Laws of modeling

[PRIVATEER]

Here are a few things I have noticed over the years.....

The butttered bread law....
If you drop a piece with wet paint or glue on one side, it will always fall wet side down.

The Superglue Law....
Superglue will always dry on your finger faster than on the two parts you are gluing.

The easiest way to get an obscure subject in kit form is to spend hundreds of hours scratch-building it. Shortly thereafter, it'll come out in kit form. (This is especially true of aircraft and armor models.)

We all have at least one friend that doesn't model but absolutely has to pick up and touch our finished models while we cringe.

The chances of a puttied seam cracking increase during final sanding.

Dog and cat hair have mysterious properties that attract themselves to wet paint and glue.

"Clict" --- The sound your tweezers make when that tiny, irreplacable detail part flies out of them, never to be seen again.

The chances of dropping a part are in direct proportion to it's size and color match of the carpet you are working over.

Anybody that says model cars can't zoom down a track, model airplanes can't fly and model tanks don't go "boom" has never had one of their models within reach of 5-year-old hands.

Never, ever model naked.

And, finally.....

If you're going to raid your wife's lingerie drawer, ask first.

[blueboost]

OMG that is SO TRUE!! Those modeling rules OWN me

[v3rs3]

[quote=PRIVATEER]"Clict" --- The sound your tweezers make when that tiny, irreplacable detail part flies out of them, never to be seen again.QUOTE]

Haha I don't know how many times I've done this while paint distributors.

[mike united]

So True !!!

[StephenDeli]

These are all so true. But this one I am not quite understanding. Did you have a bad experience modeling naked? LOL

Originally Posted by PRIVATEER

Never, ever model naked

[jswillmon]

probally relates to the glue drying to skin faster than to the plastic..

[ales]

Originally Posted by jswillmon

probally relates to the glue drying to skin faster than to the plastic..

I can vouch for those being closely connected rules ...

[bigfrit]

Those rules cannot be more true!

one more; don't model while having a hangover, or you 'll have paint hanging all over the place, and parts everywhere.

Olivier

[simdel1]

Originally Posted by PRIVATEER

If you're going to raid your wife's lingerie drawer, ask first.

lol, i was wondering about that

at least the seat looks good

[willimo]

Originally Posted by PRIVATEER

"Clict" --- The sound your tweezers make when that tiny, irreplacable detail part flies out of them, never to be seen again.

That's the most dreaded sound at my workbench. Happens all the time. It happened yeterday, in fact, with a photo-etch harnass buckle. "Clict!" zing-- its gone. But beleive it or not, I found the part. On top of my computer monitor, which is more incredible since I have a flatscreen. That's the first time I've ever found a part that "clict"ed out of my tweezers. It was a great feeling.

[RallyRaider]

Excellent read, it is all so true! Well except for the modeling naked bit, don't see the problem myself...

[labandabonnot]

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

Excellent read, it is all so true! Well except for the modeling naked bit, don't see the problem myself...

Mmmmh... I think I've read this story somewhere here. Maybe a link to this thread should be added! lol!
Maybe there's only one law, including all, in modeling (in life too!...): the law of the maximum trouble.

[primera man]

Originally Posted by PRIVATEER

And, finally.....

If you're going to raid your wife's lingerie drawer, ask first.

.....you have worried about this bit

[David_]

The butttered bread law....
If you drop a piece with wet paint or glue on one side, it will always fall wet side down.
-law of physics, heavier

The Superglue Law....
Superglue will always dry on your finger faster than on the two parts you are gluing.
-law of heat, dries

The easiest way to get an obscure subject in kit form is to spend hundreds of hours scratch-building it. Shortly thereafter, it'll come out in kit form. (This is especially true of aircraft and armor models.)
-law of customer complaints

We all have at least one friend that doesn't model but absolutely has to pick up and touch our finished models while we cringe.
-law of ppl who want to, but are too cheap to try

The chances of a puttied seam cracking increase during final sanding.
-law of.... paint seeping into putt, and cracking?

Dog and cat hair have mysterious properties that attract themselves to wet paint and glue.
-law of static

"Clict" --- The sound your tweezers make when that tiny, irreplacable detail part flies out of them, never to be seen again.
-law of murphy (or was it stpeter?)

The chances of dropping a part are in direct proportion to it's size and color match of the carpet you are working over.
-law of plastic being like insects, and have colour changing capability

Anybody that says model cars can't zoom down a track, model airplanes can't fly and model tanks don't go "boom" has never had one of their models within reach of 5-year-old hands.
-law of death

Never, ever model naked.
-law of nudist colony

And, finally.....

If you're going to raid your wife's lingerie drawer, ask first.
-i gota get a girl friend and see what effect this has....

interesting read btw.

[Purpura Delujo]

I compltely agree with the superglue and tweezer parts they ahppen to me every night i sit at my desk