...things you probably shouldn't do...
drunken monkey
05-25-2011, 10:47 PM
lately, our little modelling corner at AF has gotten perhaps a bit too serious so here's a little thread to perhaps lighten the mood.
title says it all.
my own little confession.
now i've said that i'm a lazy painter when it comes to spraying bodies but my laziness extends to brush painting parts too.
you know when you've been painting metallic parts and only one or two spots of gloss or flat to paint but your jar of water is now cloudy with metallic flakes...
now imagine that you need to thin the gloss or flat paint a touch before brushing it on...
well, i probably shouldn't do it but at those times, i just lick my brush.
if i've dabbed the bristles into paint and it feels too thick and my water's too dirty, instead of changing my water, i just dab the brush (with paint) onto my tongue to add a little spit.
so yes, there really is a little of my dna on all of my models.
what are your own bad habits when it comes to this?
title says it all.
my own little confession.
now i've said that i'm a lazy painter when it comes to spraying bodies but my laziness extends to brush painting parts too.
you know when you've been painting metallic parts and only one or two spots of gloss or flat to paint but your jar of water is now cloudy with metallic flakes...
now imagine that you need to thin the gloss or flat paint a touch before brushing it on...
well, i probably shouldn't do it but at those times, i just lick my brush.
if i've dabbed the bristles into paint and it feels too thick and my water's too dirty, instead of changing my water, i just dab the brush (with paint) onto my tongue to add a little spit.
so yes, there really is a little of my dna on all of my models.
what are your own bad habits when it comes to this?
ales
05-26-2011, 01:54 AM
LOL! :lol2:
I have to say that I don't lick my brushes.
When I work with the Tamiya knife, however, I often remove the cap with my mouth and then I would often attempt to put the cap back on while holding it between the teeth. More than once I've missed. Same has happened with superglue... :icon16::uhoh:
I have to say that I don't lick my brushes.
When I work with the Tamiya knife, however, I often remove the cap with my mouth and then I would often attempt to put the cap back on while holding it between the teeth. More than once I've missed. Same has happened with superglue... :icon16::uhoh:
wolvyreen
05-26-2011, 06:22 AM
Uh....licking my brush :P no...I don't do that lol
That knife habit seems extremely dangerous though :P
I haven't been building long enough to get bad habits. so the jury i still out for me on this one.
That knife habit seems extremely dangerous though :P
I haven't been building long enough to get bad habits. so the jury i still out for me on this one.
MPWR
05-26-2011, 06:24 AM
:lol:
I haven't been building long enough to get any good habits. :uhoh:
I haven't been building long enough to get any good habits. :uhoh:
crisjr
05-26-2011, 07:52 AM
Well, i must confess that, yes i have some bad habits.. well i never licked my brush like Drunken did.. but i use to do the same as Ales... but the worse thing that i think i do is.. when i'm sanding or cutting, some small parts insist to fell on the floor.. well i always think.. hmm.. it's just a small part.. but when i look again.. a loot of small parts are on the floor.. and guess what.. i leave it all there.. i know.. shame on me.. :headshake
to-mek
05-26-2011, 08:03 AM
Sometimes when water is far from me I use my saliva for decals. :biggrin:
rallymaster
05-26-2011, 08:19 AM
:yikes: humm... men, you are pigs not modelers !! :lol:
Well my own worst habit...?
I don't clean my working board as often it should be...
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used...", sanding dust amounted in a small volcano in the middle of the working board, decal sheet paper once decal taken off, etc etc.
Another habit, bad or good don't really know, is that I can see an opened paint jar more than a few seconds, and I spend more time keeping opening and closing jars than painting !! :banghead:
same with the knife... which cap should be put over between each use, so close shall they be...
Should I worry about that doctor ? :screwy: :lol: :lol:
Well my own worst habit...?
I don't clean my working board as often it should be...
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used...", sanding dust amounted in a small volcano in the middle of the working board, decal sheet paper once decal taken off, etc etc.
Another habit, bad or good don't really know, is that I can see an opened paint jar more than a few seconds, and I spend more time keeping opening and closing jars than painting !! :banghead:
same with the knife... which cap should be put over between each use, so close shall they be...
Should I worry about that doctor ? :screwy: :lol: :lol:
malscar
05-26-2011, 09:14 AM
my water's too dirty, instead of changing my water,
hmmm, I suggest you need to go see your doctor lol:grinyes:
bad habits, buying more models than I could ever build in two lifetimes is my worst,
Having more than one build at the same time is another. This is my desk at the moment:headshake
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m225/malscar/WIP%20stuff/002-6.jpg
hmmm, I suggest you need to go see your doctor lol:grinyes:
bad habits, buying more models than I could ever build in two lifetimes is my worst,
Having more than one build at the same time is another. This is my desk at the moment:headshake
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m225/malscar/WIP%20stuff/002-6.jpg
ales
05-26-2011, 10:14 AM
malscar, I really like the kits I see on your desk!
