You know it's time to quit when...
England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 03:01 AM UTC
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You know it's time to quit/take a break when...
It´s sunday night and you find that your wife took the children and went to her mom's house on friday.
Danmo
:-)
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 03:13 AM UTC
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1) The band-aid won't stop the bleeding.
NOW THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, AND I AM NOT ADVISING ANYONE ELSE TO DO THIS!!!!!!!
I cut my finger so bad one night the band-aids would not stop the bleeding,
Now, being on blood thinner's due to having open heart surgury a few years ago,
I do bleed a little more than most, but usually a band-aid or two will stop the flow.
But NOT this time.......... thought I was going to have to go to hospital Emergency Room......
BUT>>>>>> Crazy Glue to the rescue ........ I put a drop of Crazy Glue on the cut, squeesed it together, stopped bleeding........... and continued modeling....... LOL
took a few days to heal...... and not even a scar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST CALL ME DOCTOR McCOY...... OR DOCTOR INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard that that is what super glue was created for originally. Could be wrong though.
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission.
Massachusetts, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 03:40 AM UTC
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I heard that that is what super glue was created for originally. Could be wrong though.
I have heard that too. Developed during the VN War...
...'cept for me and my monkey.
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 03:58 AM UTC
Super glue was discovered by accident in 1958, apparently. It was used in Vietnam to keep wounded soldiers from bleeding to death. I had always been told that was an urban legend. Guess it isn't.
Linky below..
Shaun
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England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 04:16 AM UTC
You know it's time to take a break when your motor tool discovers that your leg is ssofter than resin.
Stupid, but it happened - about 15minutes ago!
Bulldog#3
Grumpy Old Modeller No1
Growing old disgracefully!
California, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 04:50 AM UTC
You know it's time to take a break when you've just spent an hour carefully masking off the your canopy and windows, only to discover that you've masked off the insides of half of them and the outsides of the other half.
It's also time to take a break when you sit there staring at a bottle of "olive drab", a bottle of "olive green" and the instruction sheet which clearly says "olive drab" and you still can't figure out which paint to use.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has gremlins who delight in hiding things under instruction sheets and then make them reappear after you've looked under the sheet several times.
Colorado, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 05:35 AM UTC
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JUST CALL ME DOCTOR McCOY...... OR DOCTOR INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I'm a DOCTOR, not a modelmaker!"
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Rodger
If I'd had known grand kids were so much fun I'd have had them first.
Ask me about my Grand Son!
New Hampshire, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 05:41 AM UTC
I love the smell of Tenax in the morning....It smells like a day off work.
I drive a Jeep, but i still bleed Ford Blue....
#130
Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 05:49 AM UTC
Greetz Robert "FAUST" Blokker
"Wees niet onverstandig, haastig of voortvarend; alles sal regkom, as ons almal ons plig doen".
FUTBOL KAVGADIR!!!!!!!
Wisconsin, United States
Member Since: December 25, 2003
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 01:03 PM UTC
You know it is time to quit or take a break when... you've been scratchbuilding a tiny essential part, because you decided it would be a good idea to not trust the manufacturer and chop off the molded-on part, and while gluing the last section on, it falls into the lair of the dreaded carpet monster, where he chews it up, swallows it, and then belches in your face as you search for the part on hands and knees. BTW, great forum topic. :-)
Kyle
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A: Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets.
Michigan, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 02:42 PM UTC
WHen you fall asleep at the modeling bench, and show up for work the next day with a landing gear door superglued to your forearm.
(Hey! At least I didn't end up with a propeller glued to my forehead or something!)
(BTW, I have spilled glue, paint, etc on my models too. Now, I have a wooden base with a thick piece of wood on top, about 12" square. It has holes drilled in it for Tenax, paint and thinner bottles, plus a longer slot for super glue bottles. Ugly, but it works. No more spills!)
Dave M.
Three time winner of the Wile E. Coyote award for excellence in engineering!
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 03:07 PM UTC
You know it's time to quit or have a break when..... you spill your bottle of glue for the third time in one session! You know you need some fresh air then!
#:-)
Ohio, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 03:08 PM UTC
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Vermont, United States
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004 - 04:28 PM UTC
I couldn't agree more with the bit about having dropped the same part 3x times it's time to be done.
It's time to pack it in when the PE parts stick better to the fingers or tweezers than to the kit.
