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Rubicon Models => General Discussions => Topic started by: ripley on March 06, 2018, 11:35:34 am
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I'm sure we've all had our moments when things go a little pear shaped in the build . How about that special moment when you realize that decals on your tank turret aren't a mirror image , one is off center and not level ( seems like every 2nd build these days ::) ) And then there's the , just a little bit more weathering should make this tank look fantastic , instead of a dusty panzer yellow you end up with a nice brown tank . ( :-[ me too ) . But today's epic fail is my best one yet . Last night I mixed up some RTV rubber make a master mold to cast some track pieces and a few bits for my Type 97 Japanese tank . Well somewhere along the way I screwed up on the ratio of catalyst to base . This morning , imagine my surprise to find I have a box of pudding instead of a rubber mold . None of the pieces to be cast where damaged , just coated in a thick gooey , sticks to everything coat of liquid rubber . It took the best part of 4 hours to clean all the parts using turps , dish soap , bathroom cleaner and Goo Gone in various combinations , as well , my room mate's tooth brush was sacrificed to help scrub the parts ( why would I use mine ? ) . I had to keep reminding myself that I enjoy this hobby , because for a while there I didn't :D , oh well I think I'll try it again tomorrow , give myself a bit of a break and watch some TV tonight instead . And finish scrubbing the remaining goo of my hobby bench . So , what's your epic fail or hobby disaster ?
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Vanilla pudding / RTV mold
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I haven't had an epic fail recently, but it still amazes me how, despite decades of building plastic kits, I make dumbarse mistakes when assembling them. Maybe it's failing eyesight, but I don't think that's the real reason.
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Did you put back your roommate's toothbrush?
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Of course I put it back ;D . No , not really , that would probably poison him , and I have no way to dispose of the body
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Convert it into terrain?
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Terrain ? Yea that might work , I would need a 6 X 3 table and about 100 pounds of paper mache . :D
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Ripley, I had some similar aggro to you, but at the other end of the casting process - I assume that I simply didn't put enough catalyst in (or it was an old batch of PU resin) - the upshot being that I had a large, complex mold full of viscous, stinking goop that also took hours to clean out. There's also the time I re-decorated the spare room giving some paint a vigourous shake - having managed to leave the top off the dropper bottle...
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I feel your pain , lol . And I've done the shake the bottle trick a few times as well , it usually ends up splattering something on the bench that I have just completed in a totally different color ::) . And then of course there's the - reach over for a new bottle of paint , catch the up right brush standing in the water jar with my sleeve and end up drenching my work bench . At least the water cleans up better than the Turps did back in the old enamel paint era .
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Ah, the liquid poly bottle is the way to fail...
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Do Not Try This At Home!
Failure to orientate the spray can nozzle correctly.
Luckily my reflexes are better than my ability to operate a spray can, washing Humbrol spray paint from my face was easier than getting it off my contact lenses (or my eyes).