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                        AWW... YOU STUPID CAT!!!!!!

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                        stukabomb88
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Alberta, Canada
                        AWW... YOU STUPID CAT!!!!!!
                        Posted by stukabomb88 on Friday, May 14, 2004 8:07 PM
                        The other night I was asleep in my room when my cat meowed at the door of my room to get out. I heard him, but due to lazyness... didn't budge. After 10 minutes of random meows, my cat took action.

                        He jumped on my workbench and began rubbing against models I had on it. I awoke suddenly to a large CRASH!!! The cat knocked down two airplanes I had on display, and a tank I was working on.Angry [:(!] After I sprang up out of bed I flicked on the light, looked at the damage, and threw the cat out (literally).

                        Luckily nothing but a few broken antennaes on the aircraft. As for the tank... the treads broke apart, the machine gun on top broke off, and the fuel barrels on back busted off.

                        As I sat in anger, I remembered when a model plane of mine was on display at a Remembrance Day ceremony. A kid picked it up, dropped it, and it smashed into a humdred un-recognizable peices.

                        Don't you hate day like that?!?!?!?Angry [:(!]
                        "If you live for personal gain, you have lived in vain." -Devon OpdenDries
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 8:14 PM
                        Instead of AWW....YOU STUPID CAT!!!!! how about AWW.......I'M A LAZY MODELER!!!!!Big Smile [:D]
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                        Spamicus
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Central Wisconsin
                        Posted by Spamicus on Friday, May 14, 2004 8:36 PM
                        Been there, done that, got the T shirt. I feel your pain. The last one I had to fix was thanks to the Mother in Law!

                        Steve

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 8:58 PM
                        Did you throw the cat out of the window or just the door?
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, May 14, 2004 9:24 PM
                        Just the reason I stick with dogs, no cats. Sorry, but I have no use for them.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 10:21 PM
                        I feel lucky, all my cat does is knock down my plastic green army men. They always look like they've been in a huge fire fight.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 10:57 PM
                        I get paranoid whenever my cat is in my room, he's jumped up on my workbench (well...desk) tons of times and rubs up against my models, paints jarrs of thinner and all that stuff, he even chewed up one of my brushes!


                        Look at those evil eyes....hmmmmm...
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 14, 2004 11:24 PM
                        heh, some guys on the trains.com forums had the similar problems; appartly cats like to paw at the trains Shock [:O]. they say cyan/cean (somthing like that) works to keep them away. I don't have cats, just fish, and thye don't give me any trouble. (if i found them attacking my models i would begin to worry) Big Smile [:D]
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                        gdarwin
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: bc,canada
                        Posted by gdarwin on Friday, May 14, 2004 11:55 PM
                        Big Smile [:D] kill the cat,no more models on the floorBig Smile [:D]

                        gdarwin.Big Smile [:D] just kidding.
                        airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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                        tigerman
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:10 AM
                        Can you say BBQ cat? Actually I like my cats and they have been pretty good putty-tats. I just remember to shut my hobby room door every time.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        M1abramsRules
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by M1abramsRules on Saturday, May 15, 2004 1:09 AM
                        well, my cat who died last july, was too old and senile to care about anythingin my room except for the bed. he was 17 years old when he died, and I never really modeled too much before that. my little bro, knows he can't touch my models, and that about covers all my hazards!!! Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 3:18 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by gdarwin

                        Big Smile [:D] kill the cat,no more models on the floorBig Smile [:D]

                        gdarwin.Big Smile [:D] just kidding.


                        I love cats; they taste like chicken!

                        (That is a bumper sticker I have seen, not a matter of experience!)

                        Perhaps you could feed it so much it would be so fat it couldn't jump.

                        Matt
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                        fightnjoe
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                          September 2011
                        Posted by fightnjoe on Saturday, May 15, 2004 3:24 AM
                        many things come to mind but they should not be said. i am not a cat person, highly allergic. at least the damage was slight.

                        joe

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                        Awood23
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by Awood23 on Saturday, May 15, 2004 6:08 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by t3488g

                        heh, some guys on the trains.com forums had the similar problems; appartly cats like to paw at the trains Shock [:O]. they say cyan/cean


                        um... ya , that would be Cyan as in cyan pepper. same stuff that comes in our OC/ (pepper) spray. Knowing what this feels like being sprayed in my face I think I could say it would do a good job keeping the kittens away. just dont rub your face after handling the model.... AND WHAT EVER YOU DO DONT GO TO THE REST ROOM WITHOUT WASHING YOUR HANDS FIRST!!!!!!! bad bad bad..... still have nightmares...
                        [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/Awood23/DarkSideBadge.jpg "your' not trying if your not cheating" "no one ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other poor bugger die for his" 'never before have so many owed so much to so few" 1/48 Spitfire %80
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 10:25 AM
                        NOW were getting somewhere! Instead of shooting the cat with a water gun when it's naughty use pepper spray!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 10:52 AM
                        Forget the cats, I had a Parrot. He would grab anything he could and that little monster could fly where he wanted. I wasn't building back then, but I once came home to a pile of formerly very expensive German pencils. He opened a box on my drafting table, proceeded to 'shell' the pencils like a peanut, and then actual fell asleep right there holding one. He couldn't talk his way out of that one, the little.....

