Petetrucker07 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Been thinkin about this for a bit. Who still opens the instructions for a project? I only open the instructions if I don't know how something goes together. The last few builds, I never even took them out of the box unless they were in my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Those are the papers that you lay down to build the kit on. You spill some paint on them, they stick together. The next day the last two parts you glued together do not fit where they belong. So you grab the instructions and find the spot you spilled the paint on is the drawing for the ill fitting parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 It depends on the kit. If it's something I've built before then maybe not so much. If it's something I'm seeing for the first time then I'll look at them as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermodel Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I need them don't have every model memorized yet. Maybe I'll try my payhauler 350 with out them . I'll let you know how I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I still open them and use them. I save every instruction to every model no matter how many times i have built it. i keep them in kit boxes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) The instructions are free truck coloring sheets for my daughter. Have you ever seen a Purple Pete with a pink Cummins, green tires, and yellow alcoas? Edited May 21, 2015 by Superpeterbilt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I use the instructions and still manage to mess things up! lol And I do have quite a few stashed away just incase I lose one. Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Well I worked for a long while without them. Until the Revell '32 three window coupe. For the ease of painting, I glued the inner wheel wells (for the highboy version) to the body. Everything was wonderful until final assembly when the interior wouldn't fit into the cab, because the wheel wells were there. Which the instructions had pointed out, if I have bothered to read them. So now I study the instructions thoroughly before building and will occasionally refer back to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Have you ever seen a Purple Pete with a pink Cummins, green tires, and yellow alcoas? Can you provide a sample? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) You gotta chock that up to experience and expertise.....To be honest with you, I still use them quite often....Especially, on an expensive or a new kit....I even had to look at the instructions for my Raptor model.....However, once you've built a kit a few times, you kinda glance at them every once in a while.....For instance, the Moebius 53' trailer model (The first one)....If you didn't look at the instructions, you could very well have screwed the suspension up pretty bad....And there IS a top and bottom to the side panels.....The Prostar and Lonestar, however are different....Most of us had to build the Lonestar without much help from the instructions, anyway....And, as for my Prostar, I wouldn't have known the best place to cut for the stretch without them....Now, the Revell Pete 359 snap kit was a no brainer, but those are rare....And, I too, save all I get....I keep them in my Payhauler 350 box....It's getting full, though.... Edited May 21, 2015 by kilrathy10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I get the instruction sheet out and set it out in front of me. Then I have to go all the way down stairs to get my glasses to read them. I get down stairs and forget what I went down there to get . Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmobil Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 For me, it depends a lot on what kit it is but I always look trough the instructions on new kits (especially new tool kits) to see how things are done and to get an idea of what details are in the kit. But I don't always use them when building, many times only for refrence on some parts. When I build something I am familar with in 1:1 then the instructions are of no use (like the 63 bajabug project I got at the moment) as I build from what I know but if I build something that I don't know much about then the instructions are used all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Can you provide a sample? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Terry, that's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 i still look at the instructions if it's a kit I'm not EXTREMELY familiar with (as in I just built one exactly like it). I've found over the years that just jumping into something without bothering to look at blueprints, blowups, parts lists or instruction sheets is almost a sure-fire way to miss something important, and to have to do something over...or buy another one after I buggered the first one. Goes for real stuff, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Terry, you must build atleast one in those colors......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Terry, you must build atleast one in those colors......... Its about time her and I built a snapper. If these are the colors she wants, then we'll do it. Shes got a keen eye for all these trucks. She knows daddys favorite truck is an Otto-car! (Autocar). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) She's pretty good with a crayon, Man...I wonder what the walls in her bedroom look like....My youngest was pretty good about NOT writing on the walls, but her older siblings were; let's just say, not very careful...... Edited May 22, 2015 by kilrathy10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truckabilly Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Someone over here said that the instruction sheets are only for cowards... I always go through them when I open the box and use them when building something I am not familiar with. And even if I am I check them now and then. There are always some parts that are not stuck in my memory. And yes, I spill a drop of color or glue on them sometimes. I never throw them away when the building is done. For the case of rebuilding the kit in a future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Can you provide a sample? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZTJmxueamE A little song about a purple peterbilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Speaking of Purple Petes..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 I remember that truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Just found a can of Plum Crazy.... I'll be back later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpeterbilt Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I remember that truck. The one and only, SuperPete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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