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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Hints and Tips/Questions about modeling => Topic started by: uncletony on September 07, 2013, 04:19:52 AM
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I picked up this led flashlight at the place where I get my car serviced. It has a bank of 8 very bright LEDs arranged in a row, as you can see. Perfect for scanning the floor for lost parts, as you can just lay it on the floor and scan a wide area for misplaced flotsam.
(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh640/UncleTony1917/c911d7f3f992e883470865fda233bbb1_zps5eff9608.jpg)
(http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh640/UncleTony1917/8f5471570acf7e2753a01baf9f04d2ea_zps2a85c91b.jpg)
A couple of days ago I lost some microscopic, semi-transparent parts sent to me by Bertl -- not even sure how I managed to misplace them. Searched for many tens of minutes with a conventional led flashlight with no success. I had given up all hope of ever finding them, until I remembered this thing. Found them on the floor in quick succession.
Edit: posted duplicate photo by accident
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Now that is useful Bo, although goodness knows what I'd find. I spend far too much time playing hunt the photo-etch.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Geez Bo, could have used that an hour ago...spent 20 mins. on my hands
& knees looking for teeny PE parts. Hard on old knees. I think I will have to look
into your find. Good idea!
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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No amount of light would find the tiny part my carpet monster ate tonight, but nice light Bo.
Des.
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I'm going to shop around for one or at least something similar. I could put von Buckle out of business if I could locate only half of the buckles and tubes I've "tweezerpulted" out of sight somewhere around here! Perhaps a small metal detector...??
Cheers,
Lance
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I build my kits in the basement . It has a black tile floor. Lose a control stick or other small painted part all I can do is wet down a paper towel and blot around the floor before the attack cat gets to them. :)
(http://i769.photobucket.com/albums/xx336/KYUSHUJ7W/faltzbuild_zpsccd64959.jpg)
The criminal returns to the the scene of his crimes, Hmmm I love the smell of styrene in the morning.
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Thank goodness for wooden floors! Much easier to locate lost articles than carpet for sure.
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Sometimes a vacuum cleaning will find that missing part too.
Cheers,
Chris
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I've lost a few parts but have a great way to find them. Take your vacuum cleaner and place a piece of your wife's old hose over the opening. Vacuum over the area and you'll find the missing part plus a lot of other extras. I recently building a kit that had turn buckles in 1/87 scale and dropped one, the kit required 8 of them and the box didn't have any extras. Got out the vacuum cleaner and a piece of hose and found it within 5 minutes.
Charlie
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That is an excellent idea Charlie and one I will be using next time my carpet monster gets hungry.
Des.
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I've been using my Blackberry's built-in light, but this device looks far better (and easier to turn the light on, too). My workroom has a wood floor and it's amazing how stuff bounces and travels...
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I've been using my Blackberry's built-in light, but this device looks far better (and easier to turn the light on, too). My workroom has a wood floor and it's amazing how stuff bounces and travels...
I'm mystified as is Lyle. I have linoleum on the floor, thinking it would be much preferable
to carpet...I didn't take into account the lino monster. ;) How things disappear so easily
on a hard surface. :o
Maybe I'll give Charlie's idea a go.
Cheers,
Ernie :)
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The vacuum trick is about my only salvation these days! Several years back I bought a set of Dewalt 12 Volt cordless power tools which have proved to be an exceptional addition to the Home Maintenance and improvement scene. It came with a small hand-held vacuum cleaner, a little more robust then the average "Dustbuster", and has found me dozens of lost parts over the past several years. If something "pults" I take a quick look, and if nothing turns up I fire up the mini-vac, nine out of ten times what I'm looking for is in the small dust collector container once I've passed it around the area.
Cheers,
Lance