The disaster fairy visits

After seeing other posts about modeling mistakes, I thought I'd show the one I've just had.
I was decanting some acrylic thinner out of the plastic bottle that I have used for years, the bottle has a nozzle that means you have to squeeze the bottle a bit.

I think I squeezed too hard, and this happened:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/stu_davros/Picture001.jpg :banghead:

1/4 litre of acrylic thinner was sprayed over my modeling table and my nearly finished Nissan 300 ZX bore the brunt of it.


http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/stu_davros/Picture002.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/stu_davros/Picture006.jpg


http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/stu_davros/Picture003.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/stu_davros/Picture004.jpg

I'm not too gutted as the kit had been a bit a disaster from the start, the body shell had cracked around the wheel arch:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t78/stu_davros/Picture007.jpg

So it's out with the paint stripper and start again.

That sucks man! I'm sorry for You! It's funny, my 300ZX with custom bodykit got destroyed when my wife was cleaning the model cabinet. She dropped it to the floor and that was it. Nowadays I clean the cabinet =D

id leave it, it looks like a well used 300Z.

id leave it, it looks like a well used 300Z.

id leave it, it looks like a well used 300Z.

agreed :D

you should crack the paint on the front bumper like it "ran into too many curbs" haha

agreed :D

you should crack the paint on the front bumper like it "ran into too many curbs" haha


I thought perhaps a diorama with a vengful ex-wife and a bottle of brake fluid:lol2:

since its a combat version you can always try a camouflage scheme with it. :naughty:

Ouch! Thats why the few times Ive had to decant something, I always do it outside.