Cursed Projects

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I hope I'm not the only one...

Those projects where nothing ever ****ing goes right. Or that are just impossible to get completed...

****-canned the plastic kit version of an Austin Powers American Flag Corvette because the kit was just a pain in the ass. Used a die-cast car instead. All was going well after HOURS of masking off the stripes, then hit it with Tamiya Clear which attacked the red Rust-o-leum stripes, essentially ruining the model and requiring yet a third car, plus multiple more cans of paint.

****!!!
 
Some rustoleum paints seem to be pretty much incompatible with anything - even themselves. I had a nice yellow base coat of rustoleum 2x extracover on a model - masked and sprayed with black from the same range of paint (after several weeks of drying) and it basically acted like paint stripper.

I also had a bunch of parts primed with rustoleum 2x primer and it had to strip them all after it reacted badly to the top coats.
 
Yeah, happens all the time! i've got a bunch that just came out wrong, and some that are totally screwed up. I have a Moebius Cylon Raider from the old show that was coming out really nice, then I completely wrecked it with a wash of black that refused to flow into all the recesses, and when I went to wipe it off, it completely stained the paint, so now it looks like a pile of crap. Total repaint needed. Then there's my Polar lights Robie the Robot. The worst fitting kit I've ever built, had to do all kinds of mods to get the clear dome to fit, and when I finally glued the thing on, it completely fogged up on the inside. Had to take it apart and repair and repaint. Or the figure I had just finished painting in oils, that fell off the base onto the carpet - Oil paint on carpet, carpet fuzz stuck to figure! Nice to know I'm not the only one it happens too:)
 
You're definitely not alone in that department. My last project (The Temple of Doom Ford Trimotor) had several disasters, one resulting in the scrapping of the original kit and using a second one that I happened to have in stock. And even the second one had problems. After painting it, I got a dab of super glue on the side of the fuselage and it filled in the corrugation. I tried to rescribe the corrugation,but the glue had softened the plastic and it didn't want to cut properly. It acted as though it was dissolving the plastic. I thought about trashing the whole thing, let it sit for a few days, then tried one last thing. I used some bondo spot glaze and basically rescribed the entire side of the plane. It took about three days to get it too look right using the back edge of my exacto knife and some fine grit sandpaper. I did it while listening to the audiobook of The Andromeda Strain on youtube (That was one boring book!). And then everything from the trailing edge of the wing back had to be repainted. I actually repainted both sides of the fuselage from the wing back just to maintain symmetry in the look. If I had been 12 yrs old it would have qualified for the 'firecracker routine'!
 
b26354 said:
Some rustoleum paints seem to be pretty much incompatible with anything - even themselves. I had a nice yellow base coat of rustoleum 2x extracover on a model - masked and sprayed with black from the same range of paint (after several weeks of drying) and it basically acted like paint stripper.

I also had a bunch of parts primed with rustoleum 2x primer and it had to strip them all after it reacted badly to the top coats.
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Yup!

I tried the 2X Gloss Clear hoping I might improve things a tad, and it made it worse.

Part of the "curse" - I gave up on the plastic kit not only because it was a pain in the ass, but I shattered the front suspension assembly somehow by applying pressure to it for some forgotten reason.

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trekriffic said:
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1478/25592782021_1d8ccfcc5b_o.jpgaustin powers by trekriffic, on Flickr
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Perfect! :lol
 
The model I'm working on right now....wouldn't call it a curse, but the part I'm working on sure is. The window part has to be cutout just right, and I found the ship doesn't quite line up just perfectly, making the window harder to do. I must have recut out the test part about 5-6 times and even the final piece is slightly off a bit. I just want to be done with it.
 
The front nose of the Falcon cockpit and the upper Volvo panels have cursed me since the beginning! This will be attempt number 6 to get everything correct... GRRRRRRRRR
 
I am cursed with trying to apply decals to any 1/72 pilot helmet or any astromech unit

I either wind up screwing it up, tearing the decal, or folding it over on itself while trying to apply them.

Then if I do manage to get the decal on their, I wind up moving it, ripping it off etc.. when handling it before it's dried.

Recently when doing the Bandai T-70, I actually managed to get all the pilot helmet decals on correctly without incident.
Then I thought I had sufficiently masked off the cockpit when painting the base coat on the fuselage. I did not, spray leaked in and painted the whole side if the helmet white again over those perfectly placed decals

So basically, I have learned to just hand paint them

Speaking of spraying over finished work, I had painted a gaming figure really good. I was quite proud. Took some pictures and noticed a shine I wanted to dull down. Grabbed what I thought was the matte varnish, turned out to be black primer. Had to repaint the entire front
 
mcusanelli said:
...Then there's my Polar lights Robie the Robot. The worst fitting kit I've ever built...
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I can't say that's the worst fitting kit I've ever built, but it's close. The person who engineered the "head" assembly should be forced to build one himself/herself just to see how badly he/she screwed it up.

