The weirder side of modeling.

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leemitcheltree

Member since
January 2003
From: Washington State

Posted by leemitcheltree on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:38 AM

I always get strange looks when I go to the local Chemist store and ask for 3ml syringes for resin casting.......they ALWAYS ask what I'm going to do with them.
I always take a little mold and a casting from the mold, then they're all smiles.

Cheers, LeeTree
Remember, Safety Fast!!!

kaleu

Member since
February 2003
From: Racing capital of the world- Indy

Posted by kaleu on Monday, October 18, 2004 5:48 PM

Normal would mean you were cutting her underwear up for paint strainers, wierd would be that you wear them while building models. Propeller [8-]

HAHAHAHAHAHA Mischief [:-,]

I forgot what I was going to type. Big Smile [:D]

Erik "Don't fruit the beer." Newest model buys: More than I care to think about. It's time for a support group.

razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:58 PM

Okay, I can't think of anything wierd I've done myself lately but the comments of wierd stares from store clerks reminded me of a comment made by a sculptor that I had worked with a few years ago. This guy made his own plasticine out of motor oil and vasciline and who knows what else but one day wal-mart had a sale on vasciline so he went in and bought a whole case of it (he was working on a very large sculpture). On his way to the check out he just happened to pass the aisle with rubber gloves so he picked up a box of those too.

Can you imagine what must have been going through the poor check out clerks mind when she sees a middle aged guy with a case of vasciline and rubber gloves? Shock [:O]

Dave

tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, October 18, 2004 3:18 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by scottrc

QUOTE: Originally posted by KINGTHAD

I get those same looks when I ask the father in law for his hypodermics ( he is a dentist)

Thad

My dentist as well thinks I'm little strange. I tend to get this envious look when seeing all his drills, files, picks and other tools a modeler can't live without. The latest is the UV drying expoxy resin applicator he uses for temperary fillings. Man would I could do with that tool.

My brother in law is a dentist and I have my eye on the same tool you are talking about... but I want the white light hardener to go with it... I could scratchbuild anything with that! I didn't think about hypodermics.. gonna hit him up for some next time I get a cleaning...

If he ever left me for 10 minutes alone in that place I could strip it bare!!!

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Monday, October 18, 2004 12:37 PM

Wow, the ideas you get inthe strangest places! What do you guys use hypos for? I would imagine for precision paint mixing or gluing. Give me some tips. I've got a couple of boxes full of hypos left over from some special rx's I was on a couple of years ago and have been trying to come up with uses for them.

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

"I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams

scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Friday, October 15, 2004 10:59 AM

Being a ship modeler, I can relate to being a male and being seen, alone, in female dominated beauty supply shops and the sewing departments. This fetish started in highschool. I still remember the crazy look I got from my friends sister, who happened to work at one of these stores, then I went up to the counter with an acrylic nails kit (for the tools and acrylic powder), emery boards, nail hardener, cuticle sissors, and a bunch of other goodies the typical 17 yr. old male shouldn't be seen buying.

It got worse, I began getting calls from her friends asking if I did manicures. Yuck [yuck]

Scott

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:53 AM

bones-coa, im usually in my school uniform to boot ! ah, for the love of the hobby, i will ignore those stares...........

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:51 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang

I thought armour modelling was the wierder side of modelling . Only joking lads.

[:0]

Eric

Bones-coa

Member since
April 2003
From: Savannah, GA USA

Posted by Bones-coa on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:38 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf

nail polish and nail files. i get such weird looks from the nice lady at the counter.

Oh I've got that look! Thankfully my wife is usally with me at the time.

Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:39 PM

I need to get a pic of me masking a resin kit, for this I wear an old T-shirt and stick the masking tape to it for a few minutes to reduce the tackiness.

Of course doing the mold line removal on a resin kit wearing goggles and respirators while encased in a cloud of resin dust coming of the router should also scare most novice modelers into quitting the hobby.

As for tools I think the Inquisition would make me an honorary member after seeing my tool chest.
Sculpting tool sets x2
Diamond files
Clamps
Wireloops for sculpting
etc.

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Delbert

Member since
December 2002

Posted by Delbert on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:58 PM

my DUKW being attacked by a cockatil...

I've also made some humorus images about modeling I call Modeling Funnys. they can be found at this address.

http://home.dejazzd.com/delbert3/funnys/Modelingfunnys.html

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:41 PM

nail polish and nail files. i get such weird looks from the nice lady at the counter.

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:28 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod

Nothing really weird here. Although when my wife caught me cutting up an old pair of her panty hose to make paint strainers, she thought that was weird.

Regards, Rick

Normal would mean you were cutting her underwear up for paint strainers, wierd would be that you wear them while building models. Propeller [8-]

scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:07 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by KINGTHAD

I get those same looks when I ask the father in law for his hypodermics ( he is a dentist)

Thad

My dentist as well thinks I'm little strange. I tend to get this envious look when seeing all his drills, files, picks and other tools a modeler can't live without. The latest is the UV drying expoxy resin applicator he uses for temperary fillings. Man would I could do with that tool.

KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:15 PM

I get those same looks when I ask the father in law for his hypodermics ( he is a dentist)

Thad

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:51 AM

My mother-in-law, who gives herself daily insulin injections, thought I had acquired a drug habit when I asked her to save her hypodermics for me.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:29 AM

Nothing really weird here. Although when my wife caught me cutting up an old pair of her panty hose to make paint strainers, she thought that was weird.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

upnorth

Member since
December 2002
From: Canada / Czech Republic

Posted by upnorth on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:10 AM

Hey, I make it my priority to search out weird and esoteric subjects for modeling. The weirder it is, the wider my wallet can open for it. :-)

Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:07 AM

Yeah those armor guys are weird...hey wait a minute???!![:0]...I am into armor modeling...

Big Smile [:D]

pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:00 AM

I thought armour modelling was the wierder side of modelling Laugh [(-D]

. Only joking lads.

-Daniel

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

The weirder side of modeling.

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:06 AM

In the years that I have been modeling I have done a few weird things like the following:

The Kit is an Imai 1/48 Mospeada Legioss that was just stripped of the chrome plating, rinsed and hung out to dry.(Kit was fully plated)

Abybody else got something to add to the weirder side of modeling?

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