                        I'm with you Gino, the worst my Lab does is nudge my arm when he wants some attention.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 4:47 PM
                        The only thing our cat ever did was chew on was a propeller I'd til then unknowingly dropped on the floor.My main grief comes from my two ferrets.Sometimes I bring some modelling stuff to a coffee table in our lounge room so I can sit on the floor and model and watch TV. [Best not mention last night when I spilt some super glue on the rug right when the wife happened to glance over. Caused a great wailing and gnashing of teeth...]
                        What the ferrets do is run up my back and leap onto the table and grab whatever they like the look of,a part, a paint brush or anything and then run all over the house with me right behind .Its all very hilarious until she makes under the fridge where I can't reach. Keeps the wife entertained anyway....
                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 15, 2004 9:55 PM
                        well, while i was building the dml panther d, i left the box with all the parts on the floor under my desk. BAD MOVE!!!Sad [:(]it was summer and my cat was shedding like crazy. she slept in the parts box and i awoke the next morning to find a layer of fur on the panther and the various parts. AHHHH!!! i then gave her a box of her own and she hasn't messed up my models since.
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                        Big Jake
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Lacombe, LA.
                        Posted by Big Jake on Sunday, May 16, 2004 5:13 AM
                        Aw I have to jump in on this topic, I have a link for your folks to check out!

                        http://www.stupidvideos.com/

                        Click on the one called "Cat Fan" it's # 6 on the Top Rated list, Funny as hell!

                        Also check out # 32 on the top rated list, this is what we guys never get to she about women!

                         

                         

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                        mjohnson
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: PA
                        Posted by mjohnson on Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:47 AM
                        Never had this problem with my cat. Mine just likes to sit on my lap while I work on the models. Does not want to be around me any other time. Think she likes the smell of the paint and glue.
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                        NEW MEX
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: directly above the center of the earth or known as Dixon, IL.
                        Posted by NEW MEX on Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:16 PM
                        I learned real quick about kittys and models, so thats why i keep my model room door locked. oh yah, did you open the door or window first?Wink [;)] LOL
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                        spector822002
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Southern Maine
                        Posted by spector822002 on Monday, May 17, 2004 4:29 AM
                        I feel you pain here , but mine is ten fold of yours , I own 2 ferrets ! Everything has to be put away or watched every second , or it gets broken , knocked on the floor, or just plain dissappears altogether !Black Eye [B)]Big Smile [:D]
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Monday, May 17, 2004 8:59 AM
                        lol, that's an annoyance. I had a model of a space shuttle once, and people kept picking it up while I wasn't at home. After rebuilding the cargo doors, and various other parts on it three times, I just quit. Also, for the past 5 years, since I've built a 1:48 Hind D helicopter, those main rotor blades have neever seemed to be able to stay on it
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 9:02 AM
                        I would no doubt be using dyed cat hair for grass in my next diorama.... But then i am not a big cat person....

                        Peace
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 1:00 PM
                        Yeah, I feel your pain too. It was one VERY bad day when I was airbrushing my f-105g and all of a sudden a heard this huge crash over the compressor! I had to leave the paint in the AB, I turned the psi to 0, fliped it to the off switch and ran to my room. I looked out and my cat was running 100mph out of the room and down the stairs. "This couldn't be good" I thought. I open the door and AHHHHHHHHH! THE SHELVING THAT HELD MY MODELS WAS RIPPED OUT OF THE WALL! My cat had jumped on the shelving, with doesn't support a cat (couldn't find a stud, had to put it in drywall) of course when he jumped on there it imediatly ripped out of the wall and catapulted models all over the far edges of the room (7ft!) I was picking up the pieces from the blast radius for that whole day! the models were actually fine, just small things broke off, like mg's and antenaes and whatnot. got it fixed it's ok now, but my cats not going in the room anymore!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 5:34 PM
                        Feeling guilty, just drove over a cat few minutes ago, definitly dead. hope he wasn't someones pet, looked a bit rough. Have a cat myself, insists on jumping on modelling desk and computer. ..a few puffs from a blower brush and he runs off, safe and effective!

                        Regards John.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 7:06 PM
                        ...an effective method...keep the door closed...Big Smile [:D]
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                        Big Jake
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Lacombe, LA.
                        Posted by Big Jake on Monday, May 17, 2004 8:55 PM
                        You know you could use some ACC glue on the floor, I'll bet it would be a hoot to see the cat try to move.

                        Jake

                         

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 17, 2004 9:48 PM
                        I have noticed that cats are a lot slower learners than dogs. Spray a cat with mace, or cyan pepper, or throw it out.. they JUST DON'T GET IT. One hit of mace, and I would imagine that a dog would stay away for good.

                        I agree.. cats and models don't mix. How many times have you sprayed/AB'ed something, let it dry, only to come back and find animal ((cough cat cough)) hair permanently glued to it. ARGGGGGGGGGG


                        P.S.> I don't really spray animals with mace.. however, depending on if I was defending a model or not from animal, or a person.. mace would definitely be something I would consider.
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                        renarts
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Sunny Florida
                        Posted by renarts on Monday, May 17, 2004 9:57 PM
                        I have to do the same with German Shepherds. Best method to date is to keep the door closed and no unsupervised dog help.

                        Cats by their nature are always going to get involved with things and will take an interest in whats going on. Not to mention the desire to always find a vantage point. Usually meaning the model shelf. Some good operant conditioning will work to a point but the best way is to keep them separated from the area.

                        Its sort of like walking away from your sandwich on the coffee table to get something to drink, only to return and find your dog has eaten said sandwich. Do you blame the dog? He figured it was time to eat and you left the sandwich on the table where he coud get it.

                        If all else fails.....the vacume cleaner. Keep it near your bench and when puss comes a calling just tap the on switch. Guaranteed to clear the room for at least the rest of the build session.

                        Mike
                        Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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