Cats .Dont you just love them.

Ouch
In my house, by next month, there would be a custom aircraft kit done in cat hide.




thats a joke people, I don't want to wake up tomarrow with PETA picketing my house.

Well I know how that goes. But one day while getting new roofing on the house, five of my models fell off my shelf approximately seven feet and sustained minor damage. I was glad that they weren't totally destroyed.

We always ended up cat sitting for my in-laws fur covered demon with claws. This little tyrant too had a facination with jumping up on small shelves. The Alabama in the picture once had a full set of sails and was originally built for a client. Well, I built a small shelf about 5 feet up to display it on the wall in our living room to show it to the new owner, when the day before I was to show it, this little fur covered reign of terror tried to jump up on the shelf. Needless to say, when it got to about eye level to the shelf, he decided to abort, panicked, got its front paws tangled in the rigging, pulling the ship with him to the floor. He then, in shear panick in knowing that since he survived the fall, his life was still about to end, ran for the basement, taking the said ship with him.


When I came out of the bedroom upon hearing the crash, I was speachless, and my wife ran back into the bedroom to hide the key to the gun safe. She then called my friend to come and take me out for a beer.

I never saw the cat again. Lucky cat.

Scott

My wifes cat has 7 kills painted on his fur. Does that make him an ace?

Thad

Cats & models on open shelves don't mix well.

Regards, Rick

Wisconsin is on the right track!!!

hey it's better than my friend throwing my model to a wall and saying "sheesh I was just trying to be funny! you gotta lessen your stress level!"
what is he a moron?! this is no lie. it smashed to pieces and I don't even want to fix the barrel.

I'm sorry about your models

QUOTE: hey it's better than my friend throwing my model to a wall and saying "sheesh I was just trying to be funny! you gotta lessen your stress level!"

Some friend.
I'd have bounced him off the walls a few times.
"Hey your right! it did lower my stress level, What are you so upset about? I was just trying to be funny."

QUOTE: Originally posted by Iroc QUOTE: hey it's better than my friend throwing my model to a wall and saying "sheesh I was just trying to be funny! you gotta lessen your stress level!" Some friend. I'd have bounced him off the walls a few times. "Hey your right! it did lower my stress level, What are you so upset about? I was just trying to be funny."

I'd say he be getting one hell of a super wedgie

yeah, my playmate group ditched him because practically all of them model, and the ones who don't hate him anyway

We just got a 7 week old kitten from a local shelter and she's a terror, with no fear(Just ask our golden retriever, who has been assaulted on a regular basis for the past week). I've been very careful to keep the basement door closed so she stays away from my bench and completed models because I know, given the opportunity, she'd be up there wrecking the place.

My cat doesn't bother my models. She does help find parts that were launched by the tweezer. How she sees them and finds the parts is beyond me but without her, some of my kits would be missing some small parts.

shweet!

I love my cat, he's a great companion and I wouldn't trade him for anything. However, my workshop is in the garage, which in a separate building from our apartment. So I'm safe in that regard.

My wife and I have already decided that for the sake of fumes, if/when we buy a house my workshop will be detached then as well. Thus, there will be no cat presence in my workshop.

On the other hand, for some reason, I find his fur everywhere...does wonders to a canopy with fresh Future on it.

Never have any prolems with my cat, he's to lazy

THAT DAMN CAT!!!!



I love my little FFFs... but they are a bit too inquisitive for their own good sometimes...


Fade to Black...

I've got one that likes to shorten my tank barrels.

My wife and I have two cats (both from pound or shelter). They both don't really bother my models, but the younger does have a taste for Future covered canopies. I had a Tomcat about 75% finished when I left it on the table, well I came back and find the windscreen missing. After a little searching, I find it on the carpet minus about 1/3 of the acrylic. Good thing I had a spare.

Couldn't stay mad at her; besides she drinks beer, plays fetch, and watches the History Channel with me. (Yes, she's a cat, not a dog).

Deasmex/Scott: Sorry about the demise of some of your models.

I really love cats, in fact I grew up with one that made it a point to rumage my shelves. My saying goes like this; if it wasn't for cats, we'd run out of excuses to build more models

Scott

I keep a squirt gun handy to keep my two fuzzy hellions away from the bench.

My cat is never was very bad. When he was young he liked to chew on tank barrles for fun never did any damage. Then I had a very large set of 1/72 soldiers and he would find them and take off with one. But now he is six years old and just likes to get in to the model boxes empty or not.

All of the above are reasons that I'm not a cat person. I've NEVER lost a single aircraft to my dog. He and I have an understanding. He doesn't wreck my sh-tuff = I don't wreck him. I have, however, lost practically an entire squadron-worth at the hands of family and friends over the years. But, then, I can't whack them with a rolled-up newspaper..........Or can I?

oddjob007 has a cat named Juney. when i was over at is house on saturday and we were both building models, I was so frustrated with my swift patrol boat's fit, but she came over to the worktable and started to purr and lick the back of my hand, and that cheered me up quite a bit!

hey... a cat is better than my friend!

I'm a cat and dog person. My faince and I have a mini dachsund, or little wiener as I call him. His real name is Bandit, but we call him buddy, wiener, wienershnitzel and when he forgets to "go" outside I call him Floor Pooper. Is it wierd that I talk to him in a German accent sometimes? His AKC name is Sir Shnitzel of the Wiener variety the 3rd. We made it up. It fits him because he thinks he's royalty.He's so short(everybody! HOW SHORT IS HE!) he can't get on the couch. I love him because he snuggles and stretches like a cat. He's afraid to come to the basement so I don't even have to worry about him getting into the models. I've lost more models to my little nephew than any fourlegged friend.

Two of my three cats like to visit me at my modeling desk. After a visit from my DMH tortie there is usually a small cloud of floating cat hair, so I added a foot-pedal operated small shop vac to my work area... a couple of shots with the vac gets rid of most of the cat hair in a few seconds, and cuts down on visitations considerably. I also have an understanding with my orange tabby... if I don't obstruct the path to his box by the window (an Academy Tiger I Early, btw), he won't try gravity tests with my modeling tools. Anytime he decides to take stroll across my desk, he gets picked up (gently) and carried to another part of the house. As for my models that are built but as yet unpainted, they are kept on a 8-foot-high shelf that so far seems to be terra incognito to the fur balls. I have used a squirt bottle a time or two, but a 12-14 pound cat in full panic mode in the midst of my modelling desk was a bit harrowing, which is why I use the pickup, carry, and confuse method most times. In the workshop where I do my painting, I have a rechargeable WaterPik that I use for power-rinsing filter funnels. It also makes a wonderful kitty squirter, because it shoots out a nice, tight jet of water noisily... once per cat left a lasting impression

We're not alone, amigos-

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You know you’re a fanatic modeler / cat owner when:

You thoroughly inspect ever content of the litter box for your missing resin exhaust manifold and wheel well.

QUOTE: Originally posted by KINGTHAD My wifes cat has 7 kills painted on his fur. Does that make him an ace? Thad

yep that definitly makes him an ace

Dave

Ah yes, cats ... with my first ship kit, a 1/700th scale Victory ship, several small parts disappeared at various times. Friends who were cat experts suggested I check the litter box for said missing parts ... I opted to start learning how to scratchbuild masts, etc., instead!