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Offline Epeeman

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2014, 07:06:04 AM »
Seems to go hand in hand with model building - I doubt there is one model that I've built that did not one mistake somewhere along the way!

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Offline Tony Haycock

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2014, 08:16:02 AM »
Anything really dumb??
Generally it starts when I get out of bed in the morning and continues until I get back into it at night...
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Offline RAGIII

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2014, 11:15:30 AM »
Just read any of my build threads on this site!
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Offline dr 1 ace

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2014, 08:09:07 AM »
Too many to count...
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Offline treadhead1944

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2014, 09:29:40 AM »
Opened my bottle of CA glue with my mouth. The good news is I was quiet for the rest of the day...
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Offline justin1980

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #20 on: May 14, 2014, 07:39:27 PM »
Quote from: treadhead1944 on May 14, 2014, 09:29:40 AM
Opened my bottle of CA glue with my mouth. The good news is I was quiet for the rest of the day...

That almost made me cover the wife in a mouthful of tea! How did it taste?  :o
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Offline treadhead1944

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2014, 05:16:46 AM »
Surprisingly awful, actually...
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Offline nmroberto

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #22 on: May 20, 2014, 11:24:07 AM »
Update on the dumb parade.  Has anyone ever super glued their finger to a model?  Yes....I did that once, also accidentally set my glasses down on a little puddle of super glue on my work bench.
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Offline N.C.S.E

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #23 on: May 20, 2014, 09:50:00 PM »
Tried masking with duct tape today... oops... it started pulling up the paint with it...
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Offline coyotemagic

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #24 on: May 21, 2014, 01:47:53 AM »
Quote from: N.C.S.E on May 20, 2014, 09:50:00 PM
Tried masking with duct tape today... oops... it started pulling up the paint with it...
Duct tape?!  Really?  I'm surprised I hadn't thought of it.  I'll bet it conforms nicely to compound curves.
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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #25 on: May 21, 2014, 04:13:48 PM »
Quote from: nmroberto on May 20, 2014, 11:24:07 AM
Update on the dumb parade.  Has anyone ever super glued their finger to a model?  Yes....I did that once, also accidentally set my glasses down on a little puddle of super glue on my work bench.

It's quite strange that some days the CA glue only seems to work and harden on my fingers and not on the model!?

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Offline Ian from Doncaster

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2014, 03:27:30 AM »
Quote from: coyotemagic on May 21, 2014, 01:47:53 AM
Quote from: N.C.S.E on May 20, 2014, 09:50:00 PM
Tried masking with duct tape today... oops... it started pulling up the paint with it...
Duct tape?!  Really?  I'm surprised I hadn't thought of it.  I'll bet it conforms nicely to compound curves.
Cheers,
Bud

Might make a great weathering/chipping aid though, if the surface is first painted with something like mr metal????
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Offline Ernie

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2014, 05:56:37 PM »
My usual is trying so hard not to knock tiny pieces off one wing while
at the same time depositing a walloping big CA fingerprint on the other. ::) ;D

Cheers,
Ernie :)
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Offline Nigel Jackson

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2014, 12:39:42 AM »
Now that would big a great defining clue in some sort of thriller mystery, Ernie - the CA  fingerprint on the wing - preferably on the undersurface of the upper wing where only the sleuth interested in knowing how to set in place the RAF double rigging on his own models would think to look!

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Offline nuvolari

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Re: Have you ever done something realllly dumb?
« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2014, 01:19:05 AM »
Quote from: lcarroll on May 13, 2014, 01:05:11 AM
...Maybe it's an age related talent...
The only thing age related on being dumb, is the advantage of forgetting it faster, at least I do.
But I keep on doing it every day at the same expertise level. ;D ;)
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