The other day, a friend stopped by and I wanted to show him some of my work. I was showing him my recently completed (Well, nearly. Still needs a few touches) SU-27, when to my complete amazement, he picked it up!
His severed hand is mounted in a glass case nearby as a warning to future transgressors!
[:|]Thats almost as bad as taking it outside (a curse on you outdoor modelers lol) I hope you embalmed the hand, might start to stink out the place otherwise
Only his hand?
you did say it neede a few touches and that what he did he touched it [clwn] roflmao
That is a tough moment for sure, especially if it’s a nonmodeler doing the handling. I know it’s an unwritten (maybe written somewhere) rule, not to touch another modelers creations, but if it’s another modeler or contest judge, it doesn’t bother me one bit. Who’s gonna be more careful than another modeler!!!
Could have been a lot worse. I recall an IPMS Contest a couple of years ago where the child of one of the spectators grabbed a 1/48 aircraft model from the Judges table & launched it. It landed in the middle of the 1/72 twin engine model display, destroying a total of 5 models.
Regards, Rick
There are two grave markers in my yard. The first, a neighbor who let his dog poop on my yard and didn’t clean it up. The second someone who did exactly like your friend did, only he broke some of the more delicate parts off in the process.
Typically if someone walks their dog and it does its duty in my yard and the owner doesn’t clean up after them, I scoop it up and deposit it on their door step. The second time, see the first paragraph.
Vlad Ţepeş "Dracul "once had the turbans of visiting Turkish ambassadors nailed to their heads when they refused to remove them in his presence…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler
Very sorry to hear of what happened.
You may want to consider display cases if ignorant guests become too troublesome.
FSM has numerous thread on the subject if you are interested…
Interesting note about judges; it was a judge who knocked one of the cockpit doors off my P-39 at Region II back in October.
In the past when I have judged at contests, I never picked up a model. That is what dental mirrors and flashlights are for…so you can see under and around the model without actually touching it!
I’ve been tempted to insert inside the wheel wells a decal that says…YOU ARE NOT TO PICKUP THE MODEL!
And people wonder why I don’t do contests! Ha![prte]
There are also the children of friends and family that stop by-for some reason the hobby room stays firmly locked. Kids are naturally curious and don’t fully understand. Besides, they loose interest quickly with things they can only look at. They want to pick up your F-14 and ‘transform’ it into Optimus Prime! As much as you want to amaze them, they aren’t. I went to show my nephew my N scale RR layout (I don’t work on that anymore) he briefly looked at it, then asked if I had any video games he could play with. Another time he was to participate in a pine car derby, and I was to “help” him as I am a modeler. I think it took almost 10 minutes for him to disappear, while I finished the car. Found him later watching TV in his room.
I find this wierd, I honestly dont care if people touch my builds (as long as there not ripping parts of dios off the bases) I like them taking looks at my work
Several years ago we were having a build night at my local club. I brought in my Techmod T-50 WW2 Soviet light tank. If any of you have ever seen this kit, you would know it is a very involved build. I replaced the fenders with Eduard PE and had a lot of work done to the hull. The kit mainly looked like a white plastic hull covered with photo etched brass.
An older gentleman who was just returning to the hobby was looking at everyone’s work. He saw my kit, and it looked solid because of all the metal. He was unfamiliar with photo etch. Needless to say, he reached down, grabbed it like it was hefty and immediately crunched the fenders off the hull. The fenders breaking off caused him to lose his grip on the kit and it fell to the tile floor.
The brittle eastern European plastic did not like impact nor did the remaining super glued etch. About a half dozen guys helped pick up the pieces we could find and place them back in the box. I have not opened that box in over half a decade.
I didn’t see that guy at any subsequent meetings.
And he offered no compensation?
The words I use for people like that are not repeatable here.
At a Regional IPMS meeting a photographer was taking a lot of pics and he looked to be a professional…he had one a HUGE flash on top of a 35mm camera…as he was leaning over the single engine prop a/c table, the flash fell forward off of his camera and crashed on top of a densley packed area filled w/ primarily P-47’s…I believe 5 were damaged beyond reasonable repair…
A few other things I have observed that make me nervous at these shows:
kids in general…have no clue as to what they are looking at—they think they are toys…
people with drinks or food in their hands…
women who lean over models and swing their pocketbooks back onto their back—I’ve seen several swing forward like a pendelum and damage models…
…people are idiots…
No, it was an unfortunate accident. Heartbreaking but not life ending. Can’t bear to throw away the kit, and I doubt all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could put the tank back together again.
True, I’m sure he meant no ill will, and it’s only plastic. But still, the cost of the kit and photo-etch is not inconsiderable, let alone your time (admittedly of no value except to you). An offer (at least) to replace the kit and AM should have offered, even if you refused it.
Your ability to forgive and forget is admirable.
Going to model shows with a camera makes me nervous. I always make sure the wrist strap is secure because that would be a huge nightmare to be the center of attention under those circumstances. That would be one quiet show room for sure…
Funny/sad readin this one ,reminds me of my custom paint/sign painting days when the ‘observer’ (for lack of a better term) wouild walk in ,walk up to the fresh paint and feel the need to touch it!!! I almost got fired once for telling the owner (my boss) to get the @!#$%^&* out of his own spray booth !! haHa Yes unfortunatly people are stupid ,and how we havent blown this planet out of the universe is THE greatest mystery yet. We cant be alone in this galaxie/universe and I can see the ‘others’ out there settling down in front of a TV (or whatever) for the daily ignorant stupidity of planet earth ,how they must laugh and then shake thier heads ,or whatever they shake, in disbelief .At our last contest/show/swap a 300$ model was stolen off the table next to me ,now I am supplying ‘security at work’ signs for our next one.
eternal vigilance is not a term for the after life any more…