my hobby room has ate the rest of my kit parts for my F-16A i’m currently building? just had the box this past weekend and now when im trying to put the finishing touches on it, i cant find the darn box!! my wife and child wont own up to moving it, so i guess murphy took it. maybe he’ll bring it back soon. he ever visit ya’ll? later.
He does, but usually it’s in the guise of one of the cats or one of Claire’s kids. It’ll turn up soon Chris.
well josh, i have an alternate plan if it dont show up. all im missing is the exhaust nozzle, the pointy thing on the nose, and the ordinance. i can make the pointy thing from stretched sprue, buy the after market ordinance and nozzle, and i’ll be home free. i finally got the cammo scheme close to just right and was on the home stretch too.[V]
oh well, i’ll live. later.
There were some threads pointed out to me on the armor forum pertaining to lost PE parts that had me howling.
My contention is that the liklihood of losing a part is exponentially proportional to its importance and the difficulty in “Faking” one. You will never lose small parts that can easily be made, but give me one that would be hard to fake and it will be lost forever.
In your case I think it’s possible that Mike’s California Gremlins may have migrated southeast!
Good luck finding it, like I always tell myself while hunting for something, “It HAS to be here SOMWHERE!”
thats what im screamin’ scot!!
Been there, done that, got theT-shirt. If you want a laugh though:
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17408
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13499
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16898
Hmmm … that does make me wonder if I could change my username to “Screamin Scott”. I sort of like that [:)]
Being as I am an Irishman, I think it’s the Leprechauns doing it. 
[:D] [;)]
Mike
Murphy has his own room in my house.
And he doesn’t even chip in some rent.
Scott,
Here’s another old one to enjoy;
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16947
So THAT’S where Mr Murphy’s been, I was wondering, since I hadn’t seen or heard from him here “on the job.” I guess it’s just a matter of time before he comes back this way. Seems like no matter what precautions I take, he finds a way to “borrow” some of my kit’s parts. I wonder if there’s a pile of model parts right next to all the socks that disappear out of my dryer???
I always have to tell myself “It didn’t just get up and walk away” though with 3 kids and a cat in the house, it may have gotten a free ride somewhere.
Jeeez, Ausf. I’ll say it again, you armor guys are WEIRD![:D] That is another good one though, thanks for passing it along.
Now, with the exception of Chris here, we airplane guys never lose anything. We always know where everything is, we always have everything in order, everything works perfectly. Then we wake up and realize it was all just a dream!
Forgot to mention … my wife got a new vacuum cleaner Saturday. It’s one of the bagless kind and has a big, clear canister to hold all the dust and dirt. While she was trying it ont (on my room, of course!) I sat there watching and thought to myself, “Yep, there goes that PE seatbelt buckle I lost last month, and there’s that wing tip light that disappeared, etc.” It’s funny how you can see that stuff flying around inside the vacuum cleaner but it is totally invisible on the floor. Of course, I didn’t even bother to try and dig it out of the vacuum, it would just have disappeared again. Murphy at work once again!
fellows, this is not a small part im missing!!! its the whole, entire BOX with the parts inside!!![V][V]
That’s what makes it so funny and hard to believe! [:p] And we are in awe of your abilities! Not everybody can lose the whole box! [:-^] I, for one, am truly impressed.
It’s gotta be there, it didn’t get up and walk off. I think one of your family members is yanking your chain.
I usually try to “be the box” but with limited success (it works a little better with a dropped or propelled part and somewhat better with eye glasses). You could try offering a reward, but that might result in further “losses”…
Therefore, if the importance of a given peice reaches some point, where the graph of importance, vs difficulty in construction creaches a plateau, statistically, this is where we can find our dear Mr. Murphy.
So, if you can at least pretend to not care so much, there is a relative chance you can find it [:D]
Precisely! I never thought about it like that, but you are exactly right. All you have to do, SaltyDog, is to not worry about where that kit it, and you will find it! Probably the day after you get all the replacement parts!
Well saltydog we have all tried it. But what kit is it ( 1/48 or 1/72 or maybe even 1/32, is it Hasegawa, Italieri or what ) I have a scrap F-16A from Hasegawa in 1/48, so I have a spare nozzle and “pointy thing” ( pitot tube ). There is just one problem…I live across the Atlantic, in Denmark. The shipping costs would make it some very expensive replacements.
Chris, Iv’e lost my share of parts to the shag monster on my modeling room floor, but never an entire box. I’m not good at Geography, but is Alabama any where near Roswell? [alien]
LOL!!! you think that box is big, how bout the one for my trumpeter mig 19… lost it. found it reciently, tucked in behind my model desk… not enough room there tho