Its not if you are going to ever drop or loose a part, but when. One of these times you’re going to be working on that scale modeling project and have a part go missing while you’re working. It could be that you have stumps for fingers or both hands are made up up of all thumbs, a part slips out of your grasp. Or you may be knowing cutting a part off in a quick though not one of the best approved methods to do so and just as you make that move to separate the part from the fret or sprue…PING off it goes into your far reaches of your man space.

Some feed the carpet monster regularly. Others thus far have been fortunate or Smarter Than the Average Bear. Either way once a part goes AWOL you must go searching. Finding small parts if you have carpet is more difficult than bare floors. On bare floors and short tightly weave carpets you can use a flashlight to cast light across the floor to find the missing piece. You may not see the part itself at first but an unexplainable shadow. Amazing how a little part can cast such a long shadow! So its important to keep a flashlight on or near your bench.

Seems like I have been missing too. Been kept busy on other tasks which have a direct connections to the hobby. Though you won’t know it, you’ll be seeing what we’ve been working on each time you open one of your favorite hobby magazines.  I hope to have these tasks finished up in the next couple of weeks, after all I’m looking forward to enjoying spring to get outdoors for some fun with my cameras as well as finding time once again to do some scale modeling!

I have had a few moments to capture some great shots during intermissions from working…Spring means its inspection time…Pipe and Power lines.