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You know your a plastic addict when...
Silantra
Member Since: March 04, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 03:55 PM UTC
you told your wife to take the kids out to mcdonalds/burger king but you took them to LHS and then buy them happy meals so they wont tell mom....
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#130
Member Since: June 07, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 06, 2011 - 07:29 PM UTC
To put a male perspective to Terri's Mustang Earrings...
You know you are a plastic addict when your necklace and armbands are made by Friul
You know you are a plastic addict when your necklace and armbands are made by Friul
jccraemer
Member Since: December 24, 2007
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Posted: Monday, March 07, 2011 - 12:34 AM UTC
you wake up at 2am to paint your models because its to humid any other time.
you bring a container with you to work save stuff you can use for ground work.
you ask for time off 3months in advance to go to a model show.
the people at the hobby shop know you by name even though it's a 2hr drive thier.
the pic wallpaper on cell is your last finished work.
Every vacation you been on you always fine lhs. 
you bring a container with you to work save stuff you can use for ground work.
you ask for time off 3months in advance to go to a model show.
the people at the hobby shop know you by name even though it's a 2hr drive thier.
the pic wallpaper on cell is your last finished work.
Every vacation you been on you always fine lhs.
Thivi11
Member Since: January 12, 2011
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Posted: Monday, March 07, 2011 - 06:35 AM UTC
...when you notice mold seems on your daughters plastic food set, and can't help but want to take them all off before she plays with them!
Spades
Member Since: February 08, 2003
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Posted: Monday, March 07, 2011 - 11:18 AM UTC
When you turn to your kids while at the register and say, " Remember, you dont tell your mom that we came to the hobby shop or that I bought a model ok ? "
neil22
Member Since: August 12, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 09:21 AM UTC
when you go to paris for a weeks romantic break and spend a day going around a couple of model shops you know of 
then also manage to visit the navy museam that is full of boat models! was a great day...... and to be fair, it wasnt the first day of the holiday
then also manage to visit the navy museam that is full of boat models!
was a great day...... and to be fair, it wasnt the first day of the holiday 
retiredyank
Member Since: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 11:37 AM UTC
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the people at the hobby shop know you by name even though it's a 2hr drive thier.
It's a six mile bicycle ride for me and yes they do know me by name.
of course I'm usually there three times a week.
jashby
Member Since: July 01, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 01:43 PM UTC
ooh ooh ohh, Miss my hands up for all the above.
My addition is when you resent the wife going to work in the car cause now you can't go down to the LHS for that length of brass rod that you must have right now. Damn wife, she's getting baked beans on toast for dinner tonight.
My addition is when you resent the wife going to work in the car cause now you can't go down to the LHS for that length of brass rod that you must have right now. Damn wife, she's getting baked beans on toast for dinner tonight.
FIREBIRDC9
Member Since: July 27, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 11:19 AM UTC
when you see a model that you have no interest in and probably never will
but end up buying it and then developing an interest in it XD
but end up buying it and then developing an interest in it XD
retiredyank
Member Since: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 09:46 PM UTC
When you can't remember which shade of white your walls are, but can remember the exact ratio of three diferent greens to make a passable od.
Or you can mix the precise ratio of colors to make od, chocolate brown, us armor sand, etc.
I have 15 different shades of green, 8 shades of brown, and yes my phone's wallpaper is my latest build. I've stopped spending money on my gf, just so I can buy more kits, supplies, bandaids(almost took my finger off with an unexpetedly sharp blade).
Or you can mix the precise ratio of colors to make od, chocolate brown, us armor sand, etc.
I have 15 different shades of green, 8 shades of brown, and yes my phone's wallpaper is my latest build. I've stopped spending money on my gf, just so I can buy more kits, supplies, bandaids(almost took my finger off with an unexpetedly sharp blade).
ludwig113
Member Since: February 05, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 06:20 AM UTC
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You paint the house in olive drab and put up lozenge wall paper .
is that 4 or 5 colour lozenge ???.............
paul
jccraemer
Member Since: December 24, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 09:08 AM UTC
when you finally get a day off:
you wake up early for more time at the bench.
you stay up late and work on lates build and get up and start working some more.
you tell your girlfriend/wife/etc. your to tired to go out and spend a couple of hrs at the bench.
you wake up early for more time at the bench.
you stay up late and work on lates build and get up and start working some more.
you tell your girlfriend/wife/etc. your to tired to go out and spend a couple of hrs at the bench.
melonhead
Member Since: July 29, 2010
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Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 11:04 AM UTC
as its been said already, i still cant get over this one. if this was price is right, this would be answer number 1
buying kts you have no need for. just buying it to have it and will eventually use it later.
my LHS has verlinden kits and figures clearanced at 50% so, ive been buying em up. bought the 1/32 soldiers that are urinating and defacting. Have no need for them and will have to come up with a comical spot in a dio or something, just to use them.
buying kts you have no need for. just buying it to have it and will eventually use it later.
my LHS has verlinden kits and figures clearanced at 50% so, ive been buying em up. bought the 1/32 soldiers that are urinating and defacting. Have no need for them and will have to come up with a comical spot in a dio or something, just to use them.
retiredyank
Member Since: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 11:53 AM UTC
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when you finally get a day off:
you wake up early for more time at the bench.
you stay up late and work on lates build and get up and start working some more.
you tell your girlfriend/wife/etc. your to tired to go out and spend a couple of hrs at the bench.
