For the last week I’ve been slowly but surely making progress on a 1/35 Maquette FAI-M armored car.This kit was a nightmare to begin with.The parts indicated in the instructions for the body of the vehicle didn’t fit the chassis when completed.Fortunately there are secondary parts for another version not shown in the instructions.These were better molded and fit well except for the rear of the body.I had to sand down maybe a 1/4 inch.There were mucho gaps between the body panels.I filled them with some testors putty.I began sanding and a little more filling today.
The kit was done and ready for paint when…I dropped the damn thing on the basement floor!!!
Every seem I had just filled and sanded,popped apart.Aparently the glue didn’t bond the plastic very well.Not to mention poor parts fit to begin with.
I contained my anger for about thirty seconds.
Remember that James Cagney scene involving a grapefruit?
Substitute the kit for the fruit and the wall for the chicks face and you have a good idea of the final outcome of this build.
TD it would be easier to count the people who haven’t had one of these days. I’ve been there a couple of times and once it got a few stitch and a nice hospital bill.[D)]
So were there any penetration or impact marks in the wall? How about spread pattern? Were there any secondary explosions? Any ideas on the ballistic characteristics of a 1/35 armored car?[swg]
This thing is in peices.Because the glue didn’t bond the plastic,I think only the mount for the headlights actually broke.I haven’t found them yet.I almost regret trashing it,but I couldn’t see myself redoing all that filling and sanding.Not to mention cleaning the parts up before hand.I really wanted to complete this build.When I am able,I’ll get you guys some pics of the dent in the wall and what’s left of the kit.
After mashing it into the wall,I tossed it over my shoulder in the general direction of the garbage can.(Secondary explosion achieved!)Sort of like a Magic Johnson no-look pass.I’m laughing now (thanks to you guys) but,boy was I ever pi$$ed at the time!
Well, I have to patch a bit of sheetrock that disn’t hold up well to a 1/24 car. I don’t remember WHY it went SMASH, but it did! Thankfully, the wife hasn’t seen the small-ish places where the plastic actual went INTO the sheetrock, so I don’t have to fix it…yet.
In other words, been there, done that, and quite recently as well!
[banghead] Ahhhhhh! Maquette! I can sypathize many times over. Their kits defintely fall into the catagory of 'problems to be solved with high explosives"
And to second the Doog… any photo evidence???[}:)]
A moment of respectful science here please…Been there, done that (to use an overworked expression). Did you save the wreckage? If so, maybe after a few days you can start again on a salvage job. If not, count to 10, have a good stiff drink, and grab something else out of the stash. When I came back from a Navy reunion and found all my newly installed shelves on the floor with about 40 smashed models under them I had the same feeling. I just put the shelves back up but made absolutely positive they were more firmly anchored…my sympathies to ya…Rick M
Ahh… The heat of the moment. Well this just shows that you truly are an artist, full of passion showing your feelings for that particular canvas was truly showing, well that it was a trure FUBAR!
I did a simular thing in 1968 with an AMT 1/25 scale car with steerable wheels. The frustration mounted to a climax, and BAM! the car hit the floor, and then I STOMPED! on it. [banghead]
