well, it seems that murphy has paid me another visit!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by Duke Maddog QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog fellows, this is not a small part im missing!!! its the whole, entire BOX with the parts inside!!! I have a 1/72 scale Heller E2-C Hawkeye I can't finish for that very reason! [:0] The model has been put aside until the day the box happens to show up again!

Duke, you and saltydog have raised the bar to a new standard. Even I've never managed to lose an ENTIRE KIT BOX! And I'm great at misplacing tools and equipment--a slightly different category than losing parts because they flew off the tweezers into the carpet.

By the way, Duke, what part of Los Angeles are you in? I was born in Glendora, raised in La Canada Flintridge, then after seven years of living in Hawaii, lived nearly 18 years in Van Nuys before moving to Arizona a few months ago.

with each passing day i lose more and more hope in finishing the poor bird. i.....i.....i just need some closure on this on my friends!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog fellows, this is not a small part im missing!!! its the whole, entire BOX with the parts inside!!!

I have a 1/72 scale Heller E2-C Hawkeye I can't finish for that very reason! [:0]

The model has been put aside until the day the box happens to show up again!

Oh no NEW MEX, read my old thread here and you will change your mind http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19101

uh........i dont think tenex glue would hold.LOL

saltydog, have you tried 1/1 scale? those parts are a little harder to lose

10/4. later.

QUOTE: ps. hey scott, i have a brother-in-law that lives in Columbia just south of nashville. we're up that way about every 3 or 4 months. we visited the nashville zoo the last trip and ate at the spegetti factory just across the river from the titans stadium. ever ate there? later.

Yep, it's a great place to eat. They have another store downtown (or at least used to) that was right across the street from where I used to work. Used to eat there all the time.

Nashville Zoo is about a mile from my house :) I'm embarassed to say that I've never been there. Buy, hey, I've never been to the Grand Ole' Opry (or the Country Music Hall Of Fame) either.

Next time you get up this way, give me a shout.

i'm not that particular with this one mike, i just want to get it strung from the ceiling with some resemblance of fuel tanks on it. thanks, later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog i have some ordinance in 1/48 that are for an A-4 skyhawk and the external fuel tanks look to be a close match.

Chris,

Since that is an Israeli Falcon would it be right to put U.S. weapons on it?
I believe Israel uses their own weapons.
Does someone sell Israeli weapons for these kits?

Mike

hey, HEY, hey!!! just found my side snap on duma-flotchy for my oakley's!!!! atleast i can go to work tomorrow without going blind!! scott, i think i'll just order the aftermarket exhaust nozzle, armament set, and i did find the pitot tube on the lone sprue tree that i do still have intact. i can go ahead and finish the model and add those items when they get here. i have some ordinance in 1/48 that are for an A-4 skyhawk and the external fuel tanks look to be a close match. we've turned the house upside down and still no box. what a mystery!! ol' murphy should post some of his builds!! i bet he has some wing-dingers. later.

ps. hey scott, i have a brother-in-law that lives in Columbia just south of nashville. we're up that way about every 3 or 4 months. we visited the nashville zoo the last trip and ate at the spegetti factory just across the river from the titans stadium. ever ate there? later.

Well, I've probably some extra ordnance on my Thud I'm not gonna use. Might be a little out of date for a 16 though since it's an early 70's bird. Might be a little big to since mine's 1/32 scale. We can probably scrounge you enough to get it flying.

whats so aggrevating is i actually have the motivation to finish the thing if i only had the parts!!! im almost desperate enough to go to the landfill and begin digging. i'm thinkin' my wife chunked it by accident and just wont fess up to it. later.

QUOTE: well, this morning i got up to go to work and my oakley's were missing a snap in side duma-flotchy. when i came home for lunch, i ask my wife and child if they'd seen it. my 3 year old daughter chimed in that she took it off. its still missing as well and now im slowly getting cateracks (or however you spell that word).

Aw, come on now, this is too easy. Am I the only one who knows where the "snap in side duma-flotchy" is???

==>It's In The F-16 Box! <== highlight this section for a clue!

I'm tellin you Chris, the family has it in for you and they are holding your kit for ransom. The ransome note will probably come in the mail tomorrow

QUOTE: usually try to "be the box" but with limited success

that is too funny tailspinturtle!!!

QUOTE: SaltyDog, is to not worry about where that kit it, and you will find it! Probably the day after you get all the replacement parts

thats what im thinking, go ahead and order the replacement parts and the box will surface the day UPS comes by!! genious!! later.

well, this morning i got up to go to work and my oakley's were missing a snap in side duma-flotchy. when i came home for lunch, i ask my wife and child if they'd seen it. my 3 year old daughter chimed in that she took it off. its still missing as well and now im slowly getting cateracks (or however you spell that word). im trying to think out side the box!! murphy may just be controlling my child. im still looking!! later.

LOL!!! you think that box is big, how bout the one for my trumpeter mig 19... lost it. found it reciently, tucked in behind my model desk... not enough room there tho

Chris, Iv'e lost my share of parts to the shag monster on my modeling room floor, but never an entire box. I'm not good at Geography, but is Alabama any where near Roswell?

Well saltydog we have all tried it. But what kit is it ( 1/48 or 1/72 or maybe even 1/32, is it Hasegawa, Italieri or what ) I have a scrap F-16A from Hasegawa in 1/48, so I have a spare nozzle and "pointy thing" ( pitot tube ). There is just one problem.......I live across the Atlantic, in Denmark. The shipping costs would make it some very expensive replacements.

QUOTE: So, if you can at least pretend to not care so much, there is a relative chance you can find it

Precisely! I never thought about it like that, but you are exactly right. All you have to do, SaltyDog, is to not worry about where that kit it, and you will find it! Probably the day after you get all the replacement parts!

QUOTE: My contention is that the liklihood of losing a part is exponentially proportional to its importance and the difficulty in "Faking" one. You will never lose small parts that can easily be made, but give me one that would be hard to fake and it will be lost forever.

Therefore, if the importance of a given peice reaches some point, where the graph of importance, vs difficulty in construction creaches a plateau, statistically, this is where we can find our dear Mr. Murphy.
So, if you can at least pretend to not care so much, there is a relative chance you can find it

I usually try to "be the box" but with limited success (it works a little better with a dropped or propelled part and somewhat better with eye glasses). You could try offering a reward, but that might result in further "losses"...

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog fellows, this is not a small part im missing!!! its the whole, entire BOX with the parts inside!!!

That's what makes it so funny and hard to believe! And we are in awe of your abilities! Not everybody can lose the whole box! I, for one, am truly impressed.

It's gotta be there, it didn't get up and walk off. I think one of your family members is yanking your chain.