My worst fitting kit was AMT's "Klingon Cruiser" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. None, and I mean none of the parts fit together the way they should have, the cargo/hangar bay superstructure was too short and left a 1/4" gap, and the two main hull pieces were not only warped, but warped in different directions. After several attempts at filing, sanding, puttying, and using sheet styrene to fill gaps that shouldn't have existed, I finally got disgusted and threw everything back in the box. Apparently, the kit I got was simply a "lemon" because no other modelers seem to have had the same problems with their kits.
 
I still have that one! Well, it's in pieces, over the years it's fallen several times, and is now in a plastic bag waiting for repairs. I remember building it with no problems......Just problems keeping it in one piece!
 
I was building a 3 foot Star Destroyer for some years and recently had to move. It got crushed during the move. Totaled; beyond repairable.

FML.
 
My curent R2 Build is for sure cursed and yea its again down to the Paint and "forgetting" to prep the model before starting.

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Look at the area next to the Left Shoulder...Ripped paint!...and it happened like 3-4 times even after I repainted the darn thing with new layers of Basecoats and what have you. Ofcourse its down to me not prepping the model from the start but OH SO FRACKING MADDENING!

Another factor is using Metallic Paints (I hate Metallic Paint) and Masking. I used the Formula that a lot of R2 Builders use for the Blue Panels applying two layers of paint, first layer is a Automotive Metallic Purple and the Second Layer a Automotive "Anodized" Blue (Really fluid and thin stuff) that loves to run in under the Masking Tape creating puddles and gooey edges resulting in disaster. I sanded, remasked and repainted some of the Blue Panels like 3 times before sorta getting close to a good finish.


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3DModeld and ordered 3 Holoprojectors from Shapeways and guess what...the 1st batch was TO BIG! Again down to me for not taking care...or was it...spooky

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Another Fup..3D Modeled and ordered 4 Knurled Fittings...observe 4!!!! not 8....WHY! how stupid can one be...again the curse of R2 or...
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Notice that R2 only have the 4 Knurled fittings on the Right Foot, the other 4 is coming this week, result Double Shipping Cost! DOH :facepalm

After a lot of sanding and Masking and repainting, resizing 3D parts and spending more Money on the Darn thing its getting there, But dam was this a tough project...that "normally" should have been a walk in the Park...you judge ;)

There is however one big hurdle left...Weathering and as you all know MAD things can happen with the paint job when weathering...I have sealed the model with at least 2 coats of Future Klear but you never know right!
 
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Well, I've decided to soldier through...

I was going to just finish the model as is and accept that fact that not all finished projects end up the way we want.

But I decided to mask off the red stripes (again), sand them down at leas enough to smooth out the wrinkled paint, and re-spray. And actually, masking a second time is going easier since I've "been there and done that" once already...
 
I know what you are going through, and it doesn't always happen to model building. I repair digital cameras as a hobby and this last one, well, anything that can go wrong has gone wrong. Initially started with the LCD on the back not displaying anything. So, I buy a new LCD and install it, except things still don't work. After further investigating, it turns out the main board is bad. Order a new one. When it arrives, I notice that some of the parts (clips, etc.) from the old board have to be removed and put onto the new board. Just temporarily installed them to make sure things worked. Initially, the camera wouldn't even turn on. Remove the board and double check all my work. Re-install it and everything started working properly. Great! Now, I take it apart to permanently mount the clips and stuff. What I didn't realize is that I forgot to remove the battery again and when it got put back together, found out I fried the main board. And during all of this assembling and disassembling, 2 of the screw heads got stripped requiring me to drill them out. One set of screws ordered. This is a camera that I was planning on keeping for myself, so back for another main board. Just ordered it again today. Was supposed to be a cheap camera for me, but not now! I've worked on 8 or 9 cameras (point & shot as well as DSLRs replacing sensors, lenses, shutters, boards, etc. without any problems, then this nightmare. May have to sell once all is working properly to recoup some money and keep my open for another inexpensive camera. What I won't do though, is sell the camera if it isn't 100%.
 
I don't think I've ever had rustoleum work right on a project. It either runs, bubbles, or dries out in the nozzle no matter what you do. I've been using colored primers for paint. Most of my projects are cursed as something always goes wrong. I'm trying to replicate my Capt Lou Mario custom figure and it's like i lost the magic that made the first one turn out. I'm trying to make a few bases for an amiibo that has 3 figures and one base (thanks nintendo) and i can't get that to work out either.
 
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