11bee Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) Somewhere, in another dimension, there is an alien warehouse filled with tiny plastic and PE parts. One day, when I’m brave enough, I’m going through the portal to reclaim what is rightfully mine. Send me a list of your missing parts and I’ll bring those back as well (for a nominal service fee). Edited May 23, 2020 by 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ichitoe Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) For me, quite easily, I'll either step on it or roll over it with my chair... Edited May 23, 2020 by Ichitoe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I remember watching Apollo15 astronaut Dave Scott walking on the moon in 1971, he performed an experiment in which he dropped a feather and a plastic model part in the vacuum of space on the moon. The feather and the plastic part fell towards the surface of the moon at the same rate but the feather stayed on the lunar surface and the plastic part disappeared into the regolith, never to be seen again I swear that’s how I remember it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beaconroot Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Easy....lint roller. My wife's idea after listening to me cuss up a storm! She handed me a line roller and I found the part in seconds. The roller sits by my desk now as a required tool. Haven't lost anything in years now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel Bunker Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 17 hours ago, Spruemeister said: Take your socks off and walk around. You’ll find it. Especially if it's a piece of Lego - you'll approach the Olympic record for the triple jump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SinisterVampire319 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 So you lost a part in the carpet, and now you want to know how to find it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 10:39 AM, habu2 said: No way am I risking a run in my best pair of pantyhose !!!! lol My house is all hardwood floors and I still lose parts. I lost a PE part the other day and wasted over an hour looking for it. I blame aliens.... I agree...my modeling area is ceramic tile, light beige (but 'mottled', not one solid color), and I have lost I don't know how many parts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I lost a part for a Tiger 1 tank some time ago. I gave up hope of ever finding it. Beyond all reason and likelihood. my wife found it on the entry carpet INSIDE THE GARAGE about a year later. No kidding. The part was about 1/8 inch long. How it got there, and how she even noticed it, much less picked it up and brought it to me, are answers that can only be provided by whatever supreme being knows the answers to who REALLY killed Kennedy, and whether we REALLY ever went to the moon... (Joke, joke, joke 🙄) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 It could have lodged itself into a groove in the sole of your shoes? Small parts can bite into the rubber soles of shoes and flip-flops where we rarely look and they get released in some other area of the house. But, yes, I still believe there's some outside force that's causing the disappearances of our model parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Have you checked the freezer yet? Just sayin'....😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai phan Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 The parts lost when dropped onto carpet is a tale of fiction. I dropped a landing gear strut 1/48 scale just 3 feet off and I could not find it after 2 hours of searching last night. I had to order another kit for replacement. Of course all tables, chairs were moved, vacuumed, lint roller, flash light... Nothing worked and I saw it dropped right in front of my eyes. A silver strut against a grey carpet. Dai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeus60 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Funny you should mention this. I lost a small part from the Academy 1/48 P-47N this morning. The part was one of the two pieces that glue to the cockpit floor - the part that the seat frame fits into. It is less than a quarter of an inch (6mm) long. I found it in my gray carpet by vacuuming and then dumping out the vacuum canister. Note that my vacuum is bag-less, and it was empty before I tried this. It wasn't too difficult. But I have tried the masking tape trick too. Edited May 27, 2020 by zeus60 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GabeTwoThousand Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 5/21/2020 at 3:36 PM, John Tapsell said: The best way to find the missing part is to make a replacement - you can guarantee the missing part turns up immediately afterwards... John It's funny you should say this. I recently lost the hammer spring retention plate for my .38 revolver. (not model related, but still relevant to this thread haha) I stupidly tried to press-fit the side plate, hammering with the back of a plastic screwdriver and decided I didn't need to remove the hammer spring first. Wouldn't you know it, the retention plate walked it's way out as I hammered and the plate, spring, and pin all sprung out into the muddy grass... Thanks to a big neodymium magnet and a lot of cursing, I found the hammer pin and spring, but I never did find the retention plate. I literally spent 2 hours fabricating a replacement part from an old sheet-steel wrench that came with some furniture. (Here's a good reason to keep those lol) (^pic attached so you know what I'm talking about) But I still half expect to be mowing and after going over that area, it'll somehow fling out, bounce off a tree, and into my lap totally unharmed just to spite me for going through the trouble of making a replacement part... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly-n-hi Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I put some tiny easy to lose parts in a small ziplock baggie and then threw the baggie away like a total moron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan in YUL Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Sacrifice the best kit in your stash to the carpet monster gods. I did one time drop a canopy while at my desk. Absolutely baffled when I couldn’t find it after a drop less then a foot, every item on the desk removed and checked. Had to get a replacement. 3 weeks later I discovered that I had bullseyes my brush cleaning jar! Edited March 25, 2021 by Stan in YUL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The surest way to find a lost part is to buy an entire new kit to replace the part. As soon as you get the new kit home you will magically find the dropped part. Kind of like when you finally finish a scratch-built model someone releases a kit of that same subject. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I've taken to searching the dust from the vacuum every time I clean. I always end up finding something I didn't even know I lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel Bunker Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 On 5/23/2020 at 2:48 PM, Spruemeister said: Take your socks off and walk around. You’ll find it. And when you find it, one of two things will happen. Either it will go crunch as you step on it or alternatively you will hurt your foot as you step on it. Difficult to replace items always go crunch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 If it's the canopy just stand up and your foot will automatically home in on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
is it windy yet? Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Just walk around, you’ll find it. Ask me how I know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomthegrom Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I lost a landing gear door for a couple of days. I was sure the model was ruined. I was absolutely loosing it. The all of a sudden, I looked on the top shelf of the bookcase. There in a spider web, was the gear door. Absolutely no idea how it got there. NO spider to be seen. Model was never on the bookcase. Hmmmm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsman Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Carpet, tiles... Who can tell how to find lost part on the modeling table?! Well, before this part is no longer needed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Usually, when this happens (and it happens a lot lately) I will either take a flashlight or, my smartphone (whichever is more handy at that time) and light the area that I think it has dropped in order to create a shadow of the object. Most of the times it works, but, there are times that it is impossible to find a part because it has either "fly" away (under the sofa) or, it is on my clothes (freshly painted parts). Just my two cents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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