Waring don't model when you're tired

And another caveat-  "Never model when you have been, or are, drinking!"

I've got a 1/350 Tamiya DKKM Bismark. It came with a motor, batteries and working screws. I put it together exactly how the directions specified put in rechargeable batteries and sealed and finished the deck. I put it in the bathtub to see how it worked and it gracefully sailed off..; full astern. It now sits in its own cabinet and makes a fine display. It hasn't seen the water since!!!

The caption on the photo says," making a jury rudder for the USS NIPSIC, samoa 1889. Don't know what all you guys's problem is . I certainly have never done anything like that.  Bill

I get told by my daughter that those are "senior" moments!!  Unfortunately, she says I have them alot.  I don't think I do, but she does.

How about when I was holding the work on my lap while drilling into it with my dremel. Right! Put a neat hole into my bellybutton. Ah well, call it a cheap prostatectomy; I needed one anyway.

CG Bob

That's how we become "Master Craftsmen", by making mistakes and correcting or hiding them so others don't notice them.

Precisely!  Not because I was tired, but just young and inexperienced.  I was working on that exact same kit, back when I was in the 3rd or 4th grade.  I tried to fix some severe warpage on the upper middle deck section by putting the part in a warm oven.  When I got back to the oven, the warpage was MUCH worse, and the piece was about 2/3 it's original size!  I guess the oven was a little too warm.  DOH!

Oh well, luckily, the instructions were on the same scale as the kit and I reconstructed the part from balsa wood and paint.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

Ouch!

So if you don't get enough sleep, everything becomes rudder nonsense...

OMG, I've been getting fatter and fatter and have made mistakes a lot bigger than that like forgetting my collections of threads when returning to Bangkok. I find sitting to a work session kind of a struggle now too so I'll be playing basketball more and trying to plan leaner cuisine. Slow is still fast for me though and I enjoy just looking at what I have done so far. Time to dust. Thanks, Paul Venne Bangkok Thailand- Revell Kearsarge and Alabama and Charles Morgan whaling ship. plus more.

I can't read the caption for the picture, what does it say?

I hate it when that happens...

That's how we become "Master Craftsmen", by making mistakes and correcting or hioding them so others don't notice them.

I agree Harshman,,, we all pull some good moves every now and then during a build. I seem to chalk one up every other build.

You'd think better sense would catch up with us after a while.......

(PS,,, the post title must have been in one of those moments too,, "Waring / Warning")

No worries,,  happens to all of us

I think all modeller bond to have some stupid moment...

I saw some modeller glue jeep seat wrong direction and I once glue Bismark funnel opposite direction too..

LOL  It's on t-shirts too!  It's been one of my favorite mottos for years now.  I wind up saying it at least once a week.  Welcome to the club Big Jake!

There is a sticker I saw on a cars bumper that fits here. It says "S*** Happens". I think this is especially true as we get "up there" in years.

Jim