The In My Stash GB

Gentlemen, Gentlemen, (yes you guys) not to worry, I am fully licensed in CPR and fire training and fall protection. If any other mishap occurs I will br ready to administer my home mailing address to recieve your kit if you are not able to continue working . I will personally continue the build.(that's workmens' comp)

Next safety tip: Eyedroppers are not for eyes they are for paint only, unless or course you want to paint your eyes.

Your self appionted safety steward.

Tony

Doom Grr wrote:

Here's the purple heart if any higher-ups might need it for some odd reason

Higher-ups don't need purple hearts, they stay away from danger... 

Mist086 wrote:

Well after spending 3 hours in the ER last night, i have come to realize that ... the cutest girls are nurses

Yup, knew that already m8, worked in a hospital for 11 years myself but had to quit there when I got a family of my own

 Ok, seriously now, I took a couple of days sickleave from work, maybe I was inspired by our dear mr Usher, and today I finally broke the kit.

Did some work on the cockpit, however my pc was not available atm, so I didn't paint anything yet, and I made the wings and the engine pods.  It's not really the first time I use PE (I once started the Eduard PE Fokker DrI, but that one got lost behind the cupboard) but it is the first time I use it to get more detail on a kit. At the moment my batteries are reloading, so I'll have to wait to post pictures till tomorrow.

I'm affraid however that this built will be faaaaaaaaaar to short to fill up the 360 remaining days of 2007... so, what happens if one completes all three voted kits within the year ???

superbear wrote:

Dave it looks like your going to need a bigger bench that ships a monster, have you started negotiations with the Mrs on expanding your styrene empire

Bear, as you can probably see in the photo of my desk the renovations are still under way and yes I have big plans to expand the empire!  The missus just doesn't know about it yet!

Mist, glad to hear that everything turned out okay I am glad that my old eyes require "assistance" when modelling and therefore are covered up!

1. Mist, glad to "see" (ha-ha) you're okay; don't worry, that halo thingy will go away in a few days after your cornea has a chance to heal. I got a hot piece of sharp metal in my eyes a few years ago (construction accident) and it took a few days for my eye to heal. And you definitely deserve a Purple Heart!

2. As for the "carpet monster" problem, I solved that by putting one of those clear plastic office chair mats under where I work; it solves two problems: if I drop a part, it's easier to find, and if I spill any paint/thinner/glue, it lands on the plastic, not the carpet, and is a lot easier to claen up.

3. And, yeah this practically is a chat room! I posted last night, and I come back this morning and there's another five pages already! Whew!

Mist glad to hear the eye will be ok & that you saved the part.  Lord Kenny I think the order of the purple cutters is in order and possibly an "I told you to be carefull" comendation as He'll be hearing about it for a very long time to come

Sir IL2 congratulations on your award very well deserved.

Progress report on the F-105D, still scraping excess plastic on the fuselage and wing halves.  Test fiting is showing that more scraping, sanding, putty and more sanding are in my future.  Also the pilot figure is molded to part of the seat assy and looks like a blob of plastic.  I can see why Hasagawa has pulled this kit from the market it's definitly not one of their best efforts.

Dave it looks like your going to need a bigger bench that ships a monster, have you started negotiations with the Mrs on expanding your styrene empire 

Cheers

Bear

Here's the purple heart if any higher-ups might need it for some odd reason

wing_nut wrote:

Has anyone else noticed... the speed with which all you guys are posting... this is more like a live chat room than a forum

LOL!  Everytime I check the forum I swear at least 2 pages of posting has been added.  I can barely keep up

Jeez, the boats in this build are going to be huge!  I'm so used to only 1/48 scale aircraft.  Good progress thus far from those who have started

mph34 wrote:

TGregory wrote: Congrats on the iron cross award Sir Il, you most definitly deserve it. Oh great Lord kenny of the build I suggest an award of pants to be given to a most deserving soul With a group this large, we need to have weekly safety meetings, I think that it is mandated by OSHA. I will start with the first safety tip. Do not run around the house with your x-acto knife in your hand. Tony We let OSHA in, then we'll have Immigration, then we'll have the IRS, then we'll have Drug Testing,  then we'll have workman's comp investigations,  then we'll have the Labor Unions, finally we'll get the lunch wagons .  I see it all the time on construction sites.   I have a copy of the OSHA Safety handbook.  If I remember my OSHA training, as long as we have one 'trained OSHA person' and a 'copy of the handbook' on the job site, we are covered.

Remember guys we are men, and we do not read the kit instructions unless we are looking exactly which panel line the camo pattern crosses, because we know by nature how things are supposed to go together. Applying that manly way of doing things we would not read the manual. Besides that all the MSDSheets would clog up our work benches.