This actually describes me perfectly. Except, I tell my bench that I need a couple of hours with my girlfriend.
jccraemer
Member Since: December 24, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 10:35 AM UTC
In prepairing for the upcoming hurricane/tropical strom:
I bought plastic containers, reorganzied my stash and loaded them up and moved them to a safe location. I live less then 2/10th of a mile from the surf.
I bought plastic containers, reorganzied my stash and loaded them up and moved them to a safe location. I live less then 2/10th of a mile from the surf.
jccraemer
Member Since: December 24, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 10:40 AM UTC
keep a itemized list of models in stash by:
type (figures, armor, softskin, helos, boats, arty, aircraft)
scale (1/32, 1/35, 1/16, 54mm, 150mm, etc.)
type (figures, armor, softskin, helos, boats, arty, aircraft)
scale (1/32, 1/35, 1/16, 54mm, 150mm, etc.)
retiredyank
Member Since: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 11:25 AM UTC
You are reaming out your glue applicator and accidentally run the 19" piece of music wire through two fingers. And, your first thought is "d*mn I hope I didn't get any blood on the model".
4-BO-Green
Member Since: March 30, 2011
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2011 - 12:20 AM UTC
... you loooooooove the smell of tamiya glue in the morning!
Or,
...when you take a emty box of a kit you already bought (and is known by your wife) and go to your LHS, buy a new one and put the new stuff in the box to smuggle inside the house...
(this is no fiction, i know a guy who does this for real...
)
(Cool topic Matt
)
Regards,
Remco
Or,
...when you take a emty box of a kit you already bought (and is known by your wife) and go to your LHS, buy a new one and put the new stuff in the box to smuggle inside the house...
(this is no fiction, i know a guy who does this for real...
)(Cool topic Matt
)Regards,
Remco
retiredyank
Member Since: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2011 - 01:08 AM UTC
Quoted Text
... you loooooooove the smell of tamiya glue in the morning!
Or,
...when you take a emty box of a kit you already bought (and is known by your wife) and go to your LHS, buy a new one and put the new stuff in the box to smuggle inside the house...
(this is no fiction, i know a guy who does this for real...
(Cool topic Matt
Regards,
Remco
All of my stories are true. I'm addicted and let nothing stand in my way. Well, except for the occassional lack of paint. I've come up with some interesting shades of OD.
melonhead
Member Since: July 29, 2010
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 - 07:18 PM UTC
when the LHS has a 50% clearance same on verlinden figures. you go back every other week buying the figures knowing full well that you will probably never use them. but hey, they are 50% off!!!
retiredyank
Member Since: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 - 09:32 PM UTC
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when the LHS has a 50% clearance same on verlinden figures. you go back every other week buying the figures knowing full well that you will probably never use them. but hey, they are 50% off!!!
I hear that. I've sourced a Cyber Hobby Panzerjager for 60% less than average. Just have to order it from Poland.
WARDUKWNZ
Member Since: June 01, 2011
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 - 11:44 PM UTC
When you loose half of your kitchen to storing unbuilt models cause your spare bedroom is already full of spare parts and the other spare bedroom is a work shop/paint shop .
When you go through your girl friends jewelry box looking for a necklace with the right size chain because you need it for a project.
When you buy a $75 model just for the road wheels because you cant wait for store to restock the kit which is nothing but road wheels.
When your out and about and go past a building site and grab a bag of dirt because its super fine and might be useful in a dio
When you rearrange your entire lounge so your new desk/bench will fit .
When your new desk/bench is over half the wight of your lounge and a quarter of its length
Just a few i thought of
When you go through your girl friends jewelry box looking for a necklace with the right size chain because you need it for a project.
When you buy a $75 model just for the road wheels because you cant wait for store to restock the kit which is nothing but road wheels.
When your out and about and go past a building site and grab a bag of dirt because its super fine and might be useful in a dio
When you rearrange your entire lounge so your new desk/bench will fit .
When your new desk/bench is over half the wight of your lounge and a quarter of its length
Just a few i thought of
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