Sparzanza Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Experimenting with new modelling techniques, or perhaps a faulty paint? Maybe an accidental cut. Your initial reaction was "oh no". And, afterwards -- be it the day after, or maybe even a couple of years down the road - "hey, this is not bad" or even "wow this turned out great", and proudly display it for everyone to see. Curious about your stories/pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 You bet. Several years back, I was putting the finishing touches on a Monogram F-100, when "sploosh", a half bottle of metalizer was splashed all over it. After stripping weapons and whatnot, I repainted it and won first place at our annual invitational. daveculp, Sparzanza, GreyGhost and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) Haha! That's pretty funny. For me it was the 1/48th scale Spitfire by Tamiya. I had tried to apply some chipping on the wingroots with some aluminium paint.. and a brush. I was unhappy with it. Tried to mend it; first by carefully removing the "chips" with Q-tips and alcohol.. only to expose bare plastic. Oop. Masked off the panel; repainting it first with aluminium, then applying some hot water and salt for chipping. After shooting brown on top I thought it was hideous. There was even a slight color mismatch because of the aluminium primer. I then decided to go full yolo and do the same technique on the other wingroot, but backwards - a lot of hot water and salt on existing paint, but keep the majority of it, mask it off, and spray some aluminium. Might as well ruin it properly, right? Brushed the salt off, thought "meh", put the kit down, and did not return to the table till the next day. I no longer hated it. In fact, I quite liked the results in daylight... and it did not look shabby on pictures, either. So that's a loss turned victory! Edited April 8, 2022 by Sparzanza adding pictures LSP_K2, GreyGhost and B-17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I dipped cheap round paint brushes in primer two times and shaped them into what I thought would be good 1/16 scale PAK 40 75mm ammo grenades. I cast resin copies of the brush shapes and then chucked the parts in my drill to shape the final parts. It was close but this does not work; not enough straight length. I shelved it for a week while I did figure out another method. Much waisted time and effort. The joy then burst in on me. The brush shape was perfect for the high explosive grenade ammunition round. I had forgot about the third type. GreyGhost, LSP_K2 and Sparzanza 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I was contacted by Fred C a long time LSP member about building a friend of his a replica of his resto war bird. It was a restored P-51D with a jump seat, and of course his friend was a multi (MULTI) millionaire and apparently he wanted a replica of his newly restored Mustang. Through Fred, I got a price out to (at the time) build a Has P-51, scribed and foiled as was requested, at the time I quoted a measly $400 - $500 I think. Fred relayed to the multi-millionaire friend of his, and my offer was flatly and soundly rejected for being "ridiculously high for what it is" or something to that effect. I guess thats why some rich people are rich, they are strange about money. Anyway, right after that my friend Fred interjected and said since his friend had declined, he asked if I would still be interested in building it for him instead at the same price. I accepted and got to work building a replica of "Dixie Boy": She was a beautiful bird with a conspicuous jump seat. In progress: The model was going swimmingly, including paint......... I had stupidly left a floor heater on in the room with the model to speed up drying, but my "rig" to hold it up way away from the heater collapsed and it dumped the model out tail first right in front of the heater for a couple hours: I panicked a bit then purchased a 2nd has P-51 from a local friend and had to do the unthinkable after paint: I wasnt really sure if the model would ever turn out like I wanted after but I pushed on: Didnt end up fitting too bad at all: Finally re-started the foiling process: The foiling turned out better than I could have hoped for after cutting off and replacing the entire empennage: A lot of work but I ended up saving it and Fred was VERY happy with it. Ive attempted to contact Fred a few times over the years without any luck, so I'm not sure what ever happened to him or Dixie Boy honestly. GreyGhost, adameliclem, Rick Griewski and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Wow, what a story! And what a result! Well done sir. I applaud you. Thanks for sharing! Out2gtcha and GreyGhost 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Way back in 2013 I was on a French WW2 theme and building an AZUR Bloch 152C.1, I had got it to the stage where it just required a semi gloss coat. When clumsy Dennis dropped it on the study floor. I walked away for a while and then set about repairing the damage. And this was the end result, it is one of my favourite builds. Cheers Dennis Rick Griewski, Out2gtcha, LSP_K2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I've also had more than my share of boo-boos that were not recoverable, at least as I saw it. One instance was a 1:48 Hasegawa Bf 109E-3 that I was building as a gift for a good friend. I had the color cup too full, tilted the airbrush the wrong direction, and dribbled a huge amount of paint all over the place. What followed was a temporary blackout, after which I discovered that somebody had stomped the model into the floor. Out2gtcha, Rick Griewski, Sparzanza and 2 others 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 9 hours ago, dennismcc said: Way back in 2013 I was on a French WW2 theme and building an AZUR Bloch 152C.1, I had got it to the stage where it just required a semi gloss coat. When clumsy Dennis dropped it on the study floor. I walked away for a while and then set about repairing the damage. And this was the end result, it is one of my favourite builds. Cheers Dennis Amazing save, Dennis! Well done! 14 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: I've also had more than my share of boo-boos that were not recoverable, at least as I saw it. One instance was a 1:48 Hasegawa Bf 109E-3 that I was building as a gift for a good friend. I had the color cup too full, tilted the airbrush the wrong direction, and dribbled a huge amount of paint all over the place. What followed was a temporary blackout, after which I discovered that somebody had stomped the model into the floor. Oh man that hurts to hear/see! LSP_K2 and dennismcc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sparzanza said: Oh man that hurts to hear/see! I'm certainly not proud of it, but I was a completely different person all those years ago, very prone to anger issues. Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Interesting that you chose to take a picture of it. (I would hang the picture right next to my air brush painting station.). I have achieved similar results with thin super glue. LSP_K2 and Sparzanza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 27 minutes ago, Rick Griewski said: Interesting that you chose to take a picture of it. (I would hang the picture right next to my air brush painting station.). I have achieved similar results with thin super glue. The picture was taken so as to remind me of the stupid loss. I actually have a couple of photos like that. Sparzanza and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Another save, was this 1:72 Arado Ar 234. I had superglued a lead nose weight into the front area (I only use epoxy now because of this), and in handling the kit, I accidentally dropped it on the floor, breaking the lead weight loose. I discovered, after removing the canopy area masking, that the continued handling of the kit prior to paint, had jarred loose numerous bits of superglue, which all adhered (via static electricity, I assume) to the canopy interior. To resolve this, I cut out the pilot sliding window and accessed the 'pit interior with microbrushes and whatnot, to remove those bits. This model also netted me a first at our invitational that year. This is a scan of a 35mm print, which dates this photo (as well as the Bf 109) in excess of 22 years ago, as I've been purely digital for at least that long now. This also represents my "monkey see, monkey do" phase, wherein every single panel line and joint had to be highlighted. Sparzanza, Out2gtcha and Iain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Great recovery. Sparzanza and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Another save of sorts. Years ago I was so excited about the Scratchbuilder’s J7W1 Shinden. I planned and then read up on building resin kits. I survived all the expected sanding, reshaping and filling and produced a creditable model. I am glad that I did not jump in and fill all the deep panel lines. After setting it aside for a while after primer I noticed that the wings had warped. I had no clue how that happened as I had clamped and jigged the assembly. After years of surviving the builds of other resin kits, I went back to the model and I determined that the resin of the wing structure had too much air it it. I pulled out the clamps again and injected the inside of the wings with epoxy. This brought the kit back from the dead at least. It now is classified at a shelf of possibility model. If may drop back into doomed state. The ZM kit looks more interesting. Iain, Sparzanza and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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