Hard lesson to learn

     Don't feel too bad.  My 1st lighting project, on a Jedi Starfighter, is still sitting in a box too, with all its wires and LED's.  I spent probably two months, on and off, digging out trenches and cutting and re-cutting wire to fit.  I finally moved to another project just to take my mind off of it.  I'm almost ready to go back to it.  Just one or two more "normal" kits. LOL

Good lesson learned. My first attempt at lighting is still in a box being ignored.

My lessons learned... Don't Be Cheep.

don't be cheep, change the darn exacto blade, you can't stretch it out and cut clean lines.

Don't be cheep and use super old paint in an airbrush.. but new paint {or a new airbrush!}

don't be cheep - get some GOOD brushes.

It costs more to be cheep

Good lesson to learn, and at least youve learned from it.

"The only mistakes are ones we dont learn from"