It's Gone forever...

wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

It's Gone forever...

Posted by wooverstone8 on Friday, March 26, 2004 5:28 PM

Hey all...

About a week ago I was working on my 1/72 Haseqawa panzer IV ausf. F1 kit and somehow I lost one of the road wheels. I had the model in my hand and I was walking around the house browsing for a tool then I came back to my room and discovered that one of the road wheels were missing. I spent a good two hours looking for this thing and had no luck. I know for a fact, I'll never find it again. It's probably gone forever and ever and ever and ever and ever.... lol

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, March 26, 2004 5:33 PM

It happens all the time. Buy the same kit and that missing roadwheel will show up. It never fails...

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 5:34 PM

no its not gone forever
it will turn up when you've had enough of the kit and shashed it or when you get a replasment wheel

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 5:35 PM

I've got a Revell Panzer IV roadwheel lying around if you want it..

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wooverstone8

Member since
December 2003
From: Olympia, WA

Posted by wooverstone8 on Friday, March 26, 2004 5:49 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Michaelvk

I've got a Revell Panzer IV roadwheel lying around if you want it..

That's very kind of you, but I’m sure I’ll be able to find a replacement.

I know if I smash the heck out of it, the missing wheel might reappear Big Smile [:D]

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Friday, March 26, 2004 5:53 PM

Do you have any pets? Maybe you can interrogate it. Evil [}:)]

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 8:18 PM

I can't tell you how many times I've lost a piece of a model in my 'model room'! Fortunately I have a broom and a dustpan. If I search (sweep the floor) long enough I usually find the part I'm looking for. Hardly ever fails, so that any more if something is missing I just get the broom out, without thinking, and start sweeping. Sure enough it'll show up. Sorta of an opposite to Murphy's Law.

Glenn

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 10:35 PM

What I like to do is buy a kit to replace it with, build the second kit, but don't take your time, throw it together. Then take out to the back yard and blow the cr*p out of it. Mischief [:-,]

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FreedomEagle1953

Member since
December 2012

Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Friday, March 26, 2004 10:44 PM

um ... my hunch ... from experience ... the cat has it hidden somewhere ... I feel certain that some day ... I will find their cache of "lost" model parts ... Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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FreedomEagle1953

Chicago, IL area

"keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 11:47 PM

Do what I do when it appears to be lost forever find a panty hose put it over the end of a small shop vac and volia! it is held in place by the suction. Its amazzing what else you find when you do this.

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, March 27, 2004 12:51 AM

Tanks lost road wheels... But like Michael, I have a spare Revell roadwheel or two to give away...

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 12:03 PM

i lost a road wheel on my churchill, took me a while to find it. turns out it was caught between the spurs in the box, so when i would lift them up look in the box, i would not see it.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 12:51 PM

If your house is anything like mine, in a coupla weeks you'll trip over a toy, feel a strange pain in your face and find the wheel embedded in your cheek. Black Eye [B)]