Murphy's Laws of model building.

True story....right out of my father-in-law's mouth...

"Durrrrnnn....I've cut this thing twice and it's still too short". He was not joking either!!!

My mom explaining to my auto mechanic dad how the rim got tore up on her red 64 Impala convertable. "I thought the tire was only flat on the bottom."

Bless her heart!

Tanker - Builder

Hey ,

 Don't laugh . Did you check the back of your leg or ankle ? I did that once and found the part firmly super glued to the inside of my shoe at the heel .

 

Or if your legs are hairy like mine, the tiny part might have gotten into them. I've had that happen once. I forget what I was building or what the part was, but after looking in vain on the workbench and floor, I finally gave up and used another part. It was later that I was getting in the bathtub and found the missing part tangled in the hair on my legs.

Hey ,

 Don't laugh . Did you check the back of your leg or ankle ? I did that once and found the part firmly super glued to the inside of my shoe at the heel .

Hey " G "

 Where did you get such a wonderful space ? Try one square foot .

Took my shirt and shorts off and checked them.  Didn't think about checking the elbow.

Wildcatfan247

 

 

ecotec83

No matter how careful you are one tiny part always seems to go missing.

Decals never seem to stick unless they are in a spot you dont want them in.

That tiny part that flew away should not be that hard to find on the floor.

 

 

 

 

I was applying glue to a stabilizer bar the other night when it went flying out of the tweezers I was holding it with.  I am sure I will find it in a couple of weeks but lord knows what it will be glued to.

 

 

No matter how much space, storage bins, containers, shelves you have, you will never have enough space. 

ecotec83

No matter how careful you are one tiny part always seems to go missing.

Decals never seem to stick unless they are in a spot you dont want them in.

That tiny part that flew away should not be that hard to find on the floor.

 

Well ;

 Let's see , how about when you think you just finished a very intricate part assembly you find there is a piece that should've been installed before you finished , wasn't. Now you can't even get tweezers in the spot to install it ?

    Or . You carefully matched the colors you needed , only to find , after sitting for a week or so the darned mix isn't the color you really needed after all ?

 How about this . You all know I foil a lot of aircraft . Now then , what did I find when I started one in a hurry . I don't have any New X-Acto blades to trim the foil with ! 

 Yes , there are many Murphy's law incidents I can think of .

Right after you finish sanding off the incorrect raised panel lines on the primary hull of your 1/350 Enterprise, they'll come out with a smooth hull you can buy seperately. 

You either lose a part, or set it right "here" so it won't get lost (which, of course, it gets lost)....so you order a replacement. After waiting for days/weeks for said replacement. You proceed...and JUST after getting that replacement in place on the model...low and behold, that part you lost was right in front of your face the whole time!

GMorrison

Morrison's Third Law:No matter how large the bench, the usable work area is always exactly two square feet.

 

Just two square feet? Man that is spacious!  The Duke's Third Law only allows for ten inches of usable build space in my Hobby Room! LOL!

Morrison's Third Law:No matter how large the bench, the usable work area is always exactly two square feet.

For us older dudes. 

You're in the middle of a crucial assembly step and have to pee.

Bad.

mississippivol

No one ever needs anything until I start working at the desk.

 

Justsomerandommodeller

I can definately think of a WAY worse place than a foot that X-Acto knifes always seem to fall towards.

 

Ohhhhh...that do make you suck back in the chair fairly quick, don't it?

Amazing as it seems, with the handle being so much heavier, it always seems to fall blade first.

At least the CA is always available to staunch the bleeding, and another time it won't set as quickly as needed.

^ Uhg. That. Yeah. 

Long airbrush session,

in the zone,

laying down the last coat,

you feel it, this is going to be the best paint job yet...

Airbrush decides to stick and spits a wonderful little pattern of paint blobs right where it will be most noticeable.

That lost tiny part will never be found until your Wife walks in the room in her bare feet.

It's always the third special tool you've bought for the job that works  for you.

Real G

CA glue never sets while joining heavy, alignment- critical parts.  To make the glue set, just misalign the pieces and get glue to ooze under your finger.  Bang!  The glue will fire off, cementing your finger to the misaligned parts!  Or it just sets under your finger, leaving a CA fingerprint, while the pieces slide, then fall apart, causing more glue to flow outside the mating surfaces.  Now the parts have CA glue all over the place, and the mating surfaces no longer fit due to a layer of partially cured glue.  But the rest of the glue is still not set, so you have to wipe off the gunk, then chisel off the stuff that set.  Rinse and repeat.

Sorry, just ranting about last night.... 

 

And when you do get it assembled, it will disappear into never-never land, causing you to have to order out another set of PE for the project.

ManCityFan

 

 

Murphy's Law

Well as you can see by my name I have many but the one that comes to mind is no matter how secure that tiny part seems in the tweezers it goes flying the second you hit it with the airbrush, then you spend the next 15 mins searching for it, after you finally find it your paint has dried in the tip of the nozzle 

 

 

 

 

Wait a minute....you actually FIND those parts?

 

My correlary is, within two weeks of finishing a model with homemade decals, because I wanted a different livery or markings, they will release a version of that kit with that livery.  Happened to me at least twice.

Murphy's Law

Well as you can see by my name I have many but the one that comes to mind is no matter how secure that tiny part seems in the tweezers it goes flying the second you hit it with the airbrush, then you spend the next 15 mins searching for it, after you finally find it your paint has dried in the tip of the nozzle 

 

Wait a minute....you actually FIND those parts?

Well as you can see by my name I have many but the one that comes to mind is no matter how secure that tiny part seems in the tweezers it goes flying the second you hit it with the airbrush, then you spend the next 15 mins searching for it, after you finally find it your paint has dried in the tip of the nozzle 

I can definately think of a WAY worse place than a foot that X-Acto knifes always seem to fall towards.

Your "bargain" second hand model kit will seem less so the instant the decals hit water and disintegrate.

Acrylic paint=enamel wash

enamel paint=acrylic wash !

Phil_H

The more unique the decal, the more prone it is to fold/tear as you apply it.

That's why you should always copy your sheet or at least scan it, then the first one goes down without problems!

Good luck with your modelling

Paweł

The more unique the decal, the more prone it is to fold/tear as you apply it.

Common markings like national insignia will always go down without problems, but nose/tail art, kill markings & pilot's names will attempt to fold up on themselves as you apply them.