One more thing came to mind - I tend to leave bits of sandpaper, used/broken toothpicks, decal backing, etc on the desk and just move them to the right out of the work area. When I eventually do get to cleaning up the desk there's usually quite a lot in that pile.
Immediately picking up every part that falls on the floor is something I have learned the hard way too.
One more thing came to mind - I tend to leave bits of sandpaper, used/broken toothpicks, decal backing, etc on the desk and just move them to the right out of the work area. When I eventually do get to cleaning up the desk there's usually quite a lot in that pile.
Immediately picking up every part that falls on the floor is something I have learned the hard way too.
quadzero
05-26-2011, 03:45 PM
Very funny thread, but very real also in my modelling world.
well, i probably shouldn't do it but at those times, i just lick my brush.
I don't lick the brush to clean it but I usually put the brush in my mouth to form a nice sharp point for tiny detail painting.
.....More than once I've missed. Same has happened with superglue... :icon16::uhoh:
Despite spending hours carefully peeling away dried glue from my lips, I always seem to do this.
I don't clean my working board as often it should be...
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used..."
Another habit, bad or good don't really know, is that I can see an opened paint jar more than a few seconds, and I spend more time keeping opening and closing jars than painting
I save all the scraps also, makes for an ineffective way to re-use scraps all jumbled up in a little container but I don't throw anything away until the model is done. I'm obsessed with closing the lids as soon as possible. Just drives me insane to see a jar of paint with the lid off, even knowing I will be using it in minutes.
I tend to leave bits of sandpaper, used/broken toothpicks, decal backing, etc on the desk and just move them to the right out of the work area. When I eventually do get to cleaning up the desk there's usually quite a lot in that pile.
Immediately picking up every part that falls on the floor is something I have learned the hard way too.
I have piles like that in my work area. It gets so bad I'm sometimes discouraged to spend an evening working on my model, somehow managing this mess while I work thru a project is beyond me. I drop pieces all the time, there's a small flashlight I keep handy nearby just for this reason. Of course just leaning over the table more would just take to much time to prevent the 30 minutes I crawl around on the floor looking for that elusive part.
One thing I do also is when I'm airbrushing I use my hand to test the spray pattern and to see if I have the airbrush cleaned for the next colour. Grabbing a piece of paper or cardboard is just soooooo time consuming in the heat of the moment.:lol2:
All these habits of ours seems so silly and even unhealthy but I admit during the course of building, they seem completely natural to me.
well, i probably shouldn't do it but at those times, i just lick my brush.
I don't lick the brush to clean it but I usually put the brush in my mouth to form a nice sharp point for tiny detail painting.
.....More than once I've missed. Same has happened with superglue... :icon16::uhoh:
Despite spending hours carefully peeling away dried glue from my lips, I always seem to do this.
I don't clean my working board as often it should be...
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used..."
Another habit, bad or good don't really know, is that I can see an opened paint jar more than a few seconds, and I spend more time keeping opening and closing jars than painting
I save all the scraps also, makes for an ineffective way to re-use scraps all jumbled up in a little container but I don't throw anything away until the model is done. I'm obsessed with closing the lids as soon as possible. Just drives me insane to see a jar of paint with the lid off, even knowing I will be using it in minutes.
I tend to leave bits of sandpaper, used/broken toothpicks, decal backing, etc on the desk and just move them to the right out of the work area. When I eventually do get to cleaning up the desk there's usually quite a lot in that pile.
Immediately picking up every part that falls on the floor is something I have learned the hard way too.
I have piles like that in my work area. It gets so bad I'm sometimes discouraged to spend an evening working on my model, somehow managing this mess while I work thru a project is beyond me. I drop pieces all the time, there's a small flashlight I keep handy nearby just for this reason. Of course just leaning over the table more would just take to much time to prevent the 30 minutes I crawl around on the floor looking for that elusive part.
One thing I do also is when I'm airbrushing I use my hand to test the spray pattern and to see if I have the airbrush cleaned for the next colour. Grabbing a piece of paper or cardboard is just soooooo time consuming in the heat of the moment.:lol2:
All these habits of ours seems so silly and even unhealthy but I admit during the course of building, they seem completely natural to me.
leafs004
05-26-2011, 04:33 PM
Even though I have a 2 year old who LOVES getting hold of model parts, I always manage to leave a bumper or a tire on my work table after cleaning up for the night. Fortunately I have about an 80% recovery rate. Still haven't found a Badger basic airbrush she moved though...
