Drat, bother, jings

[Skyedriver]

Been putting together an Airfix model of a Typhoon, fairly simple kit really but it's a while since i did any and had this lying around.
Took my time, painted properly, made sure I didn't use too much glue etc

Touched in a couple of chipped areas this evening with a fine brush. Was really proud of it as I started to cut out the transfers.
Left the first one to soak and it needed quite a while to become free of the backing.

I carefully placed it on the wing, started to slid the backing away while holding it with a brush but it was still a little difficult to apply and then it happened.

I caught the model with my hand, sent it sliding over the kitchen bench and onto the floor....

Bits everywhere, some broken rather than the glue breaking and one wheel and under carriage lost completely.

Couldn't believe how much mank and dog hair was under the cooker, along with dog biscuit, lego, visitor card....and the wheel and under carriage. Still at least I have the area under the cooker cleaned.

[Rude-boy]

We all feel your pain brother.

Worst bit is the realisation that with a little more care it would never have happened!

[Eric Mc]

We can fix it.

We have the technolgy.

We've all been there.

When I was building my little Gloster/Whittle E28/39, it was just finished when I dropped it onto a tiled floor. The wing joint shattered.

Luckily, I was able to fix it without the break showing.

[Skyedriver]

Well this time it's been "Grannied"
I put it well out of the way after it's last accident, top of a high fridge.
Granny decided that was also a safe place for her bag......
Pass the glue.

[Ayahuasca]

Make it as a 'crashed-landed' aircraft.

[AlexC1981]

When I was about 8 years old I built a Fairey Swordfish (very badly as you might imagine). Displayed it proudly on top of my chest of drawers only for Mum to plonk a load of clothes on top of it

[Evangelion]

Mothers are like that.

Mine once dropped a pile of books into a box containing about a dozen aircraft ... then wondered what I was complaining about.

[Eric Mc]

My dad dropped a bunch of keys on my Airfix Mosquito.

The Mossie was a write off

[jwoffshore]

As a child I once sat on my Keil Kraft flying scale Fairey Gannet fuselage, carefully crafted from many formers and stringers, but instantly turned to matchwood!

[Yertis]

My Mum has aways been quite reverential about my aeroplanes, although I think she'd quite like to see them gone from loft where they've resided for nearly forty years.

[Spydaman]

When I was a teenager many moons ago I built a control-line model. It took months to build and when it was finished I couldn't wait to fly it. I phoned my mate and arranged to meet at the local playing field for its maiden flight. I only had a pushbike for transport so held it by the fuselage one wing up one wing down. I was about half way to the playing field when the hooks on the end of the controls hooked onto the spokes in the back wheel and pulled the plane out of my hand and shredded it to matchwood.

[Elderly]

Many many moons ago when I was a teenager I built a submarine.

It had a thin aluminium rod attached to the front hydrovane with a small rectangle of plastic attached to the top of the rod.

When the sub reached the depth where the plastic rectangle touched the surface of the water, the drag effectively caused the front pair of hydrovanes to swivel up so bringing the sub back to the surface. So the sub 'porpoised' down and up continually.

It was all tested and balanced successfully in the bath. I took it up to Whitestone pond in Hampstead, put it in the water .....

..... and never saw it again :-( .