Dumbest mistake?
- DavidWomby
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Dumbest mistake?
I need some reassurance that I am not the only one who still makes dumb mistakes.
What brought this on was I was just masking a canopy (not one of my favourite parts of moedlling). I covered it with Tamiya tape, rubbed it down over the frames and carefully used a new blade to score the tape around the edges of the frames.
Then I just caught myself peeling off the tape from over the clear parts of the canopy and leaving the tape on the frames! All fixed now but I felt pretty foolish.
David
What brought this on was I was just masking a canopy (not one of my favourite parts of moedlling). I covered it with Tamiya tape, rubbed it down over the frames and carefully used a new blade to score the tape around the edges of the frames.
Then I just caught myself peeling off the tape from over the clear parts of the canopy and leaving the tape on the frames! All fixed now but I felt pretty foolish.
David
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
I stuck the bomb bay of a Dambusters Lancaster around the wrong way, so you are not alone.
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How to do it wrong
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
I've recently put the inner undercarriage doors on Seafire on the wrong sides. Therefore the decals wouldn't fit!!.
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
The reversed serial codes on the Firebrand that you point out!MarkyM607 wrote:I've recently put the inner undercarriage doors on Seafire on the wrong sides. Therefore the decals wouldn't fit!!.
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
I've also done the masking tape thing and peeled the wrong piece off!
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Thanks, folks. This helps.
David
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Yep; been there and done that with canopy masking......only iI went further and sprayed the canopy as well
Cue email to Airfix and (I think) £5 changing hands
Cue email to Airfix and (I think) £5 changing hands
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Put the undercarriage on a Zero back to front
Left out the engine splitters on Concorde. Only just managed to prise the engines back off before the cement fully hardened
Put a curved side window into a B-29 out of skew and had to spend ages sanding and polishing it back to profile
On same B-29 managed to push a cockpit side window through after everything had been buttoned up. I got it back out through the aperture in the end but I certainly got some experience in keyhole surgery
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Left out the engine splitters on Concorde. Only just managed to prise the engines back off before the cement fully hardened
Put a curved side window into a B-29 out of skew and had to spend ages sanding and polishing it back to profile
On same B-29 managed to push a cockpit side window through after everything had been buttoned up. I got it back out through the aperture in the end but I certainly got some experience in keyhole surgery
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Bin there done that!dwomby wrote:I need some reassurance that I am not the only one who still makes dumb mistakes.
What brought this on was I was just masking a canopy (not one of my favourite parts of moedlling). I covered it with Tamiya tape, rubbed it down over the frames and carefully used a new blade to score the tape around the edges of the frames.
Then I just caught myself peeling off the tape from over the clear parts of the canopy and leaving the tape on the frames! All fixed now but I felt pretty foolish.
David
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Do it all the time with camouflage -- in variably I mask the wrong side of the pattern..dwomby wrote:I need some reassurance that I am not the only one who still makes dumb mistakes.
What brought this on was I was just masking a canopy (not one of my favourite parts of moedlling). I covered it with Tamiya tape, rubbed it down over the frames and carefully used a new blade to score the tape around the edges of the frames.
Then I just caught myself peeling off the tape from over the clear parts of the canopy and leaving the tape on the frames! All fixed now but I felt pretty foolish.
David
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
1. Going down the 'accumulating a stash' route. Wish I'd never started and stuck to building one kit at a time.
2. I routinely build and paint sub-assemblies – radiators, engines, complete cockpits – then set them aside and glue the fuselage halves together without installing them. I've lost count of the number of times I've done this.
2. I routinely build and paint sub-assemblies – radiators, engines, complete cockpits – then set them aside and glue the fuselage halves together without installing them. I've lost count of the number of times I've done this.
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
I've done silly things to models everyone should be ashamed of!
A couple of the less drastic examples:
I inserted the rear pilot seat the wrong way in the Matchbox Swordfish.
I've glued the fuselage together on the Horton and didnt glue in the 2 Engine inserts.
A couple of the less drastic examples:
I inserted the rear pilot seat the wrong way in the Matchbox Swordfish.
I've glued the fuselage together on the Horton and didnt glue in the 2 Engine inserts.
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Reverse camouflage patterns.
Undercarriage doors back to front.
Irish flag wrong way round (on an Aer Lingus 707)
Undercarriage doors back to front.
Irish flag wrong way round (on an Aer Lingus 707)
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
Used to have a formica table to work on. Knocked over a full bottle of Plastic Weld and instantly glued the cutting mat and everything plastic (including a drinks glass) to it.
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Re: Dumbest mistake?
You should have fixed the table onto your ceiling to mess with the heads of any visitors.Kitaholic wrote:Used to have a formica table to work on. Knocked over a full bottle of Plastic Weld and instantly glued the cutting mat and everything plastic (including a drinks glass) to it.
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