ScratchBuilt
05-26-2011, 05:08 PM
Okay - I'll put my hand up to some of these too.
I haven't managed to stick my fingers or lips together (yet), but I had a fairly spectacular superglue spillage over an old mitre block a while back - the fumes from that made my eyes water...
I'm definitely a hoarder of scrap bits of plastic, etc - and bits of emery cloth...and cardboard...and bits of wire...
Fortunately I don't have to worry about bits dropping off the workbench and onto the floor as I do all my work sitting on the floor to start with. Gives me a much bigger work area! It might be a carry-over from spending hours on the floor with my Lego as a (smaller) kid - sitting at a table to work just seems...wrong!
Oh - and I really should try to keep my cutting mat as a cutting mat, rather than using it as somewhere to keep most of my tools, glues, tape, etc, and only leaving a few square inches for cutting!
SB
I haven't managed to stick my fingers or lips together (yet), but I had a fairly spectacular superglue spillage over an old mitre block a while back - the fumes from that made my eyes water...
I'm definitely a hoarder of scrap bits of plastic, etc - and bits of emery cloth...and cardboard...and bits of wire...
Fortunately I don't have to worry about bits dropping off the workbench and onto the floor as I do all my work sitting on the floor to start with. Gives me a much bigger work area! It might be a carry-over from spending hours on the floor with my Lego as a (smaller) kid - sitting at a table to work just seems...wrong!
Oh - and I really should try to keep my cutting mat as a cutting mat, rather than using it as somewhere to keep most of my tools, glues, tape, etc, and only leaving a few square inches for cutting!
SB
cinqster
05-26-2011, 05:56 PM
I remember seeing a very shocking documentary on 'The Radium Girls' who used to point their brushes with their mouths when painting radium numbers onto clock & watch dials.
Needless to say, it didn't do them much good!:headshake
Needless to say, it didn't do them much good!:headshake
brady_381need72c10
05-26-2011, 07:00 PM
hmmm, I suggest you need to go see your doctor lol:grinyes:
bad habits, buying more models than I could ever build in two lifetimes is my worst,
Having more than one build at the same time is another. This is my desk at the moment:headshake
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m225/malscar/WIP%20stuff/002-6.jpg
:lol2:
dont feel bad mines worse ill get a pic or two later!
bad habits, buying more models than I could ever build in two lifetimes is my worst,
Having more than one build at the same time is another. This is my desk at the moment:headshake
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m225/malscar/WIP%20stuff/002-6.jpg
:lol2:
dont feel bad mines worse ill get a pic or two later!
malscar
05-27-2011, 05:23 AM
:lol2:
dont feel bad mines worse ill get a pic or two later!
Oh lol, you want a photo of the WHOLE desk do you
dont feel bad mines worse ill get a pic or two later!
Oh lol, you want a photo of the WHOLE desk do you
MidMazar
05-27-2011, 10:35 AM
LOL! :lol2:
I have to say that I don't lick my brushes.
When I work with the Tamiya knife, however, I often remove the cap with my mouth and then I would often attempt to put the cap back on while holding it between the teeth. More than once I've missed. Same has happened with superglue... :icon16::uhoh:
I do the same only with glue caps, sometimes i miss and get some glue in my mouth. :lol: Yummy
One bad habit is i tend to do is build through out the house escpecially in the living room so i can watch tv. Then my g/f finds me asleep on the living room couch with models/parts on the coffee table. And lets not talk about leaving models throughout the house, its a constant battle not to do that.
I have to say that I don't lick my brushes.
When I work with the Tamiya knife, however, I often remove the cap with my mouth and then I would often attempt to put the cap back on while holding it between the teeth. More than once I've missed. Same has happened with superglue... :icon16::uhoh:
I do the same only with glue caps, sometimes i miss and get some glue in my mouth. :lol: Yummy
One bad habit is i tend to do is build through out the house escpecially in the living room so i can watch tv. Then my g/f finds me asleep on the living room couch with models/parts on the coffee table. And lets not talk about leaving models throughout the house, its a constant battle not to do that.
AKA TC
05-27-2011, 11:52 AM
Midmazar man that's funny.
ales
05-27-2011, 12:56 PM
Oh, how could I forget! I take kits with me to the little modeller's room and they tend to stack up in the corner there, and it's a constant battle with the wife :)
luchoteam
05-27-2011, 01:13 PM
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used..."
