, September 4, 2004 9:47 PM
hey wait how come my wife just says move when it is time to vacume. she doesnt allow the choice.

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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, September 5, 2004 7:43 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by LemonJello

This is definitely a "been there, done that" situation in the LemonJello household. I give it about 15 or 20 minutes and then declare it lost. That's when it will magically appear! At least it works for me...


lol! that's exactly what happens to me! Or worse, right after I cement the fuselage halves together and set it to dry, something light colored on the carpet catches my eye, and it's the piece I had to work from sprue or something right there..

It's a cruel cruel carpet at time...

Been thinking black carpet is the way to go... better would be black wood floors so they can't get in the pile but then they'd bounce.. and laminate doesn't paint well..
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Posted by Swanny on Sunday, September 5, 2004 9:47 AM
I have had the same issue, once I'm done with the kitchen floor I am ripping the carpet out of my model room and going to hard wood floors. Hear that Carpet Monster??? Your days are numbered!
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Posted by qmiester on Sunday, September 5, 2004 7:46 PM
LemonJello, tho9900,
You guys have to tell me how you do it. My missing parts don't come back until I've scatchbuilt, installed and painted a replacement. What am I doing wrong?
Quincy
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Posted by LemonJello on Sunday, September 5, 2004 9:26 PM
I think the missing/lost piece KNOWS that I gave up looking for it and so it shows itself before I finish the step its needed for and then just toss it. Those pieces are evil, but they don't want to be left off the model.

Maybe I need better ventilation in my workshop/office too...
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Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, September 9, 2004 9:14 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by LemonJello

I think the missing/lost piece KNOWS that I gave up looking for it and so it shows itself before I finish the step its needed for and then just toss it. Those pieces are evil, but they don't want to be left off the model.


What he said.....


---Tom---

Actually mine usually don't show up until I ditch the model, save the airframe to use as practice for airbrushing and move on to the next model...

It's like OHHHHH... THAT's where that piece fell!!! (always in the opposite direction that it fell) One time I even found one under the library table in the family room... I think it tried hard to escape until it collapsed from fatigue and dehydration... or it got caught in my dogs fur... but I like the whole 'died while trying to reach freedom' theory...
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Posted by tigerman on Friday, September 10, 2004 8:22 PM
I stressed a bit yesterday whan I thought I lost a tiny piece. I have one of those plastic floor matts under my chair so I can manuveur around. I finally found the piece with a flashlight held horizontially against the plastic matt.

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Posted by armydogdoc on Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:34 AM
LOL, those are great stories, but Ive got a good one that happend to me yesterday. I was modeling a 5 ton, and I dropped one of the head light guards. I looked and looked and looked and could not find it. Later that day, I was sitting at my desk and low and behold the piece had fallen on my desert uniform and glued itself there. being sand color it blended right in. LMAO, isnt it funny how things work themselves out.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 11, 2004 10:57 AM
missing parts slip into a missing piece 7th dimension. similar to the biro land in hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy. once you replace the part, they return to the 3rd dimension. doesnt everyone know this ? Wink [;)]
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