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Author Topic: The less-than-brilliant modelling club  (Read 34771 times)

Offline Etranger

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2016, 12:21:46 AM »
14. Not checking the tread pattern on uni-directional tyres prior to putting them on the model. To compound the error, using epoxy adhesive for added strength and permanence, and not noticing until getting to the weathering stage......


(I've done the 'mistake primer for spray varnish bit too...!)
"It's only a flesh wound...."

Offline Drachenklinge

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2016, 05:59:54 AM »
like that ...  :-*
Actually ... more or less ... all of the above.  ;D

14. Working on a delicate female mini's face, having finished it to my taste, noble arced eyebrows, eyes well done, being very pleased with her make up as well.
Then handling it one more time than was good ... tipped it over ... right into a not so dried pool of grey or white on my colour palette ... in her face ... gnnnnnnnnaaaAAAARGG!!

Obviously that female mini had another mind about the outcome of said make up

I restarted the miniature a few months later when I was able to look at it again. o_o
« Last Edit: February 23, 2016, 06:01:45 AM by Drachenklinge »
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Offline HerbyF

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2016, 06:25:01 AM »
16 Shaking a bottle of paint & having it crack at the neck, splattering a neutral taupe paint all over the nearly finished figures on my table.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2016, 07:19:54 AM by HerbyF »
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Offline Keith

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2016, 08:23:13 AM »
17 Putting a small box over a freshly varnished figure to protect it from dust ... only to realise someone had stored chalk in it and covering the wet figure with chalk dust!

18 Washing paintbrushes in my tea cup. Done this about five times a week for the last 30 years :-)
« Last Edit: February 23, 2016, 06:52:10 PM by Keith »
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Offline Maxx Von Morton

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2016, 09:39:25 AM »
I like this!  :)
n 18 Attempting to drill the foot of a miniature to pin it to the base, and finishing drilling through the foot and my finger (for me... a classic with metal miniatures!)


Offline Vanvlak

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2016, 10:10:54 AM »
At this rate we're going to reach a 100 quite soon.
Of course the numbering is going a bit wonky, but that fits in with the theme too  :D

Has anyone taken the tally of mangled fingers, hands and at least one foot?

We might need to start giving out the modeller's equivalent to the purple heart.

 




Offline Za Zjurman

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2016, 10:19:42 AM »
We are a clumsy and inpatient bunch of people   lol

Offline von Lucky

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2016, 10:27:22 AM »
lol Yes we are

No. 20: tipping my dirty glass of water to clean my brush over.
Over the minis. Over the keyboard. Down behind the desk. Behind the book shelf. I had no idea how much water a glass can hold until this happened. Twice.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2017, 12:53:01 PM by von Lucky »
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Offline tyrionhalfman

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #23 on: February 23, 2016, 11:00:39 AM »
No 20 my partner who rarely takes an interest in my hobby activities managed to spill a pot of dark blue ink over some almost complete minis while looking at my efforts. I was gutted but had to try to hide it to not put her off taking future interest

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #24 on: February 23, 2016, 11:09:30 AM »

Washing paintbrushes in my tea cup. Done this about five times a week for the last 30 years :-)

Snap! Great absent minded beggars think alike. If someone aked me what Vallejo English Uniform tasted like, I'd have to say rather like Russian Caravan or at times like Earl Grey.
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline harleyface

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2016, 11:23:01 AM »
Maybe we really need a badge....  lol



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Offline Vanvlak

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #26 on: February 23, 2016, 11:38:40 AM »
Maybe we really need a badge....  lol
Suggestions are welcome  :D

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2016, 11:57:09 AM »
No 21. Drinking brush water

It was even in a dirty jam jar and my beer was in a pint glass  :-X

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Offline zemjw

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2016, 11:58:19 AM »
no 22 - spilling stuff

I managed to spill most of a bottle of AK enamel wash over my desk - the room smelled of turps for a long time

I've also tipped over a bottle of liquid polystyrene cement. It melted the top of my cutting mat and the room smelled like some sort of glue sniffing flop house (I imagine, never having been in such a place o_o)

There's still a large streak on the carpet where I spilt most of a pot of humbrol enamel hardened leather. I can't quite remember how I achieved that particular feat, but it looks like the pot made an escape attempt while I was shaking it and the lid came off.

For a badge, something with a sticking plaster seems appropriate, possibly with something spilt on it ;D

Offline Mason

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2016, 12:06:52 PM »
This thread is great!
My favourite for a while.
 lol lol lol

I think that I have pretty much done all of the above and a few others as well.

here is one that is not on here...

No. 23: Gluing fingers together with superglue...

..and whilst trying to use scalpel to carefully slice them apart realising that I had also spilt the glue on the scalpel handle!

D'Oh!


 

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