Cheers ,

Eric

Man, you have to check this GB every hour to keep up! Sorry to hear about your eye mist but am glad you kept the part, I usually try to keep my small parts in a seperate tray, but hey, if the eye works for you, lol.

mph34 wrote:

Mist086 wrote: Well after spending 3 hours in the ER last night, i have come to realize that when cutting small parts off the sprues, you must wear eye protection.  Cutting off a piece of the IP (looks like a compass).  Pow right in the eye.  After trying for 15 min to get it out myself, my wife finally convinced me to go to the ER.  Those eye washing things feel funny.  But the good news is, is that i recovered the part You know you gave the ER staff their laugh for the week!   You probably spent at least 2 hours in the waiting room, didn't you.  I hope your eyesight is fully recovered, as that eye washing fluid can cause hazzy vision for awhile. Good to hear that you recovered the part.  If you had lost it after all of that, Just don't file a workman's comp claim!  The Group Build would take a huge money hit.

I still see a little halo because the part scratched my cornea.  Other than that, i'm fine.  Tomorrow I'm picking up a set of jewelers glasses, to prevent this in the future.  Now i'll look like Doc Brown from Back to the Future.  But man, those parts can fly  

And IL?  No blood no medal.

Mist086 wrote:

Well after spending 3 hours in the ER last night, i have come to realize that when cutting small parts off the sprues, you must wear eye protection.  Cutting off a piece of the IP (looks like a compass).  Pow right in the eye.  After trying for 15 min to get it out myself, my wife finally convinced me to go to the ER.  Those eye washing things feel funny.  But the good news is, is that i recovered the part

You know you gave the ER staff their laugh for the week!   You probably spent at least 2 hours in the waiting room, didn't you.  I hope your eyesight is fully recovered, as that eye washing fluid can cause hazzy vision for awhile.

Good to hear that you recovered the part.  If you had lost it after all of that,

Just don't file a workman's comp claim!  The Group Build would take a huge money hit.

TGregory wrote:

Congrats on the iron cross award Sir Il, you most definitly deserve it. Oh great Lord kenny of the build I suggest an award of pants to be given to a most deserving soul With a group this large, we need to have weekly safety meetings, I think that it is mandated by OSHA. I will start with the first safety tip. Do not run around the house with your x-acto knife in your hand. Tony

We let OSHA in, then we'll have Immigration, then we'll have the IRS, then we'll have Drug Testing,  then we'll have workman's comp investigations,  then we'll have the Labor Unions, finally we'll get the lunch wagons .  I see it all the time on construction sites.   I have a copy of the OSHA Safety handbook.  If I remember my OSHA training, as long as we have one 'trained OSHA person' and a 'copy of the handbook' on the job site, we are covered.

wing_nut wrote:

Now if we could only apply that technology to the carpet montster problem.

AMEN! 

Mist086 wrote:

Well after spending 3 hours in the ER last night, i have come to realize that when cutting small parts off the sprues, you must wear eye protection.  Cutting off a piece of the IP (looks like a compass).  Pow right in the eye.  After trying for 15 min to get it out myself, my wife finally convinced me to go to the ER.  Those eye washing things feel funny.  But the good news is, is that i recovered the part

Well that's a life learned lesson that have a very good ending

flippersdad wrote:

Mist, glad to hear that you are fine. Maybe you are keeping too close an eye on things. Cheers , Eric

Ba dum bump 

Mist, glad to hear that you are fine. Maybe you are keeping too close an eye on things.

Cheers ,

Eric

Mist086 wrote:

Well after spending 3 hours in the ER last night, i have come to realize that when cutting small parts off the sprues, you must wear eye protection.  Cutting off a piece of the IP (looks like a compass).  Pow right in the eye.  After trying for 15 min to get it out myself, my wife finally convinced me to go to the ER.  Those eye washing things feel funny.  But the good news is, is that i recovered the part

WOW!  Glad to hear you are OK, Mist.  Apparently you have not been attending TGregory's weekly OSHA meetings!!  Oh, wait, eyeball safety is on the schedule for NEXT week.  Drat that timing...  Tsk, tsk...

In order to avoid another , I think you should only cut parts off the sprue wearing appropriate, OSHA approved, attire, such as ...

TGregory wrote:

With a group this large, we need to have weekly safety meetings, I think that it is mandated by OSHA. I will start with the first safety tip. Do not run around the house with your x-acto knife in your hand. Tony

I agree, one must always sprint around the house with your x-acto knife in your hand.

All hail Sir IL , the most decorated IMSGB Service Member!

Yup... that's a big boat.  I have a couple of project to finish 1st then will start onm the 262 that has been decreed to be my build.... can't wait to get start.

Has anyone else noticed... the speed with which all you guys are posting... this is more like a live chat room than a forum

IL2windhawk wrote:

Holy Moly, that IS a behemoth.

My Mig-31 is easily the worst-fitting kit I have ever attempted.
I will have to post pictures later of these seams.  They are horrendous!

Not to worry.  I haven't given up hope yet.  Still got a year!

Congradulations on the the award Sir IL2.  You definitely deserved it. 

Here's a pic of the dry fitted hull, I have since started glueing the hull pieces together and sniping the first pieces off the sprues.

Congrats on the iron cross award Sir Il, you most definitly deserve it.

Oh great Lord kenny of the build I suggest an award of pants to be given to a most deserving soul With a group this large, we need to have weekly safety meetings, I think that it is mandated by OSHA. I will start with the first safety tip. Do not run around the house with your x-acto knife in your hand.

Tony