It's finally happened !!!

[Rob]

I was having a hard time opening up this cement with one hand so I cut off a little piece of double-sided tape and put it on my work table where it's kind of out of the way but you can unscrew the lid with one hand

 

[BarleyBop]

opening up this cement with one hand

Nice, just thinking about that today, not so much because of spill danger, just to control fumes... then while one hand holding part, use the other hand to open bottle.

 

[blakeh1]

Oh no, sucks about the spill.

I think the worst modelling disaster I had was just finishing fully painting some figures, and before snapping some pics, deciding to dull coat them. Only instead of dull coat, I grabbed black spray paint and watched all my hard work get blacked out

 

[Littlemarten]

Oh no, sucks about the spill.

I think the worst modelling disaster I had was just finishing fully painting some figures, and before snapping some pics, deciding to dull coat them. Only instead of dull coat, I grabbed black spray paint and watched all my hard work get blacked out

Did you then proceed to ionize the local atmosphere?

One reason I no longer use rattle cans!

 

[TimM63]

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

I printed out one of these for just that reason.

 

[Tommergun]

I'm cheap, I just use different sized aerosol caps.

 

[Pantherman]

I printed out one of these for just that reason.

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Got to get me one of them printers soon. PM

 

[Littlemarten]

I'm cheap, I just use different sized aerosol caps.

That's how I started, but I was still knocking things over. Since starting with my current devices, I haven't knocked anything over.

Of course, now I've jinxed it.

 

[Edbert]

I did this once, spilled it across the bench with parts on it too!

Thought I'd saved them all but found out one little part was missing the next day. Sure enough, I found it, small little puddle-shaped blob of sprue-colored plastic.

 

[wjbrandel]

Knocked over a pot of white tamiya paint. Brand new and lost the whole darn thing.

 

[BarleyBop]

Teeny drill bit skates off part into finger tip.
Teeny blood sample anyone?

Very careful now, need those finger tips for guitar. Callus significantly limited the puncture!

 

[Littlemarten]

Teeny drill bit skates off part into finger tip.
Teeny blood sample anyone?

Very careful now, need those finger tips for guitar. Callus significantly limited the puncture!

That stings. Do you "mark" the hole location with an awl or other pointed tool? That usually prevents the drill bit "walking."

 

[BarleyBop]

That stings. Do you "mark" the hole location with an awl or other pointed tool? That usually prevents the drill bit "walking."

Oh yeah. Always.
I have a pointed scriber that works very well.
That time I must have pushed a little too hard, or gone off perpendicular, who knows.
And when its the end of a barrel, it doesn't have to skate very far!
Basically, off the rim.

 

[Littlemarten]

Oh yeah. Always.
I have a pointed scriber that works very well.
That time I must have pushed a little too hard, or gone off perpendicular, who knows.
And when its the end of a barrel, it doesn't have to skate very far!
Basically, off the rim.

Whenever I have to drill something like that, or a small part, I clamp it in padded vice jaws. Most I'll lose is a drill bit, and maybe do some putty work on the part. Speaking of which, I'm about to drill out the gun barrels on the 1/32 Hasegawa P-40E. The OD is correct, but the ID is too large, and they are about 1/16 inch too long. That's going to be tedious. Then I'll sleeve the correct ID hypo tubing inside.

 

[BarleyBop]

padded vice jaws

Tried that, seems my hands work together to maximize precision...if one moves, the other compensates.

 

[Littlemarten]

Tried that, seems my hands work together to maximize precision...if one moves, the other compensates.

Except when it doesn't … I know what you mean—decades of work under a microscope, and I do that too, but not when drilling to any depth in a small part. My manual dexterity is fine—unless the arthritis kicks in. At 74, that situation is not going to get better, so I'm learning to adapt.

 

[BarleyBop]

At 74

I hear ya, not that far away for me... so trying to get in at least an hour of music a day, on one or other instrument, good for the noggin, good for coordination, flexibility and dexterity. And fun.