Big Scuffer Al Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 After painting up some small parts yesterday I put them 'somewhere safe' so I wouldn't lose them. Come this morning and couldn't find them 😡 Cue tearing the contents of the build table apart, poking around in the jug of brush rinsing water, emptying the storage drawers, boxes, looking in empty coffee cups and scrabbling around on the floor in case the carpet monster paid a visit overnight, accompanied by the usual colourful language. Gave up and convinced myself they weren't that important anyway and went back to painting...... Went to put new part in my 'helping hands' only to discover my missing parts staring at me from the clamps. I must have picked up or moved the damned thing a dozen times 😡😡  On the plus side, I am 25 pence richer found a wing mirror, towing shackle, a 0.5mm drill bit, 4 resistors and an led so we'll call that a win. 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 And people think that modelling can be boring. Tsk! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Big Scuffer Al said:   On the plus side, I am 25 pence richer found a wing mirror, towing shackle, a 0.5mm drill bit, 4 resistors and an led so we'll call that a win. Not to mention giving us on here a good chuckle because we never do anything like that ………  Glad you found them even if they weren’t lost really 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) I know the feeling. Last night I was doing some work on my Hornet when I noticed that the bottom part of the nose gear was missing. It had been there earlier and so must have broken off when it pinged out of the mini clamp I used to hold it while painting. A search of the area didn't reveal the missing part and So I have resigned myself to a scratch build. Edited March 26, 2022 by Mr T Blasted autocorrect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo NZ Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 18 hours ago, Mr T said: I know the feeling. Last night I was doing some work on my Hornet when I noticed that the bottom part of the nose gear was missing. It had been there earlier and so must have broken off when it pinged out of the mini clamp I used to hold it while painting. A search of the area didn't reveal the missing part and So I have resigned myself to a scratch build. Once you have scratch-built a new one, you will, of course, find the original. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 ... and the probability of finding it is directly proportional to the difficulty of building the replacement! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 That usually appears to be the case. Hopefully it will be straight forward as I have some PE parts for the oleo link and it looks to be a fairly simple structure, at least in 1/72nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now