what is your least favorite part of building?

cribbs74 wrote:Plug planking........ It requires a good bit of sanding and test fitting.

I also don't enjoy modifying preformed plastic pieces or gluing wheel pant halves together.

ozmo wrote:Hi,
Building is fun for me. Worst part is being sure to finish other projects before starting new ones.....REALLY still working on that one

Sanding is just tolerated. I do it outdoors no matter how cold or hot it gets.

mitchg95 wrote:lol, i dop that all the time start a new project before other one is completed. i probably should do the sanding outside but i just sand where ever i am sometimes the couch sometimes when i am sitting in bed watching the three stooges or sitting on the floor

RknRusty wrote:

mitchg95 wrote:lol, i dop that all the time start a new project before other one is completed. i probably should do the sanding outside but i just sand where ever i am sometimes the couch sometimes when i am sitting in bed watching the three stooges or sitting on the floor

I guess that's better than eating saltine crackers in bed. Your Mom is going to whack you with a vacuum hose one of these days.

Measuring 7 times, and then cutting the wrong size. I do that more than putting things on upside down or backwards.

RknRusty wrote:

mitchg95 wrote:lol, i dop that all the time start a new project before other one is completed. i probably should do the sanding outside but i just sand where ever i am sometimes the couch sometimes when i am sitting in bed watching the three stooges or sitting on the floor

I guess that's better than eating saltine crackers in bed. Your Mom is going to whack you with a vacuum hose one of these days.

Measuring 7 times, and then cutting the wrong size. I do that more than putting things on upside down or backwards.

Kim wrote:
.......work till totally Zombied...get up that afternoon ready to break out the Aero Gloss, and discover that the bottom wing won't seat properly.
BECAUSE....I'D BUILT THE SLANT-SIDED FUSELAGE UP-SIDE DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!

andrew wrote:

Kim wrote:
.......work till totally Zombied...get up that afternoon ready to break out the Aero Gloss, and discover that the bottom wing won't seat properly.
BECAUSE....I'D BUILT THE SLANT-SIDED FUSELAGE UP-SIDE DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!

Sorry for the LOL (at least I didn't have a mouth full of coffee), but I've been there before. At least I can now blame all my WTF moments on senior moments --- my last one cost me about $90 bucks!!

andrew wrote:Least favorite part of building: COVERING!!!

ahrma_581 wrote:The ratio of results to expectations is always low for me. Finish seems to degrade as you go from sanding to covering to doping...

Same thing happens painting motorcycle parts. Spend a week getting the surface absolutely flatted. Two days priming and sanding. Another day filling spots visible in primer, looking good now. Spray color base coat. OK, a little orange peel, but still good from 3 feet away. Shoot clear, sure there are a couple runs and more orange peel, but just on less visible areas. Then I drop the part in the dirt.

WingingIt74 wrote:The building in general

RknRusty wrote: I am so glad to know I'm not the only klutz here. I always imagine you guys do perfect work.

Ivanhoe wrote:Finding that my hands are too big to reach inside the fuselage to connect pushrods!

nitroairplane wrote:

Ivanhoe wrote:Finding that my hands are too big to reach inside the fuselage to connect pushrods!

Finding out that I measured the pushrod wire before putting the bends in!