Tools missing in plain view.
Most needed reference book in the book case is the one you took out of your lap to get up to go check the bookcase.
The 4-yr old son says "Let's play Dad."
great topic!!
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs,
perhaps you've misunderstood the situation.
Finland
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 02:23 AM UTC
Had another one yesterday, prolly relates to being high and showing up on radar:
You know it's time to have a break when you are picking bread from the supermarket and suddenly you think that something just smelled of Micro Sol...
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Kansas, United States
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 02:42 AM UTC
Will this win the worst case of "time to quit"? I needed a railroad track section for a diorama. Built it from scratch with diligent research, patterns, and a jig. So, after countless hours, my perfect section of straight track with a curved section was finished...but the curve went the wrong way since I assembled it upside-down!
Sealhead
England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 03:35 AM UTC
Its time to quit when you wash your brush in your coffee and drink the thinners....yeuk.
Cheers
Peter
:-)
Wolf Number 9.
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Madness is the normal condition, interupted only by spells of sanity.
England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12:17 PM UTC
You know when its time to Quit when.........
You place your hand on the superglue tube, get stuck to it and the table and spend an hour or so freeing yourself. (Don't Ask!)
When your little sister wrecks a kit you've spent a month or so on in minutes, completely destroys it and no-one seems to care but you!
Or you spend a great deal of time on your best work yet and No-one seems to appreciate it....
"When your having a bad day.......Remember, it takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 to laugh and 4 to extend your arm and smack someone in the mouth!"
Ohio, United States
Member Since: January 18, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 04:03 PM UTC
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1) The band-aid won't stop the bleeding.
NOW THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, AND I AM NOT ADVISING ANYONE ELSE TO DO THIS!!!!!!!
I cut my finger so bad one night the band-aids would not stop the bleeding,
Now, being on blood thinner's due to having open heart surgury a few years ago,
I do bleed a little more than most, but usually a band-aid or two will stop the flow.
But NOT this time.......... thought I was going to have to go to hospital Emergency Room......
BUT>>>>>> Crazy Glue to the rescue ........ I put a drop of Crazy Glue on the cut, squeesed it together, stopped bleeding........... and continued modeling....... LOL
took a few days to heal...... and not even a scar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST CALL ME DOCTOR McCOY...... OR DOCTOR INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They say that is what it was originally intended for, and designed for the surgeons during Vietnam who didn't have the time to sew them up. That is why it sticks better to your fingers then it does to your model.
Ohio, United States
Member Since: November 07, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 05:27 PM UTC
When your roommate's girlfriend thinks it's a good idea to clean your work desk and throws away half of the unfinished pieces for your B17G.....
Victoria, Australia
Member Since: September 19, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:36 PM UTC
G'day folks,
You know it's time to quite:
When you recieve a model to repair [a shipbuilder's model, leveled at the deck], quote a price for repair, get the go ahead to start work, only to find the broken parts and refference photos supplied, relate to a different model. It happens to the best of us, at times. I've lost count of the launchs, from grandkids, of my models, or any of the other common hazards that modelers face, everytime a kitcomes out of the box.
Good topic idea.
Rob.
President:- Southern Model Club.
Those who never learn from history will always repeat it.
"When you go home tell them of us and say.
For your tomorrow we gave our today."
California, United States
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Posted: Monday, March 01, 2004 - 11:23 AM UTC
It time to call it a night when you've just glued your finger to the same part for the second or third time. Of course the first couple of time you had to cut your finger free - ouch!
"Dear SHAEF, I have just pissed into the Rhine River. For God's sake, send some gasoline." General George S. Patton.
Ontario, Canada
Member Since: May 15, 2003
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Posted: Monday, March 01, 2004 - 04:05 PM UTC
You know it's time to quit:
If you're not sure is you sprayed 35 coats of paint in your Panzer IV or was it the Panther "D"??
Ohio, United States
Member Since: February 05, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 09:40 AM UTC
Yet another injury report :
You know it's time to quit when...you realize that a heated xacto blade will cut through skin just as easily as it cuts through plastic.
And, you know it's time to get your head examined when...you realize that it will also cut though the bandaid, and make a second slice in your thumb right next to the 1st one!!
Texas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 12:59 PM UTC
When you just don't feel like building anymore. Very serious issue.
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it
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