Strange Phenomena

I read a tip in another mag recently where the guy shines a flashlight sideways across the floor, which then creates a shadow from the lost piece. As for the pet problem, try a hairless cat.

Don't use a sighthound they don't retrieve or point they only have a look if you can find it.

sometimes I don't even know if my cat is alive or not, he's sleeps so much. he used to be more active about 13 years ago when he was young, but for a dog I would not reccomend a lab, they would probably drag you out of the chair to get your part. LOL

My cat will retrieve it...it gets kind of hard to get it away from him until he gets bored with it. Lately, he has been hanging around my "laboratory" while I am "creating" (I'd love to get finished with one of my creations soon!) ......and he wants to know what's there that he can play with too.

Jerry

QUOTE: Originally posted by TenchiMuyo81 My pooch has been someone else's for about five years now(couldn't keep him, the Landlords found out.). I was on hiatus then, so wouldn't know. My cat, however, will NOT move to investigate an object even should her life depend upon it! So, DO NOT get a cat for object retrival!

I'd recommend a pointer. That way you can "retrieve" the part. Saves cleaning all that slim........

Jim

QUOTE: Originally posted by berny13 Now if you could only train butz...

We've tried to do this for the last five years, nada.


Fade to Black...

My pooch has been someone else's for about five years now(couldn't keep him, the Landlords found out.). I was on hiatus then, so wouldn't know.
My cat, however, will NOT move to investigate an object even should her life depend upon it! So, DO NOT get a cat for object retrival!

Spray the pooch first (Future as always) - works for me!

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes"

You have to go for a dog that has hair instead of fur. Dogs that grow hair don't shed. (little know doggy fact)They're the ones you have to have their hair cut.

Only thing is they're all those "FOOFY" dogs. They're the ones with short legs and big heads - look like they just came out of a Dr Suess book. I'll put up with the hair.

my golden retreiver is about the same as the husky, her fur seems to linger around forever then when I paint my models the fur drops in for a tactical strike on my kits!
I'm thinking boxers! my mother has one , they've got short hair, like to watch things and really don't bother you when you're doing things.

Surely your best bet would be a retreiver?

Just remember, when you're looking for that perfect modeling mutt to assist you, the northern breeds might not be the best.

I had a husky up to a couple of years ago, great friend she was, but a menace to my modeling. I learned a few things:

Huskies shed heavily, twice a year and their hair can float for an indefinite length of time in mid air.

A husky can land a shed hair on wet model paint from two rooms away and a floor up or down from you with better accuracy than an F-15E can drop a laser bomb.

If it lands on the floor, whatever it is, its as good as food to most dogs, even more so with huskies, and they're less afraid to get pushy with you than other dogs in the attempt to find out just what fell.

Don't leave anything on the floor around these dogs, while most other dogs with go to the trouble of stepping over or going around even a small object on the floor, a husky is just as likely to step right in the middle of it and keep going as if nothing happened.

Don't get me wrong, I loved my old husky and miss her a lot, she was a great friend, but am I ever glad I never built for shows! ;-)

Now if you could only train butz or nwilliams, it might be worth it.

A good dog is hard to find!!

Eric