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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2006Part eating concrete floor???
Hi Troops: I have just spent an hour crawling about on the cellar floor looking for a dropped landing gear wheel for a 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane. Now I know the "part eating carpet" is firmly enshrined in the modellers Rogues gallery of villains, but a concrete floor??? I've looked under the workbench, the book case, all the nearby shelves, how can it disappear like that?? Bill Shuey Time to get the flashlight out and get down on your knees. Having the light at a low angle of attack usually helps me, it will cast a shadow off the part making it easier to spot. It is probably a natural concrete gray floor and the wheel is molded in a grey plastic. You might get lucky and find the parts I dropped! Thankfully I have a HUGE spares collection. lol Good luck. > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bill Shuey Drop the *other* wheel...and follow its journey. It should lead you to the first wheel. :o)  SignatureGreg Heilers Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 10.2 (2.6.13) AUS ..... He gets it from your side of the family, you know. No monsters on my side. -- Homer Simpson Treehouse of Horror II >> Hi Troops: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Drop the *other* wheel...and follow its journey. It should > lead you to the first wheel. Yeh right! Chaos theory (and Sod's Law) predicts that it will go in a totally different direction and you'll lose both of 'em! Been there! Done that! Bought another kit for spares...! SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > >> Hi Troops: > >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. Oh Well, I can probably get a resin set from True Details. Where's my Squadron flyer when I need it?? Bill Shuey >>>> Hi Troops: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Oh Well, I can probably get a resin set from True Details. Where's my > Squadron flyer when I need it?? As an alternative to TD, can I suggest Ultracast? I have been using their stuff for a while and it is superb. http://www.ultracast.ca/products/48/076/default.htm http://www.ultracast.ca/products/48/075/default.htm SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. First of all , I do hope that you the little wayward wheel. Then when you do then I recommend you give the floor a nice coat of "Hot Pink" Parts which hit the floor should show up with little or no trouble at all then. :) :) I had pink poster paper under a sheet of plastic on my work bench once so that I could find parts that went out of hand ... Carl .......... ,, Rama-Lama-BIG-BORG ; BORG TEMPLE N.Y. 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Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > First of all , I do hope that you the little wayward wheel. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I had pink poster paper under a sheet of plastic on my work bench once > so that I could find parts that went out of hand Another thing that helps is a kind of apron. I fastened two spring clips to the bottom of my workbench. I used an old apron, doubled and sewed, to make a sheet the width of the opening on my bench (between the drawer standards, where my legs go) and about 18 inches high. I clip this in the clips, and drape it over my lap when I sit down. I clip it to the bench rather than securely fasten it, 'cause it can get caught on my clothing. This way it pulls free. This is not foolproof- I still have parts roll off onto floor. But it DOES cut down on the number. The majority stay in this cloth. Don't forget to check your shoes. I had a part that I spent an hour or so looking for fall out of my shoe when I took them off that night. Mike LOL! > Don't forget to check your shoes. I had a part that I spent an hour or so > looking for fall out of my shoe when I took them off that night. Mike > LOL! > >> Don't forget to check your shoes. I had a part that I spent an hour >> or so looking for fall out of my shoe when I took them off that >> night. Mike Or the fold in your trouser legs. You know, at the bottom, near your shoes. You'll find things there eventually, but most of the time it's about half a year after you stopped searching! Dennis > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bill Shuey I feel your pain. I lost a 1/32 scale radial engine that rolled off my workbench into oblivion a while back. It was not that small! What is even more puzzling is that I recently did a major cleaning of the workshop, pulled everything off the floor, swept and rearranged everything and the engine never showed up. I'm convinced that plastic modeling disrupts the space-time continuum somehow, creating black holes that swallow small parts. Somewhere in the universe there is a huge cloud of missing plastic and PE parts floating around. Maybe that's the missing dark matter. ... or maybe I just need to put the cap back on the bottle of Tenax. Mark >I lost a 1/32 scale radial engine that rolled off my >workbench into oblivion a while back. It was not that small! I'll see your engine and raise you an entire model (actually two in one box). I've got a pair of Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Vs around here somewhere that I haven't been able to find for *months*. It wouldn't be so bad except that they're about half built and I sure would like to finish at least one of them... <sigh> :( SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." I too feel your pain and lend my support. I was painting my 1/72 Fujimi F7U Cutlass and it was progressing very nicely when it shot out of the plastic hemostats and crashed to the floor then into pieces! I picked up most of them except for the right intake. Oh well, finished it wheels up and hung so the missing intake doesn't show. Hope your part shows up. markm70 >> Hi Troops: >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Mark My most frustrating part search ended after an hour when it finally dawned on me to look in my pants cuff. There it was all safe and sound. Art >> Hi Troops: >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Mark best way to find a missing part on the floor is to back up while still in your wheeled chair. the wheels will automatically roll right over the part. guaranteed. Craig >best way to find a missing part on the floor is to back up while >still in your wheeled chair. the wheels will automatically roll >right over the part. guaranteed. BTDT, got the t-shirt and baseball cap... ;-p SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bill Shuey My modelling area has a concrete floor. I have lost count of the number of parts that I have lost. Most of my models are 1/72 so the parts are smaller so that may explain why the get lost easier. The torch shown parallel to the floor has worked for me a number of times. Other times, I have found parts caught in the fabric of my chair. Recently I spent an hour looking for the nose Pitot tub of a MiG25 that I accidentally broke off. Just as I was about to give up in despair, I checked the seat and there is was. Hope your find the part Best of luck Ultan > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bill Shuey My garage floor, by my work bench where I do my modeling, has now come into equilibrium. I have lost enough stuff in the past that when I loose something and look for it, I always find something --but rarely the part I'm looking for. The rule of dropped parts is -- the more important the part it is, and the harder it is to replace, the more likely it is you are not going to be able to find it. J. Bright My guess is that concrete brings out the 'spring' in parts. I've found parts far from where I know I saw them hit the floor. The worst part is that you might find the part with your foot. I found a missing canopy that way over the weekend. :( Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Mad-Modeller <checkreplyto@nextline.com> wrote in news:44068D48.5FDDE246 @nextline.com: > My guess is that concrete brings out the 'spring' in parts. I've found > parts far from where I know I saw them hit the floor. > The worst part is that you might find the part with your foot. I found > a missing canopy that way over the weekend. :( > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Yep, works too. Take off your shoes 'n' socks, turn off the lights and walk around. Especially if its a sharp part you'll definatly find it. OUCH! > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Bill Shuey No, it is not the carpet itself that eats the parts, it is the plastic bugs. They prefer to live in carpet, but they will exist on concrete floors, or even vinyl. >> Hi Troops: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >bugs. They prefer to live in carpet, but they will exist on concrete >floors, or even vinyl. Actually, it is proof of the existence of time travel. When parts fall to the floor they also travel through time so there is no point in looking for them for at least 5 minutes! David SBX Model Shop http://www.sbxmodelshop.co.uk >>> Hi Troops: >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > to the floor they also travel through time so there is no point in > looking for them for at least 5 minutes! That's not a problem. When I drop small detail parts I tend to spend the next five minutes wailing and cursing and waving my fists in the air! It doesn't actually help, but it makes me feel a lot better! ;-) SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. I belive the timetravel may have longer timespan involved. I have known things to travel in time from when I was building the model and first appear again when I have finished the model with a scratchbuilt part (Or sometimes I cheet and use a part for an identical kit ;^) ) SignatureClaus Gustafsen Strandby Denmark mail me at claus@gustafsen.nu See my modeling at www.gustafsen.nu Se min datters side om Fantasy på http://home20.inet.tele.dk/mymagicalworld > >>> Hi Troops: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > SBX Model Shop > http://www.sbxmodelshop.co.uk > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bill Shuey A tip I saw on TV for finding small items: Stretch a piece of panty hose over the end of your vacuum cleaner hose. Vacuum the floor. Any small parts you come across will be stuck to the panty hose. - Don >>I have just spent an hour crawling about on the cellar floor looking >>for a dropped landing gear wheel for a 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane. Now I >>know the "part eating carpet" is firmly enshrined in the modellers >>Rogues gallery of villains, but a concrete floor??? >>I've looked under the workbench, the book case, all the nearby shelves, >>how can it disappear like that?? I model in the sitting room and sit on the floor, worst I had was a part flying across the room - found it though > >>I have just spent an hour crawling about on the cellar floor looking > >>for a dropped landing gear wheel for a 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane. Now I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I model in the sitting room and sit on the floor, worst I had was a part > flying across the room - found it though But don't you run the risk of having people step on you, or worse, the parts? Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. "Martin" <spamspam@spam.spam> wrote in news:du9hpk$i17$5$8302bc10 @news.demon.co.uk: >>>I have just spent an hour crawling about on the cellar floor looking >>>for a dropped landing gear wheel for a 1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane. Now I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I model in the sitting room and sit on the floor, worst I had was a part > flying across the room - found it though AAAH, I've always wondered why it was called the sitting room!! This cleares it. much edited:--- Man, I sure seem to have stirred a few bad memories with this post, haven't I? :-) Bill Shuey > much edited:--- > > Man, I sure seem to have stirred a few bad memories with this post, > haven't I? > :-) A problem shared is a problem that we can all rant about! ;-) SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. |
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