While I was in the Marine Corps I had to move around a lot. If one's a modeler, he sets up shop the best he can and continues his craft...but what to do with the finished models when he has to leave.
One option is to give them to friends, which I did, but I still had a few left over. One was a 1/72 B-52. I spent weeks putting it together and it hung on the ceiling for a good eight months, but then it was time to leave. No body wanted it. So what to do, what to do. I know!
I put model cement on the back of the wings and tails and lit it on fire. I was standing on the top floor of my barracks, freinds down below with cameras at the ready. I let lose and my mighty Buff "flew" for a good thirty yards before coming in for a hard landing.
The interesting part about it was, though burned (the fire went out a little before landing) the only thing damaged was the nose, which was crushed. Flung nearly a hundred feet and crashing onto concrete, it had all it's parts still attached; wings, engines, even the aux tanks.
Suggested thread:
What is the craziest thing you've done to an old model you don't want any more. (
Must be 18 or older. Kids don't try this at home. Professional drivers on closed course)
These are my next 'fire flies.' J/K
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