...things you probably shouldn't do...

[MidMazar]

Originally Posted by ales

LOL!

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...

I do the same only with glue caps, sometimes i miss and get some glue in my mouth. 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]

Midmazar man that's funny.

[ales]

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]

Originally Posted by rallymaster

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!

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

[Decs0105]

funny thread

Originally Posted by rallymaster

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 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

[rprzybylo]

Rest things like exato knives, pins/needles, etc on my leg or crotch while I work away!

~Rob

[360spider]

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.

[lumpulus]

I used my leg as a #11 blade holder once......

[rsxse240]

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.

[rx7king]

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...

[willimo]

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]

Originally Posted by lumpulus

I used my leg as a #11 blade holder once......

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

[da_ashman]

Originally Posted by 360spider

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"

Originally Posted by willimo

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]

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...