after finishing airbrushing some shells i intended to close the window of my hobby room unfortunately it is behind my workbench at the top of the wall. as usual i steped on my stool. before i could close the window one of the legs broke of and tipped the stool over. quick as i am i jumped off landing on my feet. to tell the truth just one foot reached the floor. the other one hit .... ...my finished custom painted f40ph shells. i wanted to assemble the units after closing the window. i found no translation for the 'kind' words i spoke after this.....
Aw man.. Those are some truly heartbreaking photos. Ah well... You live and learn, I guess. I suppose next time you'd make sure those painted shells are in the next room before you open/close any more windows?
Be proud of what could have been and rebuild. Now go to the Home Depot and board up that window. Sorry for your loss........
I usually say something like, "Wow, I have a new kit to assemble." Last week I created a new structure kit when I dropped a building on the polished granite floor at the library where I was set up. It's all better now. Sorry to hear about your mishap.
Been there, done that... Like when I melted my brand new D&RGW 01400 caboose in alcohol after forgetting it... Or how about the time I was building a GN Great Dome Lounge car, and the brass car side went on crooked, and I had to destroy the shell to salvage the side? Maybe the time I stripped a Kato SD90MAC in lacquer thinner? Or the time the cats knocked a Kato SD40-2 and a pair of LL Geep 20's off the display shelf they were sitting on, and parts came up missing? I feel your pain, man...
Hmm now that is a magnitude 10.4 on the N scale Richter Scale. Sound level would have reached 200 db in my workshop with at least an 11 on the octave scale. Now with nothing to lose lets try the repair job. If we have all the pieces and if these are plastic shells, l would gently fit all the pieces back together and apply some Plaststruck liquid glue from the back side with the pieces tightly together. Do not push the pieces once the glue is on since we want the solvent action to weld the plastic together without any excess oozing out the front. May have to repeat this action several times since the first time may tack it only as the solvent evaporates fairly quickly. May be able to get to nothing but a fine line that some light fine grit sanding and paint touch up will cover. Have done this before, although in not so dramatic an action and have had success in the repairs.
john maybe i try to get a cheap life-like drive to go under one of this shells. such a destroyed unit would look interesting on a derailment scene on my layout. let's say partially submerged in a river. as i still consider doing all the via units it's not a lot of additional work to redo two shells. it still sucks though.
You did a Nolan. It is a move that was initially developed for modelling mistakes, and has been likened to doing a failed triple axel.
