The carpet monster

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It is a voracious beast, whose appetite is never sated. Its last meal at my place, a rear-view mirror for a 1/48 Spitfire.

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I lost 2 very small clear bits just yesterday. Since they were clear…and did I mention very small…I didn’t even bother looking for them after they sprung, and I mean sprung lose from the reverse action tweezers. I took it as they weren’t supposed to make it on to the completed model. Shhh, don’t tell anyone, lol.

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keyda

I think the liquid plastic on the tweezer tips would have prevented the slipping. Use a flashlight perpendicular to the floor as the light will cast a shadow and most of the times the parts can be recovered.

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For years now I have heard the hype about the future micromachining and nanobots. Wouldn’t it be great if someone produced nanobots trained to recognize model parts, and would patrol our shop floors? We could set a collection bin on the floor, and the 'bots would collect any model parts they found on the floor and deposit them in the collection bin.

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I bought a 1/72 Dragon SHerman and the first part of the kit went flying somewhere. It was part of the wheel structure. I still haven t found it… I cant even get to Step #2… LOL!

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for me , it was a gun port door , I just should be able to see something like this

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I once lost a tool (it was a homemade sanding stick) to the carpet monster.

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a towel or shop apron workds. doing PE inside big plastic bags can work. moving all the parts as close to each other as possible so limited time in tweezers.

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very funny , [8-|]

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I saw a monster in my carpet. I must have monster carpet?

There.[:P]

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I was building a 1/24 1963 Corvette and somehow lost one of the wheel spinners, which is ridiculously tiny. Then I lost another one. Then I found the first one, but not the second, although I scoured my workbench and every inch of the floor. So I ended up using one spinner I had to press into a piece of Sculpey, then poured resin into it to make a replacement. I’d just finished painting it silver when I lifted a box on the workbench, and there was the missing spinner. I think I have a model poltergeist.

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Hi :

I save myself the trouble of getting off my chair . I have a high intensity flashlight . When I drop a part and hear it hit the floor , out it comes . 95% recovery rate so far .

Now as far as parts and P.E flying out of the twizzers and going somewhere , this is so true . Found a carefully folded , ready to mount ship’s ladder in the cat’s food dish .( she prefers dry food ) when It went flying last week .

I wondered why she was seeking attention .She just wanted the durned thing out of her food ! I guess I would too ! LOL.LOL. The idea of clipping all the parts off and throwing them out won’t work .The Monster only wants the part you specifically need at that time . None but that ! !

Beware , it will succeed beyond your wildest dreams . Pulled up the carpet in my room and you should’ve seen the parts I found , intact , in the traffic area ! ! and they were okay . The contractor couldn’t figure out why I was so slow pulling up that carpet and not letting his crew do it .

Would you believe the tailight ( left side ) for my 55 Chevy model ? I scrounged another and gave that kit , built , away over two years ago . So now you know . It will getchya ! T.B.

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Love these stories about the carpet monster! Great entertainment and humor! I don’t have to read anything else because this forum is so cool. I work in an unfinished old cellar so I have to deal with : The Concrete Creature . And you guys think you have it tough!