Well if not a cat then leave it to a 2 year old. I had just about finished up the tracks for the Stuart whenI had to get the phone, little did I know a little sneaky set of hands had made their way to the tracks [:O]and in no time had destroyed them [banghead]. Alot of pins broken. and from the looks of it pieces still missing, must be in his spares box with some other critical parts that dissapeared over time. I don’t think I’ll ever answer the phone again. Guess I can consider the time put into them practice for future ones. Looks like it is a great thing this kit had the option of indi or vinyal cause he just made the vinyal option mandatory.
oh dear good luck with finding them
you could get the working AFV Club tracks if you cant find them all
OUCH!
Chris-
I can relate. I did the Academy Stuart back in April thru June. Except I crunched the indi-links myself. Didn’t know how fragile they were until I tried putting them on the hull. I ended up using the one-piece vinyl ones. Oh well…live and learn! I guess your 2 year old was trying to become a modeler too…the hard way!
Condolences!
Glenn
Ahhhh Chris, I feel your pain buddy. [:(]
WMD huh? Weapons of Mass Destruction can’t hold a candle to a 2 yr old [:p] [:D]
Saddam should be glad we didn’t use 2 yr olds against him, he got off easy [:p]
Eric
[#ditto][(-D]
Wow, that just isn’t fair. All that hard work and they were coming along so nicely. As you said, small consolation here, you got some practice under your belt. At least you have the backup plan which will work, but you may want to get aftermarket ones.
Yea I think if my 2 year old had been dropped into baghdad there would have definatly been war crimes trials for using inhumane devices. He might be small but he already body slams his 5 year old brother. At least he’s not yet body slammed a complete kit though. The look on his face as he beat the table with the tracks was nothing short of priceless, but I’m sure the look on mine was worth a few pictures.
Man Chris…Im sorry to hear that! LOL about WMD though…maybe we should lease all the small children to the millitary and turn em loose over there? Well its a thought!
Eric:
i am rotfl… my little bro is so good at destroying things i’ve nicknamed him Shiva ! i spend a lot of time repairing his broken stuff, but most of the time he doesn’t attack mine, thank goodness!
a deployment of grade schoolers to iraq would probably end the reign of terror of SH, but there would be nothing left of the country, eitther !!! [;)]
frosty[:)]
I dont know about 2yr olds but i know Ferrets can make a nice mess of things if you dont keep an eye open![B)]
Its a bit like having kids [;)]
Crashed/trashed kit…Sounds familiar Chris[}:)]
Wife, Cats, Kids… they are to models, what Kryptonite is to Superman. [xx(] My 3 year old (4 in January) takes out his 14 and 15 year old brothers on a regular basis. He loves ambush tactics, hides behind the wall and leg tackles the brother’s as they go past, or comes up behind them when they are watching TV, then slaps 'em on the back of the head and runs. Were we ever like that at their age?
By the way, I’ve nearly resurrected my LVTP7A. I hope to finish it not so long after after the Group Panther Build project…gonna do a little dio and title it ‘The Phoenix’ …for obvious reasons.
I second the AFV Club Tracks.
The few sets I assembled went together like a dream and fast too thanks to the link pieces being pre-spaced on the sprue.
Thanks god, so far my 3yr old has not even touched my modelling desk.
[8D]
But he keeps going on when I finish this Kit or that Kit so that he can play with it.
At the moment he is happy playing with a near indestructible Bandai Mecha Godzilla that is waiting for painting.