Same thing here! :screwy:
I have a lot of small pieces of evergreen tube, small plastic cards inside of some cigarettes boxes just in case i may need them...but every time i do something complex and i clean the desk i checked what things can i put in the trash and what can be store :iceslolan
Same thing here! :screwy:
I have a lot of small pieces of evergreen tube, small plastic cards inside of some cigarettes boxes just in case i may need them...but every time i do something complex and i clean the desk i checked what things can i put in the trash and what can be store :iceslolan
Decs0105
05-27-2011, 05:57 PM
funny thread :iceslolan
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used...
same for me and guess what I never use any of the stuff I keep :smooch: but then usually when I figured something else out I remember I could have used the old stuff which would have been perfect for that task...
By the way so far I haven't eaten anything modelling related :smokin:
I keep a ton of plastic card cuttings rests, thinking "they could be useful, Im sure even this small barely visible piece could be used...
same for me and guess what I never use any of the stuff I keep :smooch: but then usually when I figured something else out I remember I could have used the old stuff which would have been perfect for that task...
By the way so far I haven't eaten anything modelling related :smokin:
rprzybylo
06-05-2011, 04:59 PM
Rest things like exato knives, pins/needles, etc on my leg or crotch while I work away!
~Rob
~Rob
360spider
06-06-2011, 11:32 AM
I once was holding a part and needed some glue, but the puddle on my CD was already dry. Since I couldn't put the part I was holding, I got tube of my superglue with my other hand and tried to unscrew the cap with my mouth. The cap was stubborn, so I pushed harder, and it gave up, but made me squeeze the glue tube and I literally glued my lips shut. Couldn't even explain it to my wife, obviously, because I couldn't open my mouth.
PS: Superglue debonder tastes awful.
PS: Superglue debonder tastes awful.
lumpulus
06-06-2011, 05:15 PM
I used my leg as a #11 blade holder once......
rsxse240
06-09-2011, 12:17 AM
What's that thing in the top left of the picture? some kind of telecommunications device? hahaha
Bad habits, huh?
staying up WAY to late even though I know better and have to work in 3 hours...then I go to bed and over sleep...should have just stayed up.
Bad habits, huh?
staying up WAY to late even though I know better and have to work in 3 hours...then I go to bed and over sleep...should have just stayed up.
rx7king
06-14-2011, 11:19 PM
A cover for a knife???
Well I guess one thing I shouldnt do is buy over 300 replacement blades expecting to ever use them all...
Well I guess one thing I shouldnt do is buy over 300 replacement blades expecting to ever use them all...
willimo
06-15-2011, 12:47 AM
My worst habit is trying to build anything. I should just leave them alone and admire the boxes - the results would be far better!
robrex
06-15-2011, 08:19 AM
I used my leg as a #11 blade holder once......
:lol2: me too!
When it was falling it all happened in slow motion. I watched it go the full depth of the blade straight in then it just stood there. Completely vertical.... The blade must have been sharp because it didn't hurt that much but it did bleed and bleed and bleed:loser:
:lol2: me too!
When it was falling it all happened in slow motion. I watched it go the full depth of the blade straight in then it just stood there. Completely vertical.... The blade must have been sharp because it didn't hurt that much but it did bleed and bleed and bleed:loser:
da_ashman
06-15-2011, 08:32 PM
The cap was stubborn, so I pushed harder, and it gave up, but made me squeeze the glue tube and I literally glued my lips shut. Couldn't even explain it to my wife, obviously, because I couldn't open my mouth.
PS: Superglue debonder tastes awful.
Haha, man thats funny,
"whats wrong honey?"
"mmmm hmmmmm mmmm mmmmm"
My worst habit is trying to build anything. I should just leave them alone and admire the boxes - the results would be far better!
Fully agree, but then we wouldnt be here talking about models...
Looks like im not as bad as I thought I was!!! I do most of the things here. Think the worst thing I did was slip a scarple all the way into my thumb when it slipped off the part I was working on. Still havnt learnt that lession, I still sometimes cut toward myself!!
PS: Superglue debonder tastes awful.
Haha, man thats funny,
"whats wrong honey?"
"mmmm hmmmmm mmmm mmmmm"
My worst habit is trying to build anything. I should just leave them alone and admire the boxes - the results would be far better!
Fully agree, but then we wouldnt be here talking about models...
Looks like im not as bad as I thought I was!!! I do most of the things here. Think the worst thing I did was slip a scarple all the way into my thumb when it slipped off the part I was working on. Still havnt learnt that lession, I still sometimes cut toward myself!!
racer93
06-15-2011, 10:10 PM
I have *really* fast reaction times. I amazed my wife when we first met that if something were falling, I would *always*catch it long before it hit the floor. I guess it's just a talent. However, it can get scary when you try and do this with an xacto knife or a pair of scissors! The force with which my hands hit the object is nothing small and so I really have to think, "DON'T DO THAT!!!!" if I drop something...:nono:
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