The less-than-brilliant modelling club

[DS615]

Well you could if you wanted very realistic blood effects

It also depends on what you're doing.  Models and miniatures, no.
But woodworking that's going to be painted, sure. Most of my woodworking projects are "DNA Tagged" like this.

[ErikB]

There are a few sprue surgery techniques. I make cuts in the main sprue before snipping the delicate parts. This lessens the tension in the frame.

Ooooh, good idea.

[khartoum2]

No. 110

Sticking arms together to meet at point on weapon where hand is moulded.  Sit patiently holding together only to discover its moved and the now solid arm is either waving in mid air or trying to smack itself in the head.

No.111

Having used glue and green stuff got it on your fingers and now the models carefully sculpted folds or armour has your fingerprint etched on - I suppose it does personalise the figure though  not that this is the face expression I have when I realise I've done it again 

[SotF]

Only solution I know of is to use some masking tape before cutting.

Another option is to take a large ziploc type bag and cut inside it. The bag catches escapees rather well...

[zemjw]

No. 110

Sticking arms together to meet at point on weapon where hand is moulded.  Sit patiently holding together only to discover its moved and the now solid arm is either waving in mid air or trying to smack itself in the head.

I've taken to trying to use blutack for this sort of thing. Basically everything is propped up on blutack while it dries, which means I can leave it for as long as necessary to harden, and things are less likely to move about.

It can be a bit fiddly to set up, but has come in handy, although it's not perfect by any means.

[Plynkes]

Why are parts of a figure always much more keen on sticking to me than each other?

[Vanvlak]

Why are parts of a figure always much more keen on sticking to me than each other?

Because skin, with its rough surface, is ideal for glues to adhere to. Either that or the parts like you.

[Pijlie]

Why are parts of a figure always much more keen on sticking to me than each other?

Actually that is because superglue -to which you refer, I assume- was originally developed to function as a quick way to close open wounds. It also turned out to be able to glue a lot of other things together, but it specifically excells in glueing slightly moist surfaces to each other, like skin.

That's why moistening the surfaces lightly makes the bond even faster and why everything adhers to your fingers fastest of all 

[von Lucky]

And I was thinking about superglue - but I wasn't able to type to verify how to apply it (can't help it - it's in my nature). Doing it now for next time (because we know that once you've been in this club you'll be back ).

[Pijlie]

And I was thinking about superglue - but I wasn't able to type to verify how to apply it (can't help it - it's in my nature). Doing it now for next time (because we know that once you've been in this club you'll be back ).

Please moisten the parts you want to glue together BEFORE you add glue. Or else your tongue will get stuck and we already have that one in this thread 

[Vanvlak]

No. 112 Cleaning....
I don't think we had this one yet. We have a help come in to do some cleaning as both the wife and I have long working hours. The current one has been coming for some weeks, and although we do most of the dusting ourselves she sometimes helps with this.

You can see where this is going I guess.

In one corner of the house a wooden box rests on a large chest of drawery thing. I just saw the help put down the box in its place - holding it sideways to wipe it, utterly, cheerfully oblivious to the rattling going on inside.

Good thing I'd just bought superglue...

[Dr Mathias]

In one corner of the house a wooden box rests on a large chest of drawery thing. I just saw the help put down the box in its place - holding it sideways to wipe it, utterly, cheerfully oblivious to the rattling going on inside.

 

[Ragnar]

Because skin, with its rough surface, is ideal for glues to adhere to. Either that or the parts like you.

I always assumed it was a Murphy's Law:- super glue will stick anything to anything... unless you actually want it to.

[galvinm]

This thread proves I am NOT an idiot! I have had almost all of the mishaps mentioned happen at least once (usually, way more often). There is a running joke at our house, that I have to make an announcement when replacing new blades into knives. It is a well known fact, that the blood God has to be appeased for every new blade. Whenever I make the announcement, the girls run to the bathroom for the bandages, to see who will get to clean Dad's boo boo. My girls are morbid, what can I say. This still happens. Even tho neither lives at home anymore. When they visit, they still remember the drill.

Carry on, Y'all, what does not kill us, only makes us stronger! We hope.

[Billchuck]

This thread proves I am NOT an idiot!

I wouldn't use this thread as evidence of intelligence in any of us.