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Posted by ZzZGuy on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 10:04 PM

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.

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Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven befor you, and hear the lamentations of the woman!

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 10:57 PM
Thanks Ross Big Smile [:D] I've pretty much got the piece drilled out & am cleaning out between the rungs now. So far so good....
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Posted by Triarius on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 10:47 PM
 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. 

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 10:06 PM
 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 

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Posted by Mist086 on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 11:30 AM
 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

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Posted by Triarius on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 9:27 AM

 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 Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 9:00 AM
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!!
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Posted by dkmacin on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 5:37 AM

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

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Posted by Daveman on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 4:02 AM

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...

 

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Posted by hkshooter on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:08 PM
Today I glued the lower wing onto my AM P-51A. An hour before I noticed that I forgot to put in the instrument panel.Shock [:O]Blush [:I]
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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:59 PM
 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



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Posted by dkmacin on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:04 PM

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

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.
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Posted by jtilley on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:20 PM

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."

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:29 PM
 scottrc wrote:
Been there tooBig Smile [:D]

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.


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Posted by scottrc on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:49 PM
Been there tooBig Smile [:D]

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.

jwb
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Posted by jwb on Monday, October 23, 2006 8:47 PM
My creeping insanity is different. I constantly forget to do stuff. I was looking at a Spitfire I'm working on tonight..... I've aready painted the exterior- and realized I forgot to fill gaps in about 3 places. I was painting the nose of a P-47 red, and when I was done- se tthe plane down on it's nose!

I guess I hurry too much.... or I'm just losing my mind. Or both. Wink [;)]

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Posted by Triarius on Monday, October 23, 2006 7:05 PM
BUUOOOWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

YOU'RE DOOOOOMED! DOOOMMEDD I SAY!

BUUOOOWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ayep. Bin der. Dun dat. Drilled out every opening on a 1/144 F-105. Built a pilot figure for it from scratch. Engraved the panel lines (some under a microscope). And that wasn't the tiniest detail work I've done, either. It was in 1/700 scale, and you can't see it without a microscope… <wanders off, cackling like an insane loon…>

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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Posted by Hippy-Ed on Monday, October 23, 2006 6:47 PM
 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.



Actually there is a name for it...  Acute Modelers' Syndrome (AMS)

It affects everyone at some pointShock [:O]
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Creeping insanity ...
Posted by mfsob on Monday, October 23, 2006 6:24 PM
... 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.
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