Hobby no-nos

[arkansasrailfan]

Mine would be:

Never use white-out to simulate cement mix(I did that)

don't hand letter equipment(did that too)


never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

[tatorsalad]

never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

[Lillen]

Do not think that that small imperfection at the rail joiners is good enough. Do not ever think that track work is "good enough".

 

Do not accept derailments on a an even semi regular basis.

 

Magnus

[loathar]

Don't drink and airbrush...(or try and install decoders...)

[BCSJ]

Don't let your little people take sunday drives on spline roadbed before the scenery is installed...

Regards,

Charlie 

[Driline]

Don't use a heat gun on or near your locomotive shell.

[avenger]

Don't drink and airbrush...(or try and install decoders...)

Don't detail with a brush and drink. Else you'll end up with boltgun OJ...

And a bill from the dentist concerning the improptu teeth whitening...

[andrechapelon]

Don't drink and airbrush...(or try and install decoders...)

Never use your cordless paint mixer to mix your drinks. http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=80975

Andre

[IRONROOSTER]

never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

Nor the cat

Enjoy

Paul 

[arkansasrailfan]

or let a f(r)iend touch your prize SD70M, which it took 6 hours to weather, and then have to reapply the soot.(black look-a-like colored pencil on a brush to the engine.

never leave your bedroom open , and then your HUGE cat chews off the tops of the powerline(it happened)
but the people said,"AHHHHHH! IS CATZILLA!!! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" CATZILLA!! YAYYYY!! BUILDER CHASE CATZILLA AWAY!!!!!"

[jktrains]

Don't use a heat gun on or near your locomotive shell.

I hear you on that one.

[reklein]

Never stand up too soon under a duckunder.

Never try to adjust the kadee coupler airhose without the proper tool.

Never hold your finger over the open jaws of a needle nose pliers while sqweezing something slippery.

Never program your new decoder before making sure the others are off the track or you program track is activated properly.

 

[Dave Vollmer]

never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

Nor the cat

Enjoy

Paul 

I agree.  Never let the children touch the cat.

[arkansasrailfan]

never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

Nor the cat

Enjoy

Paul 

I agree.  Never let the children touch the cat.

or that nice $5 caboose that took time to weather- if sold would have price of $10-$20

[secondhandmodeler]

Move closer to the toilet. It's shorter than you think! (totally not train related, yet important)

Don't reply to posts after drinking malt beverages. (sort of train related)

When you think you need to do a little more weathering, don't. (finally, train related)

Definitely, don't fruit the beer! (man law)

 

[eeyore9900]

Don't sit your drink in a glass next to the jar of water that you clean your brushes with!

[Flashwave]

Mine would be:

Never use white-out to simulate cement mix(I did that)

don't hand letter equipment(did that too)


never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

I believe you forgto the word "CRASH" as 6001 pieces hit the floor never to be seen again.

Don't drink and airbrush...(or try and install decoders...)

I coulda swore you said "Don't drink the airbrush"

new decoder before making sure the others are off the track or you program track is activated properly.

Friend of mine, a Hobbytown USA worker, accidently programmed an engine...

 

By doing a blanket Factory Reset...

 

 

 

On the Naptown Layout...

[loathar]

 

Definitely, don't fruit the beer! (man law)

 

Man law!

Don't forget how bad it felt last time you sliced your hand open with that razor knife before you use it again...

[Kenfolk]

Don't let the carpenter work on the other side of the wall from your shelf layout until you have removed the rolling stock, etc.

Don't let  a jackhammer be operated in the room next to your layout... 

...wonder whatever made me think of these...

[GTX765]

Never try to give your kid's pet rat a ride in a open gandola car. It seemed a good idea until i blew the horn then my special payload bailed out and had a rampage through the forest.

 

 

.....no animals were hurt during this event.....

[river_eagle]

when using hot lights for photos, don't forget to turn them off before going to answer the phone!

or better yet, take the phone off the hook!

see tender in blow up

[Flashwave]

when using hot lights for photos, don't forget to turn them off before going to answer the phone!

or better yet, take the phone off the hook!

see tender in blow up

can't tell. what's in your sig?

On topic:

Never give your dad a great big hug in a hobby store after discovering he gave you a PCM Reading T1 American Freedom train loco until your sure you won;t tear a pair of 3/4 inch gashes into your thumb and index finger on the nearby Metal Peg Shelf...

[river_eagle]

user="Flashwave

can't tell. what's in your sig?

On topic:

Never give your dad a great big hug in a hobby store after discovering he gave you a PCM Reading T1 American Freedom train loco until your sure you won;t tear a pair of 3/4 inch gashes into your thumb and index finger on the nearby Metal Peg Shelf...

tender side melted

rule #1? "It's MY railroad, and I'll do what I want!"

Missouri Pacific E7s on the Colorado Eagle

[Anonymous]

Plastic couplers. I prefer Kadees thank you.

400 dollar steam engine models with plastic coupler dummies on the front.

Spray painting in a changing wind speed and direction.

Engines that jerk into motion or jerk to a halt under DCC control. There is a problem decoder that needs replacing.

Never be caught without a small warchest filled with money the day the limited run, out of production never to be made again item shows up at the hobby shop.

[IRONROOSTER]

never let small children touch that craftsman kit you built(don't touch that!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!)

Nor the cat

Enjoy

Paul 

I agree.  Never let the children touch the cat.

[modelmaker51]

1.Don't grab for that Xacto knife as it rolls off the workbench towards your thigh, (you might find out how deep it will go into said thigh).

2.Be sure to wear shoes in case the knife misses your thigh.

[Anonymous]

1.Don't grab for that Xacto knife as it rolls off the workbench towards your thigh, (you might find out how deep it will go into said thigh).

2.Be sure to wear shoes in case the knife misses your thigh.

Ditto for the dropped soldering iron when you are sitting crosslegged under the benchwork reaching for that last wire and you need to protect something much more valuable than your thigh!

Upon noticing your cat watching your prized n scale passenger consist traversing the open frame bench work above it, don't just wonder whether it could swipe at your train and bring it all tumbling down, take immediate action.

Ouch and arghh on both counts !

[SpaceMouse]

Never build a craftsman kit naked at the kitchen table during a tupperware party.

 

[Anonymous]

Xactos are probably the most dangerous of all things on the workbench.

Never have more than one open container of something. You will spill that chemical or paint. If you have more than one of something, something open... there probably will be a problem.

Spouses, Family and other important people will walk in the workshop the moment you are placing the kingpin part that holds the entire model together and represents the critical step to the entire bloody assembly process that which you have endured.

Usually said part is being installed under powerful magnification and total concentration.

Hello! Are you listening? Hello! Im talking to you! Hey!.... lol.

[luvadj]

Never build a craftsman kit naked at the kitchen table during a tupperware party.

Ouch...painful....

If your layout is portable, make sure that everything is  mounted down before you turn it 90 degrees or you'll have a new waterfall scenery