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Juuuust working on a Dodge 1.5 ton which is after having worked on a 3/4 ton and a staff car (vehicle is all same company so the same front end basically).
I hate headlights, really I do!
I lost track of how often I dropped the left side outter light. Grrrr.
And it is not always on the floor, sometimes they escape behind something on the desk, but of course you figure it is on the floor first so you just keep looking there till your endurance gives up and you resolve to live with a missing part. Then you find it on the desk and you smile thinking 'I can find anything'. 20 seconds later you have dropped it again. This time you know it is on the floor, yet its not there. Then you check if anyone is looking and you wonder is it in my clothes somehow? Learned real early to have something on while making a model that didn't permit parts going down there.
Headlights have to be about the most irritating things to hold on to while trying to put them on a model. And when they escape the tweezers, they defy all the laws of physics.
Hell would be doing nothing but put headlights on fenders.
Tamiya 1/48th scale armour fan
My carpet monster is growing fat off of the parts that leap to their deaths from my build desk.
"I'd "I'd rather be historically accurate than politically correct."
"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!"
Unless I have the precut masks I hate canopies.
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When I built this little Indian:
I made this little box,lined with 'transfer tape' this is used in the sign industry to apply vinyl decals ,it is low tack ,with the sticky side up I stopped losing the tiny parts and was able to enjoy the work.
Thank you ,Krow113
Editing buggered up ,here is the box : A shallow box with a low tack adhesive tape to keep the parts in the box and the work going ahead.
My kit parts use pieces of sprue to pole vault into the unknown.
decals are the most frustrating for me. Chances are you have only enough markings on the decal sheet, meaning no extras if you mess up. I hate that kind of pressure!
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
Aircraft canopies - it is a rare day when I am completely & totally happy with the results.
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
Indy tracks.
Eric
Fiddly bits......theres just something about fiddly bits....
You ever loose a PE part in your hairy elbow??? Dont you just HATE when that happens???
Its gotta be canopies for me as well. Even if I've got a pre-cut mask, they never seem to fit perfectly, and there is always a little bit of raggedness on the edges when I take them off.
HisNHers, check out this tool from Micro Mark for your headlights:
http://www.micromark.com/Model-Pal-Vacuum-Pickup-Tool,7851.html
Its got three sizes of attachments, and is really useful once you get a little practice with it. You can also get a toothpick and put a blob of blue-tak on the tip to stick the headlight to temporarily. Both of these methods work great for those parts with smooth round surfaces that are hard to grab and hold with tweezers, especially headlight lenses.
Jeff
carsanab Fiddly bits......theres just something about fiddly bits.... You ever loose a PE part in your hairy elbow??? Dont you just HATE when that happens???
I wish I knew in adVANCE when that would happen.
Nose probes & aerials - not difficult to prepare or fit well, but a different story to keep that way!
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Hercmech carsanab: Fiddly bits......theres just something about fiddly bits.... You ever loose a PE part in your hairy elbow??? Dont you just HATE when that happens??? I wish I knew in adVANCE when that would happen.
carsanab: Fiddly bits......theres just something about fiddly bits.... You ever loose a PE part in your hairy elbow??? Dont you just HATE when that happens???
Hey that hurts. No, really, it hurts pulling superglued PE off of a hairy elbow. just sayin,...
VanceCrozier Hey that hurts. No, really, it hurts pulling superglued PE off of a hairy elbow. just sayin,...
That's an image I really wish I didn't have in my mind.
MAJ Mike VanceCrozier: Hey that hurts. No, really, it hurts pulling superglued PE off of a hairy elbow. just sayin,... That's an image I really wish I didn't have in my mind.
VanceCrozier: Hey that hurts. No, really, it hurts pulling superglued PE off of a hairy elbow. just sayin,...
Oh it's more than an image...he has pictures
On aircraft - the filling/sanding/filling process. It's usually at this stage that I feel the most "down" on a kit. Once it moves on to paint, I cheer up substantially.
On armor - the fiddly bits. Pioneer tools and the like. Mainly because, thanks to them, you have this ungodly gap between painting and weathering. And all I ever want to do is move straight into the weathering!
Case in point - my Panzer IV WIP is whispering sweet weathering nothings in my ear:
But I still have all the tools, plus a resin stowage set, to prep, paint and place before I can move along.
On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2
On Deck: 1/350 HMS Dreadnought
Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com
Masking canopies, unless i have a mask set, then its filling/sanding seams
Seams and sanding, hands down the worst. If I wanted to be a body man, I'd work in an automotive industry.
I'd much rather detail the running gear of a Pz.IV than fill and sand down a fuselage seam, let alone wing root gaps.
Dre Seams and sanding, hands down the worst. If I wanted to be a body man, I'd work in an automotive industry. I'd much rather detail the running gear of a Pz.IV than fill and sand down a fuselage seam, let alone wing root gaps.
Have to agree with you there, I was so focused on my hatred of canopy masking that I forgot what I spend most of my time doing.
Agree with filling and sanding. If models were all build, paint and decal, I would be building them left and right! As it is, I rush the fill/sand process so it still looks bad anyway.
sub revolution Agree with filling and sanding. If models were all build, paint and decal, I would be building them left and right! As it is, I rush the fill/sand process so it still looks bad anyway.
I DON'T rush it, and it still looks bad...
Don't sell yourself short, dude. That Pz. IV is looking sharp!
Dre Don't sell yourself short, dude. That Pz. IV is looking sharp!
Well, anytime it is a Dragon kit---the instructions!!!
Manstein's revenge Well, anytime it is a Dragon kit---the instructions!!!
MAJ Mike Manstein's revenge: Well, anytime it is a Dragon kit---the instructions!!!
Manstein's revenge: Well, anytime it is a Dragon kit---the instructions!!!
watch it sucka'......
The "coming down" after moving into fresh air.
CallSignOWL decals are the most frustrating for me. Chances are you have only enough markings on the decal sheet, meaning no extras if you mess up. I hate that kind of pressure!
-- For reals!!!!
Decals are demons in a convenient package.... just add water.
joeviz CallSignOWL: decals are the most frustrating for me. Chances are you have only enough markings on the decal sheet, meaning no extras if you mess up. I hate that kind of pressure! -- For reals!!!! Decals are demons in a convenient package.... just add water.
CallSignOWL: decals are the most frustrating for me. Chances are you have only enough markings on the decal sheet, meaning no extras if you mess up. I hate that kind of pressure!
like a mogwai?
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