Jantrix Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 You dig out a part you have been saving for a long while for the perfect build, modify it heavily to work/fit/whatever only to realize when it's done that you don't like it after all and that great part is toast?
bandit1 Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 1:23 AM, Jantrix said: You dig out a part you have been saving for a long while for the perfect build, modify it heavily to work/fit/whatever only to realize when it's done that you don't like it after all and that great part is toast? quoted from another forums! "when you loose your knife and you look down and its stuck in your foot!" ouch....!
bill_rules Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 That's a perfect description of what happens to every kit that has been on my bench.
Drake69 Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) ...when you test fit and test fit and test fit and test fit some more... then add glue and paint... then test fit three more times... then go through 98% of your build, only to have something cause the chassis NOT to sit tight to the body? Or interior poke out the glass? Really aggravating... On 7/25/2011 at 1:32 AM, bandit1 said: quoted from another forums! "when you loose your knife and you look down and its stuck in your foot!" ouch....! I've missed my "boys" on one or two occasions.... Edited July 25, 2011 by Drake69
highway Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Hmmmm, sounds like something I did with this build. I had to modify the frame for the monster tires and engine, then I wanted to do the same with a 29 truck. I started digging through the (what I though) were spare parts of this build and thought "Hey, this frame might work." and started cutting and hacking it before I relized it was the frame from the 34! Definetly one of those D'OH! moments!!
SuperStockAndy Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 1:33 AM, Drake69 said: I've missed my "boys" on one or two occasions.... I don't know if you mean your toes, or something else! :lol:
Drake69 Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 1:40 AM, Android said: I don't know if you mean your toes, or something else! They're bigger than my toes... definitely...
SuperStockAndy Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 1:49 AM, Drake69 said: They're bigger than my toes... definitely... They're? We're on a different page... :lol: :lol:
Lunajammer Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 1:23 AM, Jantrix said: only to realize when it's done that you don't like it after all and that great part is toast? Heck yeah. That's why I've got such an awesome parts box that I've inherited from the modeling elders over the years... because I'm too chicken to risk using "one chance only" parts. Sort of a hoarding mentality. The part's too precious to actually USE. What if I botch it? I'm sure there are studies.
Darren B Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 A good reason to buy 2-4 of the same kit, then you have spares.................
Jantrix Posted July 25, 2011 Author Posted July 25, 2011 When you've been working all day on the project and you set it down for the evening and you can hardly tell any progress has been made.
Greg Pugh Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 ....or worse yet, when you have a 6-page build thread going and you happen to notice that the picture on page one looks exactly like the picture on page 6!
SuperStockAndy Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 2:35 AM, Android said: They're? We're on a different page... ;) Oh wait, I get what you mean now! :lol:
Green Duster Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 when nothing go's right. Then you realize you haven't even got out of bed yet! A week on a frame to pro street a car and it still ain't right!
torinobradley Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Or you spend a lot of time and effort to create a model that hadn't been kitted and they come out with it a short time later? Wanted an El Camino SS so took the Monte Carlo front and put it on the '82 El Camino, then they kitted the darn thing...
Eshaver Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Phone rings while I have muh hands full or holding something together . Generally someone trying to sell me something . Ed Shaver
Mr. Moparman Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 1:33 AM, Drake69 said: ...when you test fit and test fit and test fit and test fit some more... then add glue and paint... then test fit three more times... then go through 98% of your build, only to have something cause the chassis NOT to sit tight to the body? Or interior poke out the glass? Really aggravating... I've missed my "boys" on one or two occasions....
RJWood Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Your reaching across the workbench to grab a tool and you knock over a bottle of paint or glue or thinner that you forgot to re-cap. Spilled liquid always goes where you don't want it to go. Edited July 25, 2011 by RJWood
Drake69 Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 2:02 PM, Android said: Oh wait, I get what you mean now! I was wondering how look it would take to catch on... My "boys", for representation purposes...
mr cheap Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 WHY WHY WHY is it every time i drop a tire i find it on the other side of the room
LAone Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 when you have the body painted and about to put it on the chassis and all a sudden you remember that you forgot about the mirrors!! usually the outer ones.. usually on older jap kits the mirrors are mounted on the fenders and require drilling.
Rick Schmidt Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 7:27 PM, mr cheap said: WHY WHY WHY is it every time i drop a tire i find it on the other side of the room You find em?? I dropped a Wheel assembly to a Corvette I was building once .... still aint found it Which leads to my don'tcha just hate it when..... Ya have an awesome idea for this build go about doing what it takes to fulfill that plan only to loose a piece ya need to finish it .....
SuperStockAndy Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 7:04 PM, Drake69 said: I was wondering how look it would take to catch on... My "boys", for representation purposes... That picture is detailed enough. LOL On 7/25/2011 at 7:04 PM, Drake69 said: I was wondering how look it would take to catch on... My "boys", for representation purposes... That picture is detailed enough. LOL
58 Impala Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) You're working real hard to make headway on a project for an upcoming show.And you lose a very important engine part(exhaust manifold)and cannot find it anywhere. Worst yet it is a RoG kit part that if the kit is still in production would take 12 WEEKS to get a replacement. I had to fabricate one, came out pretty good but took a few hours. Well maybe it will be finished for a future show, not enough time to finish it for this one (too many details not enough time). Edited July 25, 2011 by 58 Impala
highway Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 On 7/25/2011 at 3:44 PM, torinobradley said: Or you spend a lot of time and effort to create a model that hadn't been kitted and they come out with it a short time later? Wanted an El Camino SS so took the Monte Carlo front and put it on the '82 El Camino, then they kitted the darn thing... Also along those lines is one that I run into many times, a build that you just think no one else could ever dream up, then the next month you open a magazine and see your idea staring you in the face in the contest coverage! What scares me with this is that there are people out there as crazy as I am!!
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