Foolish Modeling "disasters"

Several years ago, I was working on the Revell 1:48 A-6. I think it was just after they came out. Filled the nose with lead shot for weight and covered (literally) it all with Testors tube cement. At that age, I had no idea that the tube cement would actually melt plastic.

Ended up with a nice "pimply", sagging nose cone.

about seven yaers ago i built an airfix B29 kit without any mishaps. as was the way of things at the time i strung it to the bedroom cieling.so far so goodit was there for about two yaers until the day i put on a thick jumper,to get into the sleeves i used the "overarm bowling" technique.yes you know where i was standing,yes im six foot tall.withthe jumper still over my headit hit me pointy end first and then smacked into the floor.removing the jumper i found it on the floor in two perfect halves with only the nose glazing popped off.it still awaits repair

I guess we all have done that bubbamoosecat...! Somehow, it is a common mistake to put US stars upside down. Don't understand why, but it's like that!

LOL, DJmodels. I think I did that too! Also, I am a bit dyslexic (spelling?) and I once put the national insignia and the "USAF" on the wrong wings!

Pat

What about this one... In my early days, tiring of having nails and bolts clanking in my model aircraft, i.e. nose weight that came loose, I once tried to put molten solder in the nose of a A4F Skyhawk... That one ended up in the garbage can...

My disaster was in picking up a T-62 to show to a friend. In my haste to show it to him, I forgot that I had been eating buttered popcorn. After taking it off the shelf, my buttered fingers dropped the model on to the floor of the basement. I hadn' t intended to simulate the damage caused by a TOW missile, but it sure looks that way now. I keep it as a reminder to not mix buttered popcorn and models.

Gee what a fun topic ... brings back many great ... and not so great memories ...

This by far isn't the only "dumb" thing I have done on or near the old workbench over the years ... but, let me share this post I recently placed in the Community Building Project forum ...



Hi fellow HORNET builders ...

Update ... cat jumps up on builders workbench in middle of the night and takes 1/48 scale F/A-18 HORNET canopy for cat toy.


Builder upset ... but deep down knows that it was his own darn fault ... he knows better than to leave parts lying about in his absence.


Embarrassed, but wiser builder has continued to build on the now ill-fated HORNET ... seems a shame to walk away when it is starting to look like a proper aircraft.


Builder does have a plan B ... start ... even at this late date on the Revell 1/48 scale F-18 Blue Angels HORNET he has on shelf.

... and that is one of my sad tales ...

all in all this still beats work <grin>

I've never had any problems...yeah right!. As a teenager building Revell's 1/32 F-14 I had a glue melt down. I applied glue to all mating surfaces. While screwing with the glove vanes that had to be trapped between the halves the glue dried. I ended up smearing glue all over the seams and everywhere else to compensate. After a few minutes of frustration that model went airborne and came to an abrupt meeting with the wall[:0]. That was also how my spares box came to be. Every time I open my spares box I think of that momement.

I have many other stories that I shall keep between me and my model bench.

Darren

Knocking a full bottle of Tenax over on a just painted natural metal Tamiya 1/48 F-84G. There was no way to salvage it.[:0]

hi , a freind recently turned up at a model show , with his display of aircraft in boxes all neatly packed , but left the props at home in an other box. cheers ian

How about trying to strip paint with lacquer thinner... made a nice melted mess out of everything!!

Doh!

M.