Admiral Puff Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Usually, cutting the seals and opening the box ... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Mike Sierra Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Glueing fuselage halves together while the bathtub is still somwhere outside ... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Trying to mix colors in RGB space 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 The list is too long, no build without something wrong and some corrective action needed. I consider myself a "plastic scrambler". I do not know where those words come from. They seem appropriate. A notable one was on a major rework project of Eduard's original Tempest Mk. V. Every part was reworked and I also decided to back date to a Series 1. I made myself a rear fuselage extension plug and having glued it in place and, having achieved the desired effect, ran in liquid CA into the fuselage to strengthen the joint (unnecessarily). Put it aside and on return found the liquid CA had run out everywhere. I then had a major clean-up, file, sand and re-scribe project. I didn't give up. Too much of my life went into this one. The final result was still nice. This remains one of my favourite and most satisfying builds. Ray 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Not making a left turn at Albuquerque! In modelling, I built a Hobbyboss 1/48 F/A-18A in VFA-201 markings complete with Texas flags on the tails, posted the pics online to find out ten seconds later from the first public comment that the flags were upside down! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Putting my paintbrush full with Humbrol Enamel in a crystal glass with a dram of Balvenie 18 yrs instead of the paint cleaner.. I think that was last time I had a glass of whisky at the worktable. /Bosse 1 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Mike Sierra Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 25 minutes ago, Marlin said: dram of Balvenie 18 yrs Must have been a hell of a smell 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Sierra Mike Sierra said: Must have been a hell of a smell 😆 It could have been worse, I could have drank the paint cleaner instead of the Balvenie. /Bosse 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Marlin said: It could have been worse, I could have drank the paint cleaner instead of the Balvenie. /Bosse I was just going to say that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ian- Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Buying an Amodel i-16, the only kit I've ever given up on and thrown in the bin. In theory it should have been a pretty easy kit but the flash was that so bad in places that I genuinely couldn't tell where the flash ended and the kit part started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 21 hours ago, -Ian- said: Buying an Amodel i-16, the only kit I've ever given up on and thrown in the bin. In theory it should have been a pretty easy kit but the flash was that so bad in places that I genuinely couldn't tell where the flash ended and the kit part started. I had to laugh - I've had a few like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 ^^^^^^^^ Then you go to a club meeting and talk about the flashy new kit you have. Dick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 When I left my P-47 upside down while a decal set up, right near the end of the build. Turns out that the paint was melted by the decal solution, so I had to flat it off and hide it by painting a slightly different colour. Someone even said that the slight colour change was a good technique. Yep. Totally meant to do that! Turned out OK though, thankfully 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 26/07/2022 at 21:42, Pigpen said: Wife getting scratched and bitten trying to get tablet into cat. That’s not a mistake. You getting scratched etc. is On that front as a stupid teenager thought I’d play with the family German Shepherd with a three dog toys he wanted. I rotated them and he was always short of one of them. It did go on a bit long and I hadn’t appreciated quite how p’eed off he was getting until he dropped his two. You know those little front teeth they have? Well he pinched the front of my shirt with them and did that rabbit kill thing. My shirt fragmented and off he went, tail in air and with a swagger in his walk and a bit of shirt hanging from his mouth. I didn’t bother getting it back 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 My biggest plastic model related error was selling my collection of unmade vintage Airfix kits, all in Type 3 and 4 boxes and blister packs. I've replaced some of my favourites, but prices are now much higher and not all are available very often. I really regret that but, hey ho.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 There was that time when, during a late night modelling session, the jeweller’s loupe that I put to my eye turned out to be the lid of a tub of Lifecolor paint. I’ll never forget the squishy feeling of the paint making contact with my eyelid. 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 When me and the ex wife seperated a good few years back, I sorted out my stash and a load of it went to the charity shop. This included the Tamiya Dragon Wagon and Famo with Trailer! Clearly wasn't thinking straight that day! I still give myself a kick about it every so often 🤦♂️ Regards, Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 9:42 PM, Pigpen said: Wife getting scratched and bitten trying to get tablet into cat. Let me have a go. Retreat into kitchen with tablet, cat and large beach towel. Return from kitchen some time later bruised, bloodied but with tablet inside the cat which has high tailed it through the cat flap and over the fields. Do the normal bloke thing of making a big issue of my success. That's your job from now on then.... When you say tablet, I guess you’re not talking about an iPad? Biggest mistake is a toss up between buying an Airfix 1/72 Concorde and calling my ex boss a see you next Tuesday. Both are equally 💩 Graham 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vildebeest Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Modeling-wise, Heller Dragon Rapide, freshly brush painted silver. Silver, of course, especially when fresh, is fairly delicate and can easily be damaged by fingers, solvents and various other hazards. So let's brush on a coat of Clear to protect it and job done. Clear is a clear liquid (the clue is in the name) which comes in a clear plastic bottle. The problem is that white spirit is a clear liquid which comes in a clear plastic bottle........ Paul 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 8 hours ago, vildebeest said: Modeling-wise, Heller Dragon Rapide, freshly brush painted silver. Silver, of course, especially when fresh, is fairly delicate and can easily be damaged by fingers, solvents and various other hazards. So let's brush on a coat of Clear to protect it and job done. Clear is a clear liquid (the clue is in the name) which comes in a clear plastic bottle. The problem is that white spirit is a clear liquid which comes in a clear plastic bottle........ Paul OUCH!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Judging by the pair of Apache gunships circling over South Rugby, the last thing I posted on BBC Have Your Say......... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ian- Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 If we're allowing non-modelling regrated regrets. Binning 70 or 80 cassette albums around 10 years ago. By that point I'd long since bought all the ones I was interested in on CD and didn't even own anything to play them on, I was 100% sure I'd never play them again. I quite literally couldn't give them away, no charity shops were interested and if I'd have sold them as a job lot on ebay I'd have barely covered postage and paypal fees so in the end I just binned them. Fast forward to 2022 and cassettes are now the latest hipster fad, looking at sold listings on eBay I probably could have made around £500 if I'd held on to them and sold them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 32 minutes ago, -Ian- said: If we're allowing non-modelling regrated regrets. Binning 70 or 80 cassette albums around 10 years ago. By that point I'd long since bought all the ones I was interested in on CD and didn't even own anything to play them on, I was 100% sure I'd never play them again. I quite literally couldn't give them away, no charity shops were interested and if I'd have sold them as a job lot on ebay I'd have barely covered postage and paypal fees so in the end I just binned them. Fast forward to 2022 and cassettes are now the latest hipster fad, looking at sold listings on eBay I probably could have made around £500 if I'd held on to them and sold them now. I did the same with my vinyl collection. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I've got a couple; I put the nose wheel bay on a 1/72 Me 262 in back to front. I glued the prop on backwards on a 1/48 Seafire XVI I painted a duel seat TP-51D dark blue, when it was in reality light powder blue. In my defence, I was following a profile at the time, it was only later I found a colour picture of the aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 On 8/4/2022 at 10:27 PM, -Ian- said: Fast forward to 2022 and cassettes are now the latest hipster fad Mix tapes! /stillgotmine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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