A mate of mine has his own shed, like many of us. It is his place to chill and unwind to while away a few hours working on a model...until one tragic day.
He, as maybe some of you do, enjoyed a fag in his den while fiddling around with plastic, glue, paints etc. On this occasion he lit a fag and then after a drag or two, propped it on a shelf...first mistake.
He was was engrossed in something else and didn't notice that the fag had rolled off the shelf and landed in a three quarter done 1/48 scale aircraft, of course as sods-law would have it it landed in the cockpit area. It smouldered away merrily for many minutes slowly melting its way through the cockpit and destroying the seat and instrument panel, only the niff of acrid, burning plastic snapped him back to his senses, he searched for the offending article in a panic...second mistake.
Trying to source the smell he promptly knocked over a small plastic bottle of rubbing alcohol he was using, this of course had no top on, the liquid flowed over the model. Now any other day the ciggie would have burnt itself out, or the alcohol would have quenched the tip despite being flammable...but this was no ordinary day...if it was going to go wrong...it did. The fag was rather hot the plastic was rather hot the alcohol just made it hotter and it went up in flames.
He put the flames out rather quickly and turned to a rather ugly looking 1/48 scale mess...it went in the bin and he stormed off inside...oh dear.
Si
He, as maybe some of you do, enjoyed a fag in his den while fiddling around with plastic, glue, paints etc. On this occasion he lit a fag and then after a drag or two, propped it on a shelf...first mistake.
He was was engrossed in something else and didn't notice that the fag had rolled off the shelf and landed in a three quarter done 1/48 scale aircraft, of course as sods-law would have it it landed in the cockpit area. It smouldered away merrily for many minutes slowly melting its way through the cockpit and destroying the seat and instrument panel, only the niff of acrid, burning plastic snapped him back to his senses, he searched for the offending article in a panic...second mistake.
Trying to source the smell he promptly knocked over a small plastic bottle of rubbing alcohol he was using, this of course had no top on, the liquid flowed over the model. Now any other day the ciggie would have burnt itself out, or the alcohol would have quenched the tip despite being flammable...but this was no ordinary day...if it was going to go wrong...it did. The fag was rather hot the plastic was rather hot the alcohol just made it hotter and it went up in flames.
He put the flames out rather quickly and turned to a rather ugly looking 1/48 scale mess...it went in the bin and he stormed off inside...oh dear.
Si
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