GEEDUBBYA

Howdy Guys and Gals,

The following tips and hints are from the Central Arkansas Scale modelers website : http://www.casmodels.org/ . One of the clerks at the Hobby shop I visit recently told me of this club and I thought that some of these tips were not only useful, but had an aire of humor to them, so enjoy. Also please feel free to stop by the site and vist the gallery.

Modeling Hints, Tips and Nevers
Hints

When your hobby knife begins to roll off your workbench, quickly move your feet and legs out
of the immediate impact area.

When you drop a part on the floor, first start by calculating the distance and direction it may
have traveled. Then begin your search for the missing part, in the direct opposite direction, and
at least twice as far out as you originally calculated.

If you are unable to find the part a second method of searching may prove successful. To
employ this alternate search method wait until late at night and walk through the modeling area
barefoot.

If neither method locates the missing part, give up. The part has traveled to a parallel universe
and will not be returning to your floor for at least one year.

Always keep your cup of coffee, glass of soda, etc., to the far left or right of your work area.
When retrieving your drink move the drink in a wide U-shaped arc from the coaster to your lips
around the work area.

That emery wheel you just put in the moto-tool will cut into your finger just like it will the plastic
it was designed to cut.

When confused about the correct placement of a part chances are more than 1000:1 that you
will invariably put it on either upside down, backwards, or both. The best way to avoid this is to
deliberately put it on wrong, thus insuring an inadvertent correct placement.
More glue is not always the answer.


Modeling Nevers

Never, I repeat, never hold a small part over an open bottle of paint or liquid cement.

Never volunteer to carry anyone else’s models. NEVER!!

Never volunteer for any club activities.

Never volunteer

Never tell your modeling friends, “I must have a different body chemistry, Super Glue just
doesn’t stick to my skin.” This is the modelers equivalent of the doomed redneck’s cry, “Hey ya’
ll – watch this!”

Never, give voice to the opinion, “That is a piece of crap” while attending a model show.
Inevitably the guy next to you will be the builder of that piece of crap.

Never use boiling water to heat-form plastic, regardless of what Shep Paine wrote, use HOT
water, not BOILING.


Tamiya Color Tips

Anyone who uses Tamiya military colors can tell you that their Olive Drab (XF-62) is far too
green. To put the Tamiya M26 Pershing (see the Reviews section) in a more reasonable
looking coat of O.D., I did some experimentation with Tamiya acrylics to see what I could come
up with. Below are the results of my inquiries:


3 Parts Khaki (XF-49) + 1 Part O.D. (XF-62) + 1 Part Flat Base—This one was the winner,
although No.2 was close.:


3 Parts O.D. (XF-62) + 1 Part Dark Yellow (XF-60) + 1 Part Flat Base—A bit lighter in shade
than No. 1.:


3 Parts Khaki Drab (XF-51) + 1 Part Dark Yellow (XF-60) + 1 Part Flat Base—Darker than the
first two.:


3 Parts Khaki (XF-49) + 1 Part Khaki Drab (XF-51) + 1 Part Flat Base—This one was darkest
of all.:


Any of these could have been used, although the first two looked best to me. These mixtures
will be useful in varying the shade of various equipment stowed on the Pershing.:

For a convincing rust color, try this combination of Tamiya paints: 4 Parts Flat Earth (XF-52) +
2 Parts Red Brown (XF-64) + 1 Part Flat Red (XF-7) + 1 Part Flat Yellow (XF-3) + 2 Parts Flat
Base:

For darker rust, vary the ratio of Flat Earth to Red Brown.


Have a good day,

Greg

wonwinglo

Greg,a good way to find a part is to get your pet cat onto the trail ! they usually can locate the part a lot quicker than we can,the problem is when they start patting it across the carpet it can easily get lost again.
So if you have a pet cat, then train it to locate parts that get dropped onto the floor,works every time.

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GEEDUBBYA

Howdy Barry,

I am a Dog man Myself, I have two cocker spaniels who's life ambition is to finally catch that squirrel in the backyard who seems to always be at the bird feeder.
Besides I thought that those "razor wielding, couch shredding, dust mops with teeth" (cats) were sworn enemies of models of any type and given the chance would destroy them by whatever means required. Teaching them to hunt parts would only give the a taste of "blood" so to speak, I would think lol.

have a good day,

Greg

milenio3

Hey, Greg.
You should put a warning at the begining of the thread... I was in the middle of my lunch... mouth full... and laughing myself out... almost shoke!!!
Thanks... it surely made my day.

wonwinglo

Well Greg,my previous Siamese beauty used to sleep in my balsa wood offcuts box,nice and warm you see,never had any problems damaging models,the two I have now insist on sleeping under the warmth of my workbench lamp as I build.
The Squirrels are very clever creatures and go to a lot of trouble to get at those feeders.

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GEEDUBBYA

Howdy

Welcome to the forum Gerardo. Yeah some of these post are pretty funny, The info from the central arkansas scale modelers I thought was real funny.
Of course then there is the "razor wielding, couch shredding, dust mops with teeth" (cat) ....er......cat bird, bird cat? I thought that was pretty good too. Cats will stop at nothing once they put their mind to doing something.
And to Barry....... WATCH THEM! its a charade, a scam, a clever ploy to lull you into a false sense of security, all the while they are plotting and scheming on ways to get to your models....dont trust em! One day you will wake up to something like this




Have a good day,

Greg

Bunkerbarge

It looks like that one has flown into a window!

I once went to Little Rock with a young lady I was going out with. She was from Texarkana so not too far away and a spent a very interesting year exploring some of the surrounding areas. Did you know that Texarkana got it's name because it is at the junction of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana?

GEEDUBBYA

Wow Bunker,

Small world huh? I live 48 miles SE of Little Rock, and about 175 from texarkana. And yes, Texarkana is named for the three states Texas, arkansas and louisiana....but Arkansas shoulda been first.
A little bit about my town......
We have a population of about 70,000, we are home to 12% of the US stockpile of chemical weapons,(enough to kill everyone in the US if it was dispersed properly), we also have the N.C.T.R. (national center for toxicological research) that makes all sorts of goodies. And all of that stuff is stored in the Pine Bluff Arsenal.
Pine Bluff has been the 2nd worst place to live in the U.S. more times than I care to remember due to violent crime per 1,000 ppl according to the F.B.I. Yes, we even beat out NYC and Los Angeles.
Pine Bluff is also where the WORLDS longest bayou begins, bayou bartholomew. The bayou is in walking distance from my house. If you are not familiar with a Bayou, it is kinda like a stagnant river with swampy and marsh land all along the length of it. Below are some photos of two of the "critters" that live down the road from me about a mile. They are about 7 to 8 ft long ea. and live beside the Walmart supercenter on the bayou.


Have a good day,

Greg

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wonwinglo

Pesky Critters Greg ! would not like to come face to face with one of those while doing my shopping.

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Bunkerbarge

Down here in East Florida it is not uncommon to wake up to one of these in your swimming pool!

It takes checking your slippers for spiders to a whole new level!!!