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

[boatman]

As a kid a lot of my "mistakes" were due to naivety, poor equipment and just trying to put the thing together together as quickly as I could so I could play with it. I would leave pieces off regularly! I would also struggle with pieces like weapons pylons that would take ages to dry if you used normal model glue so I would sometimes just glue the missiles and bombs straight to the wing. Once I even cut the decals off and glued them dry to the plane because I had a habit of tearing them if I used them properly. I didn't have anyone guiding me for any of this stuff and learned things the hard and long way!

These days the biggest mistake I make is trying to get a build too perfect rather than just leaving it alone. This results in making it worse and sometimes even stuffing it right up. In general though I am pretty calm about my builds.

HI Michael yes I think we all went through the naïve bit an just building models how we wanted them to play with an not how they should be in reality. But that how a childhood should be as it get your imagination goin an helps you to build better in the future an I agree about the biggest mistake is tryin to hard like tryin to build an wheather said model like

some of the exspert modelers on this forum. I think that's why in my mind I hav'nt started my big plane kits yet as in my mind I can see total disaster an messin up some v- exspensive kits so I have put them on the back burner for now an I will get back into modelling when I start my ship an build up my confidence as I hav'nt built a model for months
chris

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Well as of last night I can add another stupid mistake to my list. :anguished:

I was getting ready to put a matt coat on my Spitfire Vb, had it over to the side of my bench. I keep my airbrush soaking in a plastic container of IPA when not in use, as I opened the lid a drop of IPA flew into the air and landed on the wing of the Spit. Stupidly I immediately wiped it away, leaving a nice round patch where the paint used to be. :angry:

After some swearing I masked up the area and painted it back in. Luckily I got away with it and you can't tell, but still bloody annoyed with myself.

 

[boatman]

An Bigfoot57 sounds like you need danger money when you model leavin sharp pins about to stick in your feet cor blimey :face-with-head-bandage::nerd::smiling: lol
chris

AN Jakko the ball is just to mix up the paint aninit ? when you give it a good shakein as my m8 puts ball bearings in his humbroll tinlets as I find when I borrow some from him


AN Bob that's summit id probely do as its easily done an did you think of all the places it could land on but it landed right on your spitty .As I had the same thing happen to me but far more serious an that's when I was building my uss Nimitz aircraft carrier I was usein loctik superglue to stick a bendy bit of plasticard on said ship. An like I said of all the places the superglue could have gone it went right into my eye but thankfilly I was quick on the uptake an ran to the kitchen sink an splashed water into my eyes still hurt like hell but after a trip to hospital an waitin some hrs to be seen the nurse said I was v-lucky I was not blinded as another 3mm over onto the clear bit of my eye an I would have been. So the moto is when handeling any sort of glue now wear safety glasses
chris

 

[Guest]

AN Jakko the ball is just to mix up the paint aninit ? when you give it a good shakein

Yes, it’s just an agitator.

as my m8 puts ball bearings in his humbroll tinlets as I find when I borrow some from him

No problem in a metal tin (or a plastic bottle — I found out the other day that Mig paints have them too), but I would strongly recommend to never add steel balls to a glass jar for this purpose. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[Guest]

Glued an assembly, thought I had put it together wrong. Pried apart congratulating myself on a great save only to realize it was all proper.