Awwww man!

SeaBee

Member since
March 2004
From: Paarl, South Africa

Awwww man!

Posted by SeaBee on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:20 AM

Sorry, but I need to mention this to somebody who will inderstand... my wife just looked at me this morning with this "And your problem is...?"-look when I spilled my disgust (in myself) to her.

My first part of my first ever a/c detail set is 90% finished. Must say, quite impressed with what I accomplised - it's the fwd instrument panel. Took my time, all painting, highlighting, lowlighting, etc. done by Sunday. This morning I "just quickly" wanted to add the dial sheet.... and ehhhrmmm... for the first time ever... I completely mislayed a part! I cannot find that instrument panel for the life of me. Angry [:(!]

All I can think of (a few choice words excluded... Smile [:)]

) is that I must have mislaid it or that it got knocked off my bench in my efforts of decalling my KRJR Suzi. How can one man be so stupid?!

The search will continue this eve, but after this morning's search, I am not filled with optimism. At least I still have the original kit part (spot my enthusiasm...)

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rjkplasticmod

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

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:38 AM

Been there Done that. Good luck on your search, hope you find the little devil.

RICK

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

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:39 AM

I know what you mean, read this one it may help you http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13499

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:42 AM

Happy Hunting!!! Hope you find it. We've all been there.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:44 AM

My sympathies Christo. We all have those encounters with Murphy's law every now and then. I could tell you about my diorama that got squashed by a tv, the P-51 spinner I dissolved in thinner, etc etc. Dead [xx(]

. Welcome to the club. Oh, by the way: most women just don't understand. They can't help it. It's gotta be in the genes Big Smile [:D]

.

I said MOST women, Cassibill, MOST women Blush [:I]

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:42 AM

Nice save Fillbert!!! I will spare you Tongue [:P]

I'm exceptional for a woman anyway- I'm mildly color blind(shade differance mostly).

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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leemitcheltree

Member since
January 2003
From: Washington State

Posted by leemitcheltree on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:47 AM

Murphy's Law, man...............
You'll find it. It's just GOT to be there somewhere!!
When that happens to me, I usually find it AFTER I've replaced the missing decals or scratchbuilt a new part to replace the lost one....................

Cheers, LeeTree
Remember, Safety Fast!!!

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Quagmyre

Member since
December 2003
From: and just won't go away.

Posted by Quagmyre on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:03 PM

Check the litter box (or back yard). That's where I eventually found one of the crew members to my B-29. Poor guy. Imagine how traumatic that must have been. I'm sympathisizing with the B-29 crew member, of course.

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1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete
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Tailspinturtle

Member since
February 2004
From: Connecticut

Posted by Tailspinturtle on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:27 PM

It doesn't help much with misplacing things (that's done with a place for everything and everything in it's place, grasshopper), but I've discovered that the easter egg hunt aspect of most of my "dropped" and some of my "propelled" parts is eliminated by wearing an old-fashioned work apron and adjusting it so it forms something like a pouch. I just hope the Modeling Law of Physics doesn't have a mutable and dark side.

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DBFSS385

Member since
September 2003
From: Connecticut

Posted by DBFSS385 on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:46 PM

Hey Seabee; I looked around here.. Nope I couldn't find it either.. Sorrry, I'll send a post if it shows up...
Hey try the clothes dryer.. Lost stuff always shows up in there. Clown [:o)]

Be Well/DBF Walt

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:17 PM

I lost a spinner to a Junkers, I think it fell behind my desk...
My 400lb behemoth of a desk that used to be the receptionist desk at an office.
No way am I going to tear that apart to look for it.

I have a plan, oh yes I have a plan. There is 5" between the desk and the wall.
I've been sending in my thief...a 4 month old ferret...one of these days he'll find it ands drag it out....I'm betting it will appear in his litter box.

Pure genius..muhahahahahaha

Murphys Law.....Not just a theory, but a way of Life. Eight Ball [8]

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nmayhew

Member since
July 2003
From: Kent, England

Posted by nmayhew on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:24 PM

yep, you know the moment you order a replacement part etc, it just appears from nowhere!!! must be a conspiracy!! Tongue [:P]

regards,
nick

Kind regards, Nicholas

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wibhi2

Member since
March 2003
From: Brooklyn

Posted by wibhi2 on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:26 PM

another part enters the neather world. I must have an entire kits worth of parts ,pieces and tidbits that have vanished from this world.

One day Murphy is going to assemble all these lost parts in a box and sell'em online Tongue [:P]

3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation

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Awood23

Member since
May 2003
From: Belgium

Posted by Awood23 on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:08 PM

Been there...
only thing more frustrating is knocking a clear canopy on the floor and in an effort to retrieve you realize your standing on it. Disapprove [V]

At least if its just lost theres a chance to find it. As to the spinner behind the desk... had a similar problem with a landing gear that went under a fridge that was bolted to the floor. A dowel rod with boxing tape wrapped around it sticky side out retrieved it for me (along with some other nasties that had accumulated under there Dead [xx(]

)
good luck fellas... maybe a prayer to the plastic god might help :)

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:44 PM

Hey... try finding a 1/72 F-104 HUD, UNPAINTED on a white tile floor! That took a looong time! Use the shadows... they help you. And sometimes they talk to you! Confused [%-)]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:50 PM

I understand your plight... I've been working on a F4u for the past 46 months . In January I acidently put my wee TV on The small fusalage peice that sits behind the cocpit. It went fling and sounded like it went into a cardboard box.
I share3 my model room with my wifes crafts. She has boxes full of dried flowers, pine cones, ribbins, junk from yard sales that no one wants that she figures she can can make a center peice out of.
I spent two weeks going through each box peice by peice Twice but never found it... untill the other day when I found it in a small box in my drawer under were the TV sits.
Every time she passes the craft room and finds me on my prayer boones searching the floor she just giggles and shakes her head.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:09 PM

I always drop to the floor at eye level, and carefully search for a few minutes at a time, holding a flash light in hand. Of course the cats are always curious to figure out why I'm looking for a piece on the floor in the bedroom, that they're playing with in the kitchen!!!

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SeaBee

Member since
March 2004
From: Paarl, South Africa

Posted by SeaBee on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:47 AM

Thanks guys and girl(s)! I knew you'd understand! Blush [:I]

Kik36: I was really worried, because I have 2 similar problems called Labradors. Esp the younger one picks up anything that looks a bit different. Imagine the damage that thing can do to an intestinal tract...

BTW, still reading that "Lesson in physics" - great (and sooo true) stuff!

I turned over the room. Looked everywhere I allready looked, including under the bench. Which was where it was, wedged beneath my 1:1 scale hammer. I am at this stage presuming it fell down in my decalling efforts and decided to crawl into a deep, dark and safe place (for me to find it) in fear of the Labs! (It was quite deep underneath the bench.) At least my 2 hours of searching weren't for nothing!

I've dropped many a part before, but this is the first one I was completely unaware of brushing it off and thus didn't have an idea whether I misplaced it or what! At least all is well and the fun can continue!

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72cuda

Member since
July 2003
From: USA

Posted by 72cuda on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:55 PM

hey SeaBee;
what you need to do is put the kit away for now, then start on the next build and wella the missing part will mysteriously reappear on the work bench, gosh I hate those modeling gremlins

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Was a Hawg Jet Fixer, now I'm a FRED Fixer

'Cuda

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scottrc

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

Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:31 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by SeaBee

Thanks guys and girl(s)! I knew you'd understand!

Kik36: I was really worried, because I have 2 similar problems called Labradors. Esp the younger one picks up anything that looks a bit different. Imagine the damage that thing can do to an intestinal tract...

BTW, still reading that "Lesson in physics" - great (and sooo true) stuff!

I turned over the room. Looked everywhere I allready looked, including under the bench. Which was where it was, wedged beneath my 1:1 scale hammer. I am at this stage presuming it fell down in my decalling efforts and decided to crawl into a deep, dark and safe place (for me to find it) in fear of the Labs! (It was quite deep underneath the bench.) At least my 2 hours of searching weren't for nothing!

I've dropped many a part before, but this is the first one I was completely unaware of brushing it off and thus didn't have an idea whether I misplaced it or what! At least all is well and the fun can continue!

I have the same problem with a Labrador. He loves to help, except he has a tendancy to lose focus and start to "rearrange" things in my shop. While mowing my yard, I found the mizzen mast (made of boxwood) that was missing from my HMS Endeavor.

Ditto too on the look from the wife. They just don't understand the trauma when we lost that little part. Especially when that little parts was resin or brass that cost around $15. They think losing a nail is bad.

Scott

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 7:00 PM

On my last build ( which is currently in the closet out of digust ), I was standing at the open window above my carport spraying gear doors being held with a clothes pin.
The pin popped the part out the window into the driveway somewhere. It was night time, the trash and recycling were below the window. Next day, my Wife and I tore the driveway apart looking for it. No luck. Sad [:(]

Needless to say, I then decided it was time for a spray booth. Blush [:I]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:39 PM

I have lost the main landing gear struts to a Ta-154 AND a1/48th F-16B (two-seater) canopy!! I have no idea how I managed that.

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traveller

Member since
February 2003
From: Towradgi, near the beach!

Posted by traveller on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 11:05 PM

Been there, done that!!! Good luck!! I have mislaid 1/350 scale sub spray sheild!!!

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Jim Barton

Member since
February 2003

Posted by Jim Barton on Monday, May 3, 2004 4:01 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Filibert Kraxner

My sympathies Christo. We all have those encounters with Murphy's law every now and then. I could tell you about my diorama that got squashed by a tv, the P-51 spinner I dissolved in thinner, etc etc.. Welcome to the club. Oh, by the way: most women just don't understand. They can't help it. It's gotta be in the genes .

I said MOST women, Cassibill, MOST women

Your diorama was squashed by a TV?[:0] How in the world did THAT happen?

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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Jim Barton

Member since
February 2003

Posted by Jim Barton on Monday, May 3, 2004 4:11 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by scottrc

QUOTE: Originally posted by SeaBee

Thanks guys and girl(s)! I knew you'd understand!

Kik36: I was really worried, because I have 2 similar problems called Labradors. Esp the younger one picks up anything that looks a bit different. Imagine the damage that thing can do to an intestinal tract...

BTW, still reading that "Lesson in physics" - great (and sooo true) stuff!

I turned over the room. Looked everywhere I allready looked, including under the bench. Which was where it was, wedged beneath my 1:1 scale hammer. I am at this stage presuming it fell down in my decalling efforts and decided to crawl into a deep, dark and safe place (for me to find it) in fear of the Labs! (It was quite deep underneath the bench.) At least my 2 hours of searching weren't for nothing!

I've dropped many a part before, but this is the first one I was completely unaware of brushing it off and thus didn't have an idea whether I misplaced it or what! At least all is well and the fun can continue!

I have the same problem with a Labrador. He loves to help, except he has a tendancy to lose focus and start to "rearrange" things in my shop. While mowing my yard, I found the mizzen mast (made of boxwood) that was missing from my HMS Endeavor.

Ditto too on the look from the wife. They just don't understand the trauma when we lost that little part. Especially when that little parts was resin or brass that cost around $15. They think losing a nail is bad.

Scott

I guess that's why it's called the "mizzen" mast--because sometimes it turns up "mizzen." Big Smile [:D]

(Sorry, couldn't resist that one!) I asked Filbert how his TV ended up on the diorama; now I'm curious: how did the mizzen mast end up in the lawn?

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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SeaBee

Member since
March 2004
From: Paarl, South Africa

Posted by SeaBee on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 1:26 AM

Having the same problem, I can answer that one! His Labrador....

Either he just carried it out, or it was... well... eaten and recycled... (Ouch! Poor Lab!)

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 2:07 AM

On my previous A-10, I lost the entire back canopy! Banged Head [banghead]

.Hope you willl be able to find it. You can try to put some bright materail around your worktable or you could use a torchlight and off your workroom's lights and try looking for it. (In dark areas, when you look with a torchlight, tiny objects stand out better with bigger shadows

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