"Indestructible PSC Plastic - A Tale of Panzer IVs" Topic
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Gaz0045 | 21 Mar 2014 9:48 a.m. PST |
Sympathy for such a disaster! I once leapt from my painting 'station' (similar to your prep tray) to answer the phone
.I left on the table four recently converted/completed Land Rover WMIKS with recently painted and installed crews. When I returned not more than 1 minute later, they had all been 'repainted with 'burnt umber'
..applied by fingers and brush by my grinning 3 yr old son
.you know when Homer grabs Bart by the neck
..clarity! |
hocklermp5 | 21 Mar 2014 11:02 a.m. PST |
I used to work off a TV tray and would leave everything on the tray to keep from having to put it all away at the end of a long tiring session painting the little plastic devils. One night my wife and I had to venture forth forcing me to leave a long day's work on the TV tray. Enter the new puppy who had the uncanny human trait of intense jealousy if he was ignored for something else, like "master" painting all day long instead of playing. In a jealous rage said puppy, whose name was Moses for no reason I can remember now, chewed up all the plastic soldiers and ate a tube of white acrylic artist's paint to really get his point across. He fled under the sofa when my rage centered on capital punishment and stayed put until my cries of "Come out from under there you little bastard so I can kill you!" subsided. The only effect from eating a 4oz tube of paint plastic and all was he pooped white for a week. "Master", having to witness this due to the "leash law" morning, noon and night, felt there was justice in his small world after all. |
Bashytubits | 21 Mar 2014 11:19 a.m. PST |
Ah yes small children and models are not a good fit. My niece when she was 3 totally destroyed my 1/72 scratch built army of gauls. I had taken airfix models and lopped off heads and arms and melted them back together in various poses and she had pulled off arms, legs, heads, pretty much obliterated my army. What made it worse was she had been let into my room by her mother and left unattended. Her mother was also not particularly bothered by this, I was not upset with my niece, I mean how can you claim malice from a 3 year old? But hobby treasure need protection from small kids and relatives who think they are just "army men". If it had been her costume jewelry that had been massacred I suspect her attitude might have been different. Locking cabinets or boxes that are child proof are a necessity if kids are around. Thank goodness you were able to find the parts and salvage your vehicles. |
vtsaogames | 21 Mar 2014 1:04 p.m. PST |
I have a T-34 with a truncated barrel as a result of a visit by a cousin's kids. |
chuck05 | 21 Mar 2014 1:30 p.m. PST |
When I was in high school my friends little brother took a metal clippers to his collection of Battletech mechs. I dont think there was a piece bigger than a quarter inch. |
Fatman | 22 Mar 2014 10:07 a.m. PST |
Chuck05 of the Mechs or the little brother? Fatman |
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