It's finally happened !!!

[Pantherman]

Well after nearly 4 years of model building I have today knocked over the Tamiya extra thin, not just an old half full pot but a brand new pot bought yesterday......

Anyway it got me thinking if any of you have finally done something that you have seen or heard about that you thought you would never do ? Pantherman

 

[Tommergun]

I've probably done it all: spilled glue, knocked over paint, massive glob of glue, fingerprints, spray paint splatter, dropped model, lost a part in the carpet....and on and on!

 

[Pantherman]

I've probably done it all: spilled glue, knocked over paint, massive glob of glue, fingerprints, spray paint splatter, dropped model, lost a part in the carpet....and on and on!

Oh no, it's all coming back to me now. I had forgotten about all that plus the knife slipping and slicing a perfectly straight line along my thumb. Pantherman

 

[papaof2]

Knocked mine over twice. Made a foam holder to prevent it again.

 

[Pantherman]

Knocked mine over twice. Made a foam holder to prevent it again.

I have seen some 3D printed ones so might go for one of them. Pantherman

 

[BOATMAN]

WELL a thing happened to me not so long as knocked over the soldering irion an made a grab for it an got the hot end boy oh boy

 

[Rob]

When I was about 8 years old my dad took my sister and I camping in a trailer to the Poconos for a Church retreat. We're sitting around the table inside at night and my dad lights the Coleman lantern after pumping it up and looks right at me and says don't touch the top of that it's hot. Holy crap I had a blister the size of a silver dollar

 

[BarleyBop]

As a cub scout I thought I would sharpen the horns on my triceratops with my new pen knife.
I still have the scar on my knuckle!

Also as a cub scout, we all used our fishing poles to retrieve someone else's pen knife which had fallen into the three-hole latrine!

 

[Peppylepugh]

Modeling wise yep.
I use silver paint sometimes to check seams.
And use old Polly S, paint remover to take it off.
I have a separate bottle to clean the paint brush, to keep metallics separate. It has lacquer in it.
You guessed it, removed the paint with the lacquer and etched the plastic at the same time.
Awesome, huh? You think that dope would label that shiznit?

 

[Eagle-1]

One of the absolute best and absolute monsters I've allowed into my home.



THAT, at 3500 RPM leaves a mark.

And for some reason, the cut burns like fire?

Rob.

 

[Pantherman]

WELL a thing happened to me not so long as knocked over the soldering irion an made a grab for it an got the hot end boy oh boy

Ouch. Pantherman

 

[BOATMAN]

AN IN 60YRS OF MODELIN ive cut a 3inch long cut in my thigh when the stanley knife sillpped out of the wood that i was cuttin an boy did it bleed wow an had to stick my leg in my modelin box so i dint get blood over my mums new carpet an another thing happened to me when i was scratchbuilding my big 9ft long USS NIMITZ as the super glue i was usein flicked up in to my eye an boy did it hurt but i did the senible thing of goin straight to the cold water tap an slashin water into my eye then off to hospital an the doc said 2mm more over onto the clear part an i would have been blinded SO NOW WHEN I USE THAT STUFF ALWAYS WEAR SAFETEY GLASSES WOW
chrisb

 

[greyphantom1000]

i just knocked over a bottle of the Tamiya dark brown panel line accent color. dumped about 3 years worth out(half bottle) so annoying!

 

[Jim62]

I learned from my training sgt. when I started in police work decades ago, always expect the unexpected, so the answer is no. I always expect something to happen and believe me they happen.

 

[Littlemarten]

Guilty on all counts except the super glue in the eye—my glasses stopped that one. Sometimes it pays to not have perfect vision.

My worst was an attempt at sepuku by fumbling a No. 11 X-acto knife. I don't think I could reproduce that if I tried.

 

[proximitaslocal]

I found that two Tamiya bottles fit perfectly in an Altoids tin with a couple of pieces of used mousepad foam wedged in between the bottles. It is just enough wider and flatter that it pretty much stays where I put it.

 

[proximitaslocal]

WELL a thing happened to me not so long as knocked over the soldering Iron and made a grab for it an got the hot end boy oh boy

I've done that before. I've also tried to wipe the melted plastic off the hot knife with my finger and thumb. needless to say, the hot knife doesn't come out very often.

 

[Edbert]

And for some reason, the cut burns like fire?

It is not a cut, that there is a rip!

Basically true though, why a simple shallow paper-cut hurts worse than a gash with the new #11 blade.

 

[Pantherman]

It is not a cut, that there is a rip!

Basically true though, why a simple paper-cut hurts worse than the new #11.

And takes so much longer to heal. PM

 

[Littlemarten]

Here are my anti-tip, anti-spill devices:



These are the inner seals from adult resistant pill bottle caps, hot glued to the bottom of bottles.


This is an empty Tiger Balm™ jar. Very hard to knock over.