Ok last post of the evening. My 11 year old wants the PC!
It seems that every time I’m nearly finsihed with a kit I make a really STUPID mistake. Tonight was no exception. I’m nearly finished with my HE-100. I was working of the landing gear and dipped the top side wing tip into super glue. I used some debonder and micro brushes to remove the glue and removed some paint[banghead]. Now I have to sand that spot and touch up the paint.
Does anyone else have these experiences?
Every. Single. Build.
Without fail.
At least I’m consistent. [:)]
Keep the jars, bottles and tubes of stuff away from the bench when not being used at that very second. Keep them handy, I keep mine in tool boxes and or on shelves next to the bench.
The hardest part is keeping them where they belong and not piled around the project your working on.[:-^]
We must be separated at birth…I make the same mistakes. I have whittled it down to:
a. Fatigue
b. Clumsiness
c. Anxiousness to completethe build
d. Little elves that inhabit hobby rooms
Just like Jon it seems like every build! I lose things to the carpet monster and I don’t even have carpet!
I tend to rush when I’m getting close to finished and something always gets screwed up. When a kit is close to done I start giggling to myself as I picture the lastest aircraft in the hanger dive bombing the dog… that’s when I get impatient and start to rush for some fun time.
Paint touch-ups probably result from half of my blunders.
I’m sure we’re not the only ones[;)]
The carpet monster is getting ready to move out and sue me because of sprue damage and I’m afraid to enter my modeling area if the debonder is more than half empty. [4:-)]
Thanks guys,
I feel better[:)]. I’ll be out of town for the weekend so I can step away from the project and start fresh next week.
Everyone have a safe and enjoyable 4th!
I do’nt think we’ll every stop making mistakes in the progress of our builds. The difference is being able to repair the mistake and finish the model. Learn as many tricks as you can here and you will find that you are able to complete more models and be much happier with the end product.
Soulcrusher[oX)]
Mistakes come with the territory…the Ta-183 I just finished…for example…I had finished with the painting…natural metal finish, first time using mettalizers, done with the tail mottle and had the yellow nose done…looked great. As I continued to build next was landing gear…well SURPRISE the mounts for the gear which are molded into the jet motor visible from gear pits were in backwards!!! Left on right side and vicea versa…!!! ARRRGH!!! i was about to split the fuselage halves open! Luckily the nose cone and tail cone popped off and was able to switch the sides out…but had to touch up painting…its inevitable in a build…thats how we learn and laugh…!! and keeps it fun.
If you look closely you can see a bit of a rough edge at the tail cone…oh well…
Carlos
[#ditto] I allways do something like that, a few days ago I forgot to put some weigth on my PBY Catalina before closing the fuselage LOL
regards
Jeremias
I’m with everyone else, there’s always something I screw up.[:O] I’m always rushing to finish or trying something new that didn’t quite work out.
Mike
All of my models come out contest quality whether I intend it or not. Unfortunately, my cat knows this and at the final stage will usually do something like hide the decals, substitute the wrong paint etc. I’ve even caught him trying to hide the instructions but I’ve beat him at that little game----don’t need no sinkin’ instructions. Seriously, my problem is in tryin’ to do just one more thing to a model thats really finished. Can’t seem to leave well enough alone.
I don’t never make eny misteaks…
You mean like gluing together the boom of a RevelloGram P-61 then realizing the next day that you forgot to install the landing gear?
Or coming to the table the following day and seeing the wheel weights you were going to put in the nose of your Accurate Miniatures P-39 still sitting there next to the assembled fuselage?
Or perhaps the decision to do “just one more coat” of rattlecan Hugger Orange on your AMT '70 Z28, only to orange peel it to the Nth degree?
And who can forget an all time great like giving a quick refresher shake to a bottle of ModelMaster Chrome Silver only to find that the cap was not completely secured and you are now flinging paint all over yourself, the table, and everything on it?
You mean those kinds of mistakes?
Modeling, the ultimate form of relaxation.
Regards, PWB.
Working on a 1:72 scale engine for two and a half days, weathering and chipping it untill it looked exactly the way you wanted it, only to forget to mask the d*mn thing while coating the plane with it’s base colour…[:-^]
That’s what i call stupid…[:I]
Being able to solve problems (you created) is what makes a modeler good imho.
Kermit (who has corrected his mistake since then)
Tom- You are not alone brother! I make those boo-boos often as well, good photography and photo editing are great skills to have! [:I] LOL…
Now I don’t feel to bad. I was cleaning up around my bench tonight and found the Spit I was building for last years Weekend Build. Thought I’d mask it and paint the Dark Green. Finished painting and realized I reversed the camo scheme. Just gonna roll with it, most people who see it will never know.
I don’t make stupid mistakes. All of mine appear to be very carefully tought out and well planned.
One day I will remember to add weights BEFORE glueing the fusalage and any crucial parts. Although I have gotten creative at figuring out how to add weight after the fact.
Just slight errors in judgement like me huh Hans [:D]
Unlike Hans though, I suffer from cronic Brain Fade, and YES!!! the dog does move things around and steal stuff off of my bench errrr TV tray.
Wing_nut yours is an interesting problem LOL !!!