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  • Member since
    April 2023
  • From: New mexico
not sure if this qualifies as a technique
Posted by John3M on Monday, August 7, 2023 9:31 AM

Being a returning modeler and being older I am of course having fun building and learning. But as an added quandary I have had a bit of fun tracking down things that fell on the floor. I set up in my garage. It has concrete floors so when I dropped a THING it would bounce, roll, and disappear. After a bit of frustration, I purchased some outdoor no pile plastic carpeting and fitted it under my chair and bench. It's bright green. The only things I was losing were bits of airbrush, super fine washers and such. Fumble fingers, I guess. Now when I drop a part It does not bounce and roll away or get damaged..

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Monday, August 7, 2023 9:54 AM

Hello!

I say every idea to keep the carpet monster at bay counts... My idea would be to light the underside of the working desk, to help track those falling parts. Or keep a cat there... But those ideas are still essentially untested.

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Monday, August 7, 2023 2:51 PM

Hmmmm!

              I beg to differ. It seems that in different parts of countries, nay the world the carpet Monster is different. I just recently re-did my room and my working area. There wasn't even a trace of LEGOS or larger model parts that dropped. Now, I have no carpet and Guess what? The first thing I dropped was the Nose Cone from a missile from the Monogram Missile Set. The Missile? The Atlas of course! Nose cone about the size of normal LEGO size cones for roofs etc. It ain't even in the room!

       So, with that said I do believe we have a more obnoxious breed available that transports those parts to another dimension! I will keep you informed about the results of a scanner I am building. Let's hope I don't drop it before it's done-LOL!

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    February 2021
Posted by JimC2020 on Sunday, September 3, 2023 2:11 PM

Yoga, lots and lots of yoga so bending over and trying to crawl into some tight space isn't so painful...

  • Member since
    April 2020
Posted by Eaglecash867 on Sunday, September 3, 2023 5:41 PM

Having a cat works well for me.  Sometimes it takes him a few days, but he always seems to find anything that I drop.  Cool

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