You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
03-04-2013, 08:41 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
.........If, after your wife realizes that all available space in the garage is stacked with "future" kits, you offer to help her by vacuuming the bedroom rug because you have a stash hidden under the bed and fear she may discover your indiscretion.
Bob
P.S. Great thread. I'm LMFAO!
Bob
P.S. Great thread. I'm LMFAO!
03-04-2013, 10:32 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
ORIGINAL: TLH101
...if you instinctively, back-up at least 3 steps when you hear an Xacto rolling off the bench.
...if you instinctively, back-up at least 3 steps when you hear an Xacto rolling off the bench.
how about...
if you have actually said to you wife, "the UPS man doesn't come every day, only about once a week, jeez!
If you are afraid to let your wife see overspray and balsa dust on you classic fixer upper pickup, because you don't want to lose arguments about whether you should, "sell that old jalopy.
03-05-2013, 12:14 AM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
when you physically cant see a benchtop and the worksuface which you work on is the boxes of other kits. and to get to the bench it is literally a jungle of planes. i work in the i car shed so my planes get hung off the roof like carcasses.
03-05-2013, 01:50 AM
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im only 15 so instead of the missus i usually have mum telling me to hurry up and get in for dinner. after it has gone cold sitting in the microwave. and i said "ill just finish this bit" ill neglect to mention that it is a new project
03-05-2013, 06:57 AM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
Sat Morning,Seconds before leaving for the field you mumble, Ill treat for dinner when I get back, You come home and Jump in the shower and head to the basement, while she is getting ready, You completely frame a Top-Flite 1/5 scale corsair, sheet the gull wing, and save time to stop at the LHS on the way to eat. You pick up a Futaba 14MZ, and put the 9-Cylinder 99cc 4-Stroke Glow Radial Engine in Lay Away...
You sneak out slip the radio in the trunk get in shut the door and say McDonald's or Burger King??
Sunday morning you get dressed and tell your wife , I forgot the CA...Ill be right back.
You sneak out slip the radio in the trunk get in shut the door and say McDonald's or Burger King??
Sunday morning you get dressed and tell your wife , I forgot the CA...Ill be right back.
03-05-2013, 07:36 AM
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redneck builder? while holding a bottle of thick CA you take your rather large hand/arm and get as far as you can into that rear fuse area, only to hear that loud dreaded noise "SNAP" coming from those newly installed 1/4" sq stringers and formers. all the while, your wife is knitting in the living room and says, OH NO what was that? by that time your small finger is now fully glued to a former way back there. and you say very softly HONEY can you please come here and help me for a minute! just get that saw there and cut over here.
03-05-2013, 08:22 AM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
In the process of searching for our new home. The 2-car garage or basement is a fixed requirement. Everthing else is deemed optional. Thankfully, my wife agrees with this.
03-05-2013, 09:24 AM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
ORIGINAL: vicman
I'm close. I ran a .062 drill through my knuckle. After SHE made me go to the ER, I got frustrated waiting for two hours to see a doc, I did what John Wayne would do...Stiff drink of whiskey, squeezed neosporin through the hole till it squirted out the other side, another drink and a band aid.
If you have 2 drill bit pieces broken off inside your foot, and waited till your wife was asleep before going to the ER.
Yikes. I used to hunt a lot. Not so much now. I was hunting with a guy that while skinning a wild hog, stuck his skinning knife in the top of this thigh down to the bone. He walked back to the camp. Calmly sat down and opened an bottle of Maker's Mark. Took a good drink and poured the next shot into the gaping wound in his leg. He then tied a bandage around his thigh. End of story.
03-05-2013, 09:56 AM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
* If your project spends more time at the kitchen table than your family, you might be a.....
* If you run your hands over your sanded fuselage more than your girl, you might be a....
* If you eat at least 2 of 3 meals in your workshop, you might be a....
* If you use 5 minute epoxy to fix anything in the house, you might be a....
* Finally, if you use an X-Acto knife to peel your potatoes, you might be a....
* If you run your hands over your sanded fuselage more than your girl, you might be a....
* If you eat at least 2 of 3 meals in your workshop, you might be a....
* If you use 5 minute epoxy to fix anything in the house, you might be a....
* Finally, if you use an X-Acto knife to peel your potatoes, you might be a....
03-05-2013, 10:08 AM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
your wife was standing in the door to the man cave with nothing on but a smile, and you said, "I'll be there in a minute. "
That depends on how old the wife is. Just as you say "I'll be there in a minute". That little voice goes off in my head, "Don't Look Ron!"
But it was too late, I got a free shot.
Then you really might be a kit builder..... After you yell "Maneuver Complete!" and the line judge asleep, you get that itchy feeling.
30 minutes later you're caught back in the shop balsa and sanding block in hand. [X(]
That depends on how old the wife is. Just as you say "I'll be there in a minute". That little voice goes off in my head, "Don't Look Ron!"
But it was too late, I got a free shot.
Then you really might be a kit builder..... After you yell "Maneuver Complete!" and the line judge asleep, you get that itchy feeling.
30 minutes later you're caught back in the shop balsa and sanding block in hand. [X(]
Taping thin CA on bench to unclog tip[:@]
03-05-2013, 10:38 AM
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...if your garage looks more like a hobby shop than the local hobby shop.
...if you put 5 minute epoxy in the microwave oven to thin it out.
...if you use the conventional oven to mold plastic parts.
...if you put 5 minute epoxy in the microwave oven to thin it out.
...if you use the conventional oven to mold plastic parts.
03-05-2013, 12:08 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
...the guys at the Lowes paint counter think my entire house is painted in exterior flat latex olive drab and medium gray.
...when I show up at the Home Depot paint counter all the guys want to see pictures of the plane I am building so they can match the colors.
...when I show up at the Home Depot paint counter all the guys want to see pictures of the plane I am building so they can match the colors.
03-05-2013, 01:57 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
"...if you have held the CA bottle to your ear and squeezed it to see if the nozzle is clear and gotten CA in your ear......shortly followed by trying to use your finger to clear it out and having to explain your finger stuck in said ear!"
I just very recently did this one.......how foolish of me to think that I was the only one!!!
builder in training
I just very recently did this one.......how foolish of me to think that I was the only one!!!
builder in training
03-05-2013, 02:17 PM
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RE: You might be a Kitbuilder if...,
ORIGINAL: coachdavis10
and you keep them stored in a kit box of a previously built plane
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If you have a hard time throwing away ANY wood scraps , because you KNOW they will be perfect for the next little project.
If you have a hard time throwing away ANY wood scraps , because you KNOW they will be perfect for the next little project.
