Creeping insanity ...

mfsob wrote:

... is what I call it when I realize what I'm doing late one night - I am boring out the jet intake of an E2-C Hawkeye with my No. 80 drill bit so it will have a little depth, and I am using my No. 80 bit because this thing is 1/700 scale! That, and when I found myself drilling out the sides of the SH-60 helicopters so they would have an "open door" effect, a door that is about 1/8-inch wide ... I believe I am having an acute attack of Insane Detail Disease.

Acute Modelers' Syndrome (AMS)

It affects everyone at some point

scottrc wrote:

Been there too Or the time I spent superdetailing a cockpit only to forget to put it in the fuslage after glueing the fuse halves together. Sometimes it is not a good idea to go and model after working an 18 hr shift.

Scottrc's story reminds me of  a story I read somewhere or other about a "medal" called the MHDOIF (Most Highly Derogatory Order of the Irremovable Finger).  It was "presented" to worthy recipients by the editors of an RAF service magazine during World War II. 

One of the honorees was cited for "spending twenty minutes flying circles around a flashing red light, before discovering that it was attached to his left wingtip."  Another, when his CO chewed him out for taxiing too fast in a crowded area of the airfield, explained that "I knew the aircraft's brakes didn't work, and was in a hurry to get to the hangar before an accident occurred."

A bazillion years ago I built Monograms Coast Guard Hu16E and for got to put the nose gear in before I glued the fuseluge halves together. I just opened my last original kit of the HU16 and guess what I did?

Does that mean I'll be okay doc? I mean my creeping idiocy is staying the same right?

Don

dkmacin wrote:

A bazillion years ago I built Monograms Coast Guard Hu16E and for got to put the nose gear in before I glued the fuseluge halves together. I just opened my last original kit of the HU16 and guess what I did? Does that mean I'll be okay doc? I mean my creeping idiocy is staying the same right?   Don

My "Asleep at the modeling desk" award was for installing a bunch of nose weight in a taildragger.  Ended up having to glue it to a base, because it wouldn't sit without nosing over.  My club members suggested that I build a clear plastic stand to hold the nose up...

Me again, I could qualify for a life time achievment award. . .

Anyway, I finally get to the bench, beverage of choice, tunes and I am ready to tackle the PE Seat belt set. . . Going good until I get to the adjusters. Get it bent to shape and zing, off it goes. Flashlight in hand and the lamps turned to the floor I go in search of the MIA part.  Knees aching, I remember these are stainless steel parts so a quick trip to the fridge to grab a magnet, and back on safari. I found several staples and a PE piece I lost several kits ago but these parts are not stainless! Low and behold though, I found it! Lamps back, flashlight off and we're back.

Zing.

After another successful search of twenty minutes, I decide the PE is not ready to be used today and so, shut it down for the night, and knock the piece back unto the floor. I'm letting it rest there for the night to show it who's boss.

Don

Hippy-Ed wrote:

I'm attempting to scratchbuild a 1/72 ladder for my PT-109 using a popsicle stick... So far I've gone thru a box of popsicles as everytine I go to clean out between the rungs... the wood splits!!

Try saturating the wood with CA or PEG (polyethylene glycol) and clean it up after it dries. 

dkmacin wrote:

Me again, I could qualify for a life time achievment award. . . Anyway, I finally get to the bench, beverage of choice, tunes and I am ready to tackle the PE Seat belt set. . . Going good until I get to the adjusters. Get it bent to shape and zing, off it goes. Flashlight in hand and the lamps turned to the floor I go in search of the MIA part.  Knees aching, I remember these are stainless steel parts so a quick trip to the fridge to grab a magnet, and back on safari. I found several staples and a PE piece I lost several kits ago but these parts are not stainless! Low and behold though, I found it! Lamps back, flashlight off and we're back. Zing. After another successful search of twenty minutes, I decide the PE is not ready to be used today and so, shut it down for the night, and knock the piece back unto the floor. I'm letting it rest there for the night to show it who's boss.   Don

Has anyone figured out a way to kill that dreaded Carpet Monster?  Nothing like trying to put a machine gun on a back turret with the tweezer and suddenly....ACHOOO!!!!  I swear the monster reach up and tickled my nose

Triarius wrote:

Hippy-Ed wrote: I'm attempting to scratchbuild a 1/72 ladder for my PT-109 using a popsicle stick... So far I've gone thru a box of popsicles as everytine I go to clean out between the rungs... the wood splits!! Try saturating the wood with CA or PEG (polyethylene glycol) and clean it up after it dries.

Ross, I tried with Elmer's white glue but, no joy. did discover that 2 pieces of .20 styrene is the same thickness so am attempting that now 

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Triarius wrote:  Hippy-Ed wrote: I'm attempting to scratchbuild a 1/72 ladder for my PT-109 using a popsicle stick... So far I've gone thru a box of popsicles as everytine I go to clean out between the rungs... the wood splits!! Try saturating the wood with CA or PEG (polyethylene glycol) and clean it up after it dries.    Ross, I tried with Elmer's white glue but, no joy. did discover that 2 pieces of .20 styrene is the same thickness so am attempting that now

Styrene is much easier to work with than wood! White glue will  usually not penetate very well, CA and PEG will. 

lets see.

 I have yet to build a model without something going missing.

And sometimes wake up at 3am (or i can't sleep) and so i start vigerious work on whatever model i have giong at the time.

 It is also rare for me to work on a model befor it's dark outside.