Domino Effect....A Little Humor

add the wheels last?

Well seeing as you said a little humour .....

Set the model gently down on the desk in front of you.

Stare at it for an hour with your hands holding your chin and your elbows on the desk. Note .. it is important during this phaze that you maintain eye contact at all times with the kit and not touch it.

Now comes choice time.
You can buy another kit just the same and use one for the parts that you break for spares.
You can throw your hands in the air and the kit in the bin and move on to the next project.
Or you can clean up this kit a little, not worry about a part rattling around inside (are you going to pick the kit up and shake the daylights out of it when you're done ?) and scratchbuild the little stick shifty thing. And use this kit as a bit or a learning experience.

Like U-96 has already stated .... put the landing gear on last ... I'll go one further and say put all the little fidgety bits on last.

Don't give up ... believe me when I say we all have days, weeks and sometimes months that go like this.

Just put it on the floor and step on it.

I agree with hou_ge2000. There's nothing quite so cathartic as stomping a model...unless, of course, you take it outside and see if it will fly when you throw it...as hard as you can....in the general direction of that big brick wall.
Gip Winecoff

The worst thing that I have done to one that was giving me some problems was add realistic battle damage with a .22 rifle . Not in the house of course!

Jerry

It's at times like this when an M-80 really comes in handy.

ALLRIGHT!! The venerable M80. Stuff it in the cocpit, light it, and THEN throw the plane as hard as you can to see if it will fly!!.
Gip Winecoff

i think i'd shed a tear or two and feel terribly stupid and sorry for myself for a little while, then go out and buy another one and try again ( that's a good reason to model in smaller scales; i don't spend that much on the kit to begin with). after my latest project, i definitey feel ur pain ! and this is supposed to be relaxing, right ? sometimes i don't think so.... but then i take a deep breath and remind myself it's only plastic. don't let it bring u down...keep ur sunny side up!
frosty

Kids love toys. Give it to some kids, then you won't have to watch the actual destruction, but get the satisfaction in knowing that it's lifespan is indeed limited.

I can't make a funny reply because, it has happened to me too

I was grabbing something off the floor, on the way up, I bumped my warbird shelf (only 1 on this one thank goodness) I tried the quick reflexes, let's grab it before it hits the floor, I hit it instead, spun it around a hundred miles an hour... it hit the floor loosing the propeller blade, spare gas tank and antenna.

Thing is, if I would have let it just fall, would have probably been fine.

When all else fails, use a bigger hammer!
Lee

That model sounds like a prime candidate for what I call the "Do it yourself Davis-Monthan" Named after Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona, home to AMARC, the "boneyard" of surplus USAF aircraft.

Keep it on hand for all kinds of canibalizing for other models or diorama debris.

These sort of beat up affairs are also good for perfecting and testing building and painting techniques. I learned the finer points of proper filler putty application on a failed kit.

Mess it up a bit more and...

make a dio of a crashed plane?

He-he-he.

Apply tube cement liberally into the cockpit interior. THEN place the M-80, light the whole mess, throw across the lawn while making machine-gun noises with your lips. Scream maniacally so that all the neighbors will hear: "GOT HIM! " as loudly as possible immediately after the afformentioned M-80 explodes. Smiling victoriously, return to the house in triumph and raid the fridge before you head into town to buy that next kit.

And remember my motto!

Take up stained glass or pottery?

stiff upper lip, all engines ahead full, carry on lad.
laugh

Mike

Aren't you really glad now that you joined the FSM support group ?

LOL

Rent a Godzilla or other monster suit, put the plane on the floor and let your imagination go wild....

I agree with Midnightprowler! I had a similar situation get the better of me a few years ago and with the judicious application of a 32 oz ball peen hammer all was right with the world.

Do you know anyone with a fish tank?
Drop it in there with the fish, let them figure it out while you have beer or three & relax before you go back to the hobby store (unless of course you are under age) in which case your model cash becomes bail money and you won't be able to afford a new kit. So while you're sitting in the cell, you'll have lots of time to ponder where you went wrong.
This will lead to the conclusion that it's all the hobby stores fault & you can start a whole new exciting career as an arsonist.
Have fun!
Pete

.22 rifles, M-80s.

What, am I the only one who's ever considered taking a few model rocket engines and testing the true aerodynamic potential of a model that has gotten me in a bad mood?

QUOTE: .22 rifles, M-80s. What, am I the only one who's ever considered taking a few model rocket engines and testing the true aerodynamic potential of a model that has gotten me in a bad mood?

I have done all of the above, It was FUN.
Had a really sorry looking Graf Spee and a Missouri fall victim of the .22, a couple tanks that didn't survive M-80s, and one really horrible B-24 that went flying powered by an Estes rocket motor.