BubbaJoe Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Oh yeh... best blunder of the bunch involved the 911 woody in my avatar pic, where it was basically 99.99% and all I wanted to do was touch up a scuff on the bottom of the engine (which really nobody would see anyway), but in trying to be too clever in mixing the settled silver paint, I made a slightly L-shaped sprue rod and chucked it in my motor tool to give the paint a good stir..... and dropped the bottle. Almost all of the paint sloshed onto my shoe and the carpet, with most of what was on the 10k rpm spinning sprue ending up as random spots on the window and wall, but several drops splatted on the model. They buffed out of the PPG Deltron clear with no real problem, but I thanked my lucky stars that one drop only hit the A-piller instead of landing on the windshield. I can still see (with magnifiers) the slightly differrent shade of touch-up black for the rubber trim there. i'm sitting here laughing.....same thing happened to me...i was doing the weekly grocery shopping and picked up one of those battery operated string wands you buy for your kids to mix up their drink mixes...cheap plastic thing..i modified it a bit.. cut it down ,drilled a hole in the shaft to fit in a bent paper clip...real mad scientist !!! looked great figured it would be perfect to mix paint...mix paint.. remove paper clip add another mix more paint...WELLLLL ..you can imagine what happened ....first paint mixed great...second...flat black ..not so much....the clip wasn't seated right and somehow ended up spraying paint everywhere....still have some on the keyboard ...next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yes Niko, but the most frustrating thing is that, all along until that end point, everything has gone perfectly... great parts fit, minor assemblies go very well, paint finishes are near perfect, etc...etc... Then......WHAMMO... It won't all go together...!!! Fortunately (or unfortunately..??) this only seems to happen on the models that you've put the greatest effort into with extra details and finishes. So true ! My thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I'm hearing myself talk although in my case it's merely the fear of messing up during some aspect of final assembly that leads me to putting the kit back in the box for another day. I think part of my problem is that I build slow so when I get closer to being finished I tend to speed up and that's when mistakes are made. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruleworld Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 My problems in final assembly usually stem from kit manufacturers not having a proper placement system for the chassis (it goes somewhere there) and the interior bucket or dash or firewall will typically interfere with good placement of the chassis in the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikevango Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Final assembly? I don't even know what that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cartpix Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 It's good to hear it's not just me, too. 9 times, out of 10, if I have a major problem, it's during final assembly. The other 2 are painting. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Not usually, no. Though there was that time that I splooshed a half bottle of metalizer all over an aircraft I was putting the finishing touches on at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Not usually, no. Though there was that time that I splooshed a half bottle of metalizer all over an aircraft I was putting the finishing touches on at the time. I once poured an entire beer into a freshly finished interior bucket. And it was water tight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Rick Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Oh ya, I've had plenty of "fun situations" ... too many to list, a couple that I do recall though, The MPC Multi-Maverick; ( AKA "The Mind Burner" ) - this one was a battle from start to finish, it was so rewarding when completed, until four days later, I noticed the side Tamiya blue tinted glass decided to fog horribly ; that was a joy. The very best one I think, was finishing up the Revell "Big Daddy Roth " Mysterion; and then dropping it on the hardwood floor; while attempting to "safely" place it on the shelf. Edited March 3, 2015 by Krazy Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I have panda paws for hands. So final assembly always sucks. My worst nightmare is always the glass though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I finish just two or three models a year so most times my slow & steady build speed finds most fitment issues before final assembly. I am constantly test fitting. This is why people who paint the body first, puzzle the heck out of me. If I did that, a beautiful shiny paint job would look like a muddled mess before final assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRX7Project Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I superglued myself to my workbench yesterday while finishing the Bad Luck Mustang. A tiny squeeze of the superglue tube somehow resulted in a huge glob pouring out. I got real lucky it fell through the rear windshield opening and landed on the desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I once poured an entire beer into a freshly finished interior bucket. And it was water tight! I've had some of the dumbest things happen. One time (not during final assembly though), I inadvertently blew a body off my turntable, onto the floor of my garage by being too close to the model with the can of polyurethane. My paint table was also my table saw, so the model, wet with a fresh coat of urethane, plopped right down into a huge pile of sawdust. Not one of my happier moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartman Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 And all this time I thought it was just me...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizzwizz24 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Wait.......so you all mean that this won't ever end? I am always frustrated with this and thought it was just amateur problems and I'll eventually learn to get past the self inflicted aggravation. Just great...ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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