what's the sillyiest or funnyiest mistake you have made regarding model makeing

[Dave Ward]

once tried building a Starfix Me109.........BIG mistake lol

Paul,
the even bigger mistake was buying one!!!!!:smiling3:
Dave

[Dave W]

I put some cellulose thinners in an old Microsol bottle to use in my working away from home kit. Forgot about it when I came to put an instrument decal on my Zoukie Mura Phantom.Applied what I thought was microsol to the decal and watched it shrivel up!.

[Dave Ward]

Strangely enough, I have never done anything funny, or made a mistake in my modelmaking, but then again, I suffer from pseudologia fantastica. :rolling:
I learnt that modelmaking in bare feet can be extremely painful & messy. I dropped a Swan Morton scalpel with a brand new 10A blade - stuck in my foot - it hurt!, and I left a blood trail..........
I was cleaning my airbrush - still connected to the air hose, I'd slackened the needle clamp off & withdrawn the needle. I then removed the nozzle cap. Due to a momentary lapse, the whole lot slipped & dropped - In reflex I, grabbed - caught the hose. The airbrush swung and hit my bench full on the loose needle - the tiny little nozzle was split open like a tulip! To add insult to injury it bent the needle as well.
I would recommend to any airbrush user quick release couplings!
Dave

[Guest]

I managed to Superglue both of my hands to my modelling desk.
Lucky my wife was in to prise me free with some washing liquid and a spoon.

[Dave W]

As some of you may know I use cellulose thinners as a liquid cement . I decant this from the 5 litre tin into an old marmite jar which i keep on the bench and use a brush to apply . I also decanted some Johnsons Klear into an old bovril jar which i apply with a brush to give an overall gloss defore decalling ,and to dip canopies in because its a nice wide mouth .One day they were both on the bench when i came to putting a coat of klear on my newly painted MiG 9 , it was only after i noticed the paintbrush getting a bit silvery that i realised i had given the whole model a coat of cellulose thinners which was now eating into the paint ,plastic and canopy , DOH!!

I think the moral of the story for both of us (see my post below yours) is to put labels on the bottles!.

[Mr Bowcat]

Spending half and hour crawling on the floor trying to find a part that had pinged off before finding it had bounced down my chest into my pocket.

[Guest]

Staying with the glue, getting CA on my thumb and naturally sticking the piece of PE to it, whiles't searching the floor for the piece for what seemed hours only to sit down and see it !
We won't going tracks, that's far too painful

[Tim Marlow]

Well I think that’s SWR for the win......

[Guest]

Well I think that’s SWR for the win......

What was worse was that my wife was having uncontrollable fits of laughter,so instead of something that should have taken a few minutes turned into about twenty :smiling3:.

[Tim Marlow]

Reminds me of a story told by a friend of mine.....he was digging a pond in his garden, about four foot deep, and had just got the liner in when it started to rain. The rain made the thing too slippery to climb out of, so he was sliding around like Charlie Chaplin trying to get out and shouted for help....
His teenage daughter heard and came out. Seeing what was happening she said hang on, and went back in the house....he thought she’d gone to get something to help, but no! She brought out her cini camera and started filming him !!!!!

[yak face]

I think the moral of the story for both of us (see my post below yours) is to put labels on the bottles!.

Worst thing is dave , they both had the original labels still on and the bovril jar was bigger , how i got the wrong one i dont know !!

[Allen Dewire]

I use a 5ml syringe for drawing paint out of the bottles and putting it into my hissy stick cup. Needing 4ml of Tamiya dark gray for spraying, I decided to mix 2ml of IPA and 2ml of paint in the syringe. I drew the IPA first and then the dark gray, put the syringe on a paper towel while I fire up the compressor and prepped the hissy stick.

I then picked up the syringe and shook it vigorously to mix the 2 together to thin the paint. UHHHH, I forgot to put my finger over the tip of the syringe while shaking. A mess was made all over the kitchen………………………...

[PaulTRose]

Paul,
the even bigger mistake was buying one!!!!!:smiling3:
Dave

thing is, what i was doing with it meant i didnt need the wings....just the fuselage......so half a kit and it still wouldnt go together!! lol

[boatman]

What was worse was that my wife was having uncontrollable fits of laughter,so instead of something that should have taken a few minutes turned into about twenty :smiling3:.

YEATH I think Ralph is a winner by a mile an as for havin the missus laughin it would be more than I could stand as no doubt she'd tell her sisters an friends not to mention my m8 's
id never live it down. but that was the whole aim of this thread to have a chuckle an all cheer up as it certainly gave me some laughs good on you all for bein such good sports. It will soon be summer hooray an I hope you feel better now Ralph ALL BEST
chris

[col68]

I use a 5ml syringe for drawing paint out of the bottles and putting it into my hissy stick cup. Needing 4ml of Tamiya dark gray for spraying, I decided to mix 2ml of IPA and 2ml of paint in the syringe. I drew the IPA first and then the dark gray, put the syringe on a paper towel while I fire up the compressor and prepped the hissy stick.

I then picked up the syringe and shook it vigorously to mix the 2 together to thin the paint. UHHHH, I forgot to put my finger over the tip of the syringe while shaking. A mess was made all over the kitchen………………………...

Been there and done that Allen. Even worse added thinner to a full bottle of tamiya phone rings so I put top on bottle and as I'm talking to my niece I started to shake the bottle to mix the paint unfortunately I hadn't tightened the lid the resulting mess was unreal there was XF-59 everywhere walls,floors and ceiling all received a nice spattering.