I dropped one of the struts and when I moved back to see where the bugger went too . I ended up catching it with the bottom of sock , strut broke and needed repair and I missed placed the forward strut hole on the cowl , twice ! One of those blond moments and yes , more will be had in the future . I'm a master of my own moments ! lol .
Yes, I know those bugger moments only too well, Alexis -
I always seem to break fine parts (separating from sprue) and had to make repairs on my Pfalz. Either that or I drop a really small part that disappears forever in the carpet ............
Just to chime in with my own Moment that is forever burned into my memory, although it is a decade or so off-topic: I was building the
Brengun 1/144 Mignet HM-14 Pou-du-Ciel aka Flying Flea - yes, a
1/144 Flea!! - and the fuselage, rudder and lower wing were all in place. I assembled the PE engine mount-cum-top wing strut, added the engine, set the assembly aside to dry...and the whole power/mount section dropped and vanished from existence. I spent literal hours scouring the carpet under my chair, the floor (I was using the garage as my hobby room at that house), swept, used a vacuum cleaner with pantyhose over the nozzle...all to no avail. Truly the worst experience I've had in modelling (the only time I've actually cried over a model) and, sadly, the only good news is that the rest of the kit and airframe survives should I muster the courage to scratch the missing bits. At least, I hope it's still here somewhere...
Anyway, back to Alexis' fantastic Friedrichshafen!!
