two minutes ago i thought i would do some work on my Stug 4 for the Tank destroyer Campaign Ive been building it fron the 1st of july.Much to my joy it isnt where I usually leave it ( in my conservatory I dont have a modelling room) "wheres my model dear" silence I repeated the question "i moved it on Saturday" deathly silence, well i found it minus the brackets for the skirt armour most of the tools and a track in half so im on the floor doing the modellers search "oh I vacumed in here on Sunday" I just drop kicked what was left of my kit down the garden. any new Campaigns coming up.

Now, isn't this a nice blackmail subject for a new kit

Pitty of the work though

Kris

I agree with Crossbow, you should get a new kit out of it. When my wife smashed my LRDG truck she replaced it. Of course she waited six months until the next half off sale at Hobby Lobby but she did replace it.

Tell her is was a classic, worth three times it's list price to a collector, and you just can't LIVE without a X kit, where YOU decide what X kit is.

I agree with the rest of the guys, my wife & parents tagteamed a yamato and phantom I was building. Well,,,,hehe,,,I fixed them,,,they got 4 kits to replace 2. Thought I made out like a bandit on that one. Since then, they dont even touch the thrown away wrapper for fear im using it.

She should replace it..... I Took one to school to use in a report. It was stored in a "Safe place" Not.... The Teacher replaced the kit for me.. (He told me where to put it in the first place)

you could dangle her upside down out of the highest window in the house until she offers
to replace it mid you there are more subitle methods methinks

Seriously ,though,this points out the need for weeee modelers to have our own space.
I am lucky to have a seperate room to do my modeling and computiong,so space per se isn't an issue.But,wall space for shelves is,so I find myself investing in clear IMEX casas to store models which get replaced by a newer build.. (++) (++) 49 (++) (++)

Hi. Sorry for your bad luck Easy_Co. I guess there are advantages to modeling out in the garage, despite the sweat in the summer and freezing glue in the winter. Or Not.

Take care, sgirty

Thanks for the repys, the blackmail is good Mikes suptle methods sounds more interesting.Joking aside this was my first campagn and Im short of time, thinking I might do a anti tank gun and figures. :-)

naaahhh, you should be able to squeeze a Leopold or Dragon Wagon out of this #:-) #:-) .

Kris

Dragon Wagon =DroooooL I must work harder on this blackmail,Mikes suptle methods are too tiring after the 15th go.

All the members of Armorama are by your side. If you need some nightime phonecalls for the blackmail its ok , or a price list x 5 for the model that was destroyed...anything for the goal

Easy Co,
Sorry to hear of your recent departure. Thats why I have " MY SPACE" and all intruders suffer pentance if entered. But when this type of thing happens to me I always get the reply " OH TODD ITS ONLY A MODEL" so a replacement never arrives.
But Im w/ the others.....BLACKMALE does pay. LOL TODD

Spill beer on the couch and when she fumes, tell her "Oh honey it's only a couch!"

I think she'll get the point then.

Get a new model then D.I.V.O.R.C.E hehehehe.
No? then build a new patio.
Only joking, if anything gets broken in my house I sulk and refuse to do anything till a replacement is bought!!!

I guess I am lucky as I have a room that is mine and mine alone. The family knows that it is off limits to them. So I have never ran into this problem. However I do feel your pain. On another note. Never toss out your destroyed or half destroyed kits. There is always someone out there looking for spare parts. In the future, maybe barbed wire and land mines around your work area??

I'm lucky, seperate room, wife doesn't go in there, nothing gets broken.....except by me.

Ive been walking around looking like Manuel from farty Towels but she's got thick armour, even left my Tamyia catalogue on her chair, she put that away and now I cant find it.I went out to the garden to recover my poor busted darling, an hedgehog had taken a dump on it theres a boy in the next street with a remote control M1 think I will go and lay down in front of it

I'd suggest you kiss and make up. Nothing bad can result from that.

I always thought Manuels hair looked a bit windswept

sorry to hear about your stug.i almost lost my matilda to the desert wife. bulldog#13

when i lived at home my mum could lose small parts of kits by looking at them from across the room.( well thats how it seemed to me)the worst one was a 1/48 109 canopy i noticed it was missing at the same time i felt a crunching sound under my shoe......yep, you,ve guessed it

I agree in that she must replace the kit. Think in storing the kits in acrylic cases, the finished ones and the one or ones your building. For the one in building process you could also use a big tupperware.

OK !! THAT DOES IT !! Break one of her favorite dishwares, maybe a couple, of course this may lead to retaliation. Just remember, we here support YOU, at the house or divorce court.lol. Or you could just go out and use money that was meant for something else and replace the model. Their...problem solved!!!

AHHH come on.
Get on to the next tank. Oh tis a good idea to always save even the worst model, you never know when you'll need spare parts. Or you can use it for a conversion.
YIPPEE more ideas!!!!!!!!!