Obvious silly things we do, or we do stupid things so you don't have to?

[peterairfix]

Learned the hard way, never drink coffee while painting, lost count of the number of times I've tried to clean brushes in my coffee mug.

Been there and done that i share your pain.

Peter t

[Ian M]

Learned the hard way, never drink coffee while painting, lost count of the number of times I've tried to clean brushes in my coffee mug.

Its better than taking the glass you clean brushes in and drinking that instead of the coffee.... Yuk!

Ian M

[Guest]

Or wondering where that bit of PE you were about to attach has mysteriously disappeared to, only to later be asked "what's that piece of metal doing on your ear?"

Doh!

[Guest]

spilt my white paint then opened another one not realising then panicking and spilling the other one so 2 pots down and a nice covering of trousers and laminate,laminate got it as when i bent down i moved my socked feet and smudged it all in lol

[eddiesolo]

You know, there seems to be theme forming of spilt, knocked over bottles appearing...I wonder if many years of modelling the fumes of paint, glue etc have finally taken there toll.

Si

[Guest]

I wonder what would happen if we ever put the caps back on?!!!!!

[Guest]

I haven't made too many blunders while building, not recently.

Some of my 'cockups' include not waiting for the paint to fully dry (or glue) before handling or assembling tiny parts. Impatience with decal application, that's a good one.

Probably one of the 'shortcuts' I paid for came when I was about 16-17. I was building a model of the Aliens Dropship. Missile pods out, ramps and stairs lowered, It looked pretty sweet. I decided to use "krazy glue" instead of normal modelling glue. I thought I would save time. I could have the whole thing painted and assembled in an afternoon (I can still underestimate the time required for any given project, so it's nice to see that hasn't changed with age).

It was a toss-up between "the glue would not set" and "you've used too much, too many times now, that it's eating away at the plastic."

At least I realized quickly enough at one point that if I forced the issue, I would have an unrecognizable lump of melted styrene, nicely painted.

So back to the old (standard) glue, and that did help rescue the situation.

Lesson learned? There is often no such thing as a shortcut. If it worked, it would just be the way

[eddiesolo]

And just to think that the Halcyon Aliens dropship now commands £60+...madness. I want one but cannot justify that price.

Si

[Guest]

I was painting a 120 mm Scotts grey officer for a commision so it had to be spot on, dappled horses are not the easiest to paint and at the time I was using oils, after a week of painting I got the horse finished and left it for another 2 days to dry. Happy with the final look I started to cover it in testors flat coat, in my defence the sun was shining through the window, and only when I had sprayed the whole lot did I realise I had picked up the wrong can and sprayed it with primer. Back to the start

[flyjoe180]

Always put the protective cover back on your blades. Just did myself a wee mischief playing with the Harrier.

[Peej]

spilt my white paint then opened another one not realising then panicking and spilling the other one so 2 pots down and a nice covering of trousers and laminate,laminate got it as when i bent down i moved my socked feet and smudged it all in lol

I think this is something we have all probably done. I know I have so now if I am painting straight from the pot I stick the pot down with a big blob of blue tac. When I have finished I put the lid on and detatch from the blue tac.

[Gern]

I'd forgotten this thread!


My stupid was a few days ago. When painting wheels I like to paint the tyres first then use some sort of circle template to do the hubs. Works a treat if you can get the right size template. It doesn't work if you glue together pairs of tyres - as I did with my STuG build!

[dave]

A long time ago I managed to glue the two halfs of the fuselage together and Left to harden off over night. The next day I was rather shocked to see the cock pit sitting on the desk right next to the fuselage!!!

I have done this as well.


i also left a canopy section in the spray booth by mistake and covered the inside with overspray.  Days of work sanding and then polishing up to a new clear finish again.

[Gern]

I've got some of these clamps:





Maybe not to everyone's taste but I find them easier to use than the Berna type friction clamps - which I never seem to have enough hands for.


Anyway, gluing some bits together earlier today using Tamiya Extra Thin ... you know what's coming next I'm sure! The glue capillated along an edge of one of the pieces, ran under the clamp and glued it to the piece!


I got it free and cleaned everything up with no problems, but next time I may not be so lucky!

[Guest]

I think this is something we have all probably done. I know I have so now if I am painting straight from the pot I stick the pot down with a big blob of blue tac. When I have finished I put the lid on and detatch from the blue tac.

that is a good idea , peej