Modelling injuries

[russ2471]

My first craft knife injury bled like a stuck pig had too super glue it to stem the blood loss, stinging like a mo fo

[DC87]

Your supposed to use super glue on the kit not yourself , reach for the first aid box not the modelling box.

Hope it heals soon

[McLeod]

OUCH!!!

[russ2471]

cheers Dc I am ashamed to admit I'm a paramedic with no first aid kit at home but though I don't recommend it, super glue works just fine

[DC87]

cheers Dc I am ashamed to admit I'm a paramedic with no first aid kit at home

now that is rather funny, I suppose the stretcher in your ambulance is used as a work bench and the racks used to store needles and drugs are used for paints .

[Johni044]

Isn't that what superglue was original designed for ?

[wappynutter]

Like the scene from dog soldiers....
"Shove his guts back in!"......"but they don't fit!".......
Classic....
Luckily I'm up north and you south west DC so he ain't never gonna be our paramedic on call...... Lol....
"Heart attack sir...let me just move this partly built Sherman at 1:35 scale then we'll get you on the stretcher!".... Excellent...

Well done stopping the bleeding all over you kit Russ, read somewhere that superglue was invented for such things.don't they use it on folks with split open heads instead of stitching?..

[NovYank]

Look on the bright side, now you have literally put your blood and sweat into this build. I do the same thing with every new set of Xacto blades I get.

Getting the cut up thumbs is like an initiation into the craft, it's Freshman Friday up in here!!! Everyone get out your paddles!!! Errr...Uhmm... I mean Scale-Modeler Saturday!!!

[russ2471]

I think it may well have been what it was invented for, I think the stuff they use in hospitals may be a little more sterile but I have the antibodies of a Viking so I should be ok

Quick sub note..... Getting TET on the said cut makes you cry

[alextheblue]

Nice slice Russ!!

It's been a while but I seem to remember from my old field-craft training that all you really need is a Swiss Army knife and a tube of super-glue - jobs a good un!!

[Gav0909]

Yeah I thought superglue was developed in Vietnam as a quick and temporary way of closing wounds in the field.

My worst injury was when I was using a metal ruler and stanley knife to cut some plastic card and the knife slipped into my finger. Damn near took an entire slice off the edge of my finger tip! Still got a scar from that one. Sorry for the bad pic, was taken on my phone years ago when I did it. I remember walking to the shop with it wrapped in tissue to buy a plaster for it as I had none lol.

[WebbyNZ]

Yeah I thought superglue was developed in Vietnam as a quick and temporary way of closing wounds in the field.

My worst injury was when I was using a metal ruler and stanley knife to cut some plastic card and the knife slipped into my finger. Damn near took an entire slice off the edge of my finger tip! Still got a scar from that one. Sorry for the bad pic, was taken on my phone years ago when I did it. I remember walking to the shop with it wrapped in tissue to buy a plaster for it as I had none lol.

Glad im not the only one, my scar is fight at the knuckle end of my index finger. when it happened i said 'nah its fine' after much insistance by others i ended up with 5 stictches in it, apparently new blades are super sharp and can really get in deep.

[Colin]

My only real modelling injury's have been to my bank balance

Seriously, have had a few nasty finger cuts in the past but nothing that needed stitches.

One thing we should all be aware of are the hidden dangers though, resin dust, spraying if with no extractor then please use a mask, the harm to lungs is never immediate but will have an effect over time.

I really need to get myself an extractor.

[Gav0909]

Yeah I should get myself a painting mask really. Hopefully when I come to move and can set up a better painting/modelling area than I have then I can build some kind of spray booth, or at least an extractor system.

You can make a spray booth from a plastic storage box and a bathroom extractor fan, and some dryer pipe.

[Daishi12]

Still got the scars on left middle finger (8 years of age when it happened) and left index finger (9 years of age when that happened) and I'm nearly 48 now

[chief5437]

I love putting a new blade in my exacto knife. I know as soon as its done it will shortly be tasting blood! Every time! I've just stuck it right into my palm, blood spurting all over the place! Thank god for super glue and duct tape!!

[Coen]

Ouch!!!
I dropped a 150lbs oak table on my foot this morning in my cave.
I was tossing out my old paint bench and trading up with an old dining room table.
Guess I zigged when I should have zagged.

[Paul]

Owe that table must have hurt.

