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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 2:07 PM
Ye, i usually do put them on the floor, just typical this happens when I don't. Thing is we have had this happen before and our wing mirrors fold in at the press of a button, but on this occasion I didn't bother. It could have been worse, just a minor scuff on the wing mirror and the model was easy to fix. So I need to learn from this lesson on both counts.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 12:35 PM

Allan, it is a bad feeling indeed!  And I tend to have a hair trigger temper. When tripped,  0 to 60 in an instant! Much slower to reset though... Lol!

Bish, that really sucks! I'm glad to hear it was not too bad. I drive like an 80 year old grandma when I am transporting a build to clubs... and I have learned to package and place them more protectively for transport. Can't fall to the floorboard if they are already there! And no loose objects over them either to fall on them...

 

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 11:41 AM
Me and my big mouth. What was I saying about not yet breaking a model while on the way to the club night. I was taking my recently finished 35th Marder and 72nd Warrior to the club last night. Each was in their own box on the front seat of the car. We live out in the sticks with lots of narrow winding country roads and not far from home some idiot taking up three quarters of the road clipped my wing mirror. I slammed on the breaks and the warrior flew off the seat. I turned round to try and catch the other car which hadn't stopped but by then he was gone. When I checked the box, the warriors barrel had snapped off. Fortunately it was not worse and I was not far from home so I nipped back and quickly glued it back on, and no one seemed to notice.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 6:35 AM

Like new! I've had my share of completed kits flying off/crashing. That split-second between you losing your grasp and the kit hitting the ground ... Terribly sinking feeling.

 

 

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 1:31 AM

Thankfully, a very easy recovery. Hmm

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 12:49 AM
Nice recovery.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 10:28 PM

While working on another project today, I mixed up enough Black to take care of the dings on this one. Yesterday you saw them...

now you dont!

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, August 24, 2015 7:22 PM

Thank you Tojo. I hope that you keep on watching...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, August 24, 2015 6:39 PM

I seemed to have missed this one,interesting build and a great job on the camo.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, August 24, 2015 5:08 PM

Bish
I think you got off lightly there. But that chipping on the front does look rather nice. Though I would not suggest this as a means of weathering.
 

Agreed on both counts... Whistling

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Monday, August 24, 2015 4:54 PM
I think you got off lightly there. But that chipping on the front does look rather nice. Though I would not suggest this as a means of weathering.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, August 24, 2015 4:51 PM

Karl, I do like to thinkof myself as a useful contributor at this place... even if I do gripe about some things...

 

GM, that would have been real ugly real fast I imagine...

 

well here are my damage report photos...

worst hit, left rear upper corner

lighter damage, left front upper area

and an overall view

some of the bottom got scraped up too, but hey, it's the bottom... it looked worse on impact as all the tacked on doors went flying off, but thankfully, non of the glued on parts broke off...

 

 

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Saturday, August 22, 2015 7:58 PM

Guy I worked with put an architectural model on the roof of his car, opened the door, got in drove off. major disaster.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Saturday, August 22, 2015 7:55 PM

Nice work whipping this into shape, Carlos! And thanks for featuring it here on the Armor forum! YesSmile

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:24 PM

Damn gravity. Worst invention ever if you ask me.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:21 PM

Bish
Yep, done that, usually when I am going out the shed for a paint session.  

 

I had that happen at my old house several times. I built in my work room and did painting in the garage. There was no interior connection in the house to the garage, so I had to use some side doors to transfer kits from one to the other. And that narrow side yard just happened to run in the same direction as the prevailing winds, and act as a wind tunnel of sorts. On more than one occasion I got to see aerodynamic lift of certain designs demonstrated when a particularly strong gust would blow and the aircraft would rise out of its' transport box, acheive momentary flight, and then stall when gravity overcame lift...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 22, 2015 3:55 PM
Yep, done that, usually when I am going out the shed for a paint session. I have yet to drop a completed build while taking it to the club, but there is still time for that. And when it does, you will hear it all the way across the pond.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, August 22, 2015 3:47 PM

Bish

Woundered where this had good, she looks nice carlos. But i have to ask, why was it on your drive. It does not even have any wheels on it.

Or perhaps it did. You didn't happen to find it propped up on bricks did you Wink

 

Well I was taking it to IPMS meeting last night and trying to load it into my car.... being stubborn I did not put the box down prior to opening the door and while doing that, the build got knocked out of the box to the concrete below... fortunately no major damage... save perhaps to my neighbors' ears as I let out a stream of bad words as it fell and until I examined the results...

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, August 22, 2015 3:39 PM

Woundered where this had good, she looks nice carlos. But i have to ask, why was it on your drive. It does not even have any wheels on it.

Or perhaps it did. You didn't happen to find it propped up on bricks did you Wink

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, August 22, 2015 3:33 PM

Thanks RB.

A week or so ago I was able to do the touch up work on the camo on this project

 

 

 

 

 

and then the other day I airbrushed on the Future coat to get it ready for decals

 

 

 

unfortunately yesterday evening there was an accident where this fell to the driveway and took a ding on one corner so I need to touch that up before I proceed...

 

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2006
  • From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Posted by RBaer on Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:47 AM

Very nice camo, really looks the part regardless of the sheen.

Apprentice rivet counter.

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 5:44 PM

Thank you Karl.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:11 PM

That's a nice camo job, Carlos!

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, July 27, 2015 11:12 PM

That sounds like an exercise in masking... The big ones would be easy, but the little ones... Yuck!

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Monday, July 27, 2015 11:00 PM

You should give painting the crosses a shot.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, July 27, 2015 8:57 PM

Masks?! We don't need no stinking masks!;)

Thanks guys.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Monday, July 27, 2015 8:10 PM

Fantastic work on camo. Really tight!

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    January 2011
  • From: Commonwealth of Virginia
Posted by Tal Afar Dave on Monday, July 27, 2015 8:08 PM

Whaaatttt??? Freehand??? You go, Carlos!!!  Looks great!

TAD

2022 New Year's Resolution:  Enter 1 group build and COMPLETE a build this year!!  Why Photobucket did you rob me of my one Group Build Badge???  Must be part of the strong anti-Monogram cartel!!!

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, July 27, 2015 6:40 PM

I'm glad to hear that you like it Greg.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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