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Murphy's Laws of model building.

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    January 2015
  • From: Tumwater, WA.
Posted by M. Brindos on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 11:51 AM

^ Uhg. That. Yeah. Super Angry

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

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  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 12:38 PM

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.

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  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 7:11 PM

mississippivol

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

 

 
That is SO true!!!! Try watching a movie - as soon as you start, the phone rings. I can be starting a movie at 2am, and the phone will ring as soon as I do - WITHOUT FAIL!!

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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  • From: Michigan
Posted by Straycat1911 on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:15 PM

For us older dudes. 

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

Bad.

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:23 PM

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

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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  • From: Rowland Heights, California
Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:49 PM

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!

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  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:57 PM

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!

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Posted by Weird-Oh on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:50 PM

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. 

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  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:06 AM

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 .

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Posted by Wildcatfan247 on Thursday, July 13, 2017 3:04 PM

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.

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Posted by Wildcatfan247 on Thursday, July 13, 2017 3:07 PM

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

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, July 13, 2017 7:56 PM

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.

 

 

your left elbow

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    June 2017
Posted by Chemteacher on Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:30 PM
The molded in radio antennae, like on my current build, is just going to get bent and eventually snapped off

On the bench: Revell-USS Arizona; Airfix P-51D in 1/72

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Posted by Wildcatfan247 on Friday, July 14, 2017 11:15 AM

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

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Friday, July 14, 2017 12:14 PM

Hey " G "

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

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Friday, July 14, 2017 12:15 PM

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 .

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Posted by Jim Barton on Friday, July 21, 2017 4:11 PM

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.

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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Posted by GlennH on Friday, July 21, 2017 5:14 PM

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!!!Dunce


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!Smile

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