I've not really hurt myself modelling yet, had plenty of plumbing mishaps including breaking up a cast iron bath with a sledge hammer missed the bath and the handle along with my hand hit the edge of the bath, made a right mess of the customers bathroom, there was blood everywhere and my fav one, kneeling near a large bag of nails I slipped onto the bag, stood up and the bag of nails was hanging from my knee, pulling that lot out I nearly passed out lol.

[chief5437]

Ow! I guess super glue won't help with that?! Good job you don't model with your toes though!

[Daishi12]

I haven't had many modelling injuries (just the normal Xacto demon needing to be fed blood type mishaps) but when I was a paint sprayer I had about 2 litres of industrial strength spray gun cleaning thinners fountain into my eyes. Got to say that it was only to touch painful....

[PhildaFish]

Ok, loads of scalpel blade injuries for me, usually with a comment along the lines "blimey, that's rather sharp!" or words to that effect but I shouldn't be surprised using medical blades!
Most squeamish recent injury, though? I'd got oil on a belt in my car (serpentine belt?) and I had the great idea of holding a cloth on the belt to rub it off. Worked well for a few seconds then the cloth caught in a wheel and dragged it and my index finger round the wheel. I honestly thought I'd lost the top of my finger; my hand went straight into my arm pit while I swore a bit and I was afraid to look for a while. Thankfully I hadn't lost it but I had broken it and cut it about half way though. Cleaned the oil out and cleaned it, butterfly stitched it and splinted it to my middle finger all by myself as I'm not too keen on hospitals!

[Paul]

Ok, loads of scalpel blade injuries for me, usually with a comment along the lines "blimey, that's rather sharp!" or words to that effect but I shouldn't be surprised using medical blades!
Most squeamish recent injury, though? I'd got oil on a belt in my car (serpentine belt?) and I had the great idea of holding a cloth on the belt to rub it off. Worked well for a few seconds then the cloth caught in a wheel and dragged it and my index finger round the wheel. I honestly thought I'd lost the top of my finger; my hand went straight into my arm pit while I swore a bit and I was afraid to look for a while. Thankfully I hadn't lost it but I had broken it and cut it about half way though. Cleaned the oil out and cleaned it, butterfly stitched it and splinted it to my middle finger all by myself as I'm not too keen on hospitals!

Not good,Phil, hope your alright.

I remember a similar story on a motorbike forum a guy trying to clean his bike chain the same way you did the belt. He reved the engine and it dragged his hand threw the chain and sprocket, there wasnt much of his hard left as far as I remember.

[Coen]

If we're talking non-modelling injuries... I'm a bit of an Evel Knievel of boo boos.
I've been stabbed 4 times, shot once, shot at twice, run over by three cars, beaten with a tent pole, smashed in the face with a garden hoe, and an Alberta Spruce, I also managed to accidentally set myself on fire once, fully engulfed in seconds, that one scared me pretty bad.
My Mother-in-Law heard about all this when my wife and I first started dating and she said..."you know that song Stand By Your Man... not to close to this one eh?"

[PhildaFish]

Thankfully it was a smooth wheel, not a toothed cog, so it all healed up nicely with only a little scar, thanks Paul.

[PhildaFish]

All in the line of duty, Coen?

[Paul]

If we're talking non-modelling injuries... I'm a bit of an Evel Knievel of boo boos.
I've been stabbed 4 times, shot once, shot at twice, run over by three cars, beaten with a tent pole, smashed in the face with a garden hoe, and an Alberta Spruce, I also managed to accidentally set myself on fire once, fully engulfed in seconds, that one scared me pretty bad.
My Mother-in-Law heard about all this when my wife and I first started dating and she said..."you know that song Stand By Your Man... not to close to this one eh?"

Man that must have been one hell of a night out

No seriously that's quite a list, I take it most of those where while you were in law enforcement?

[McLeod]

If we're talking non-modelling injuries... I'm a bit of an Evel Knievel of boo boos.
I've been stabbed 4 times, shot once, shot at twice, run over by three cars, beaten with a tent pole, smashed in the face with a garden hoe, and an Alberta Spruce, I also managed to accidentally set myself on fire once, fully engulfed in seconds, that one scared me pretty bad.
My Mother-in-Law heard about all this when my wife and I first started dating and she said..."you know that song Stand By Your Man... not to close to this one eh?"

Man you've really been through the ringer haven't you.
I thought I was bad, been stabbed in the face on one side and had to have re-constructive surgery on the other side when I had my cheek and eye socket smashed. Now have two titanium plates making up my cheek/eye socket - practically a cyborg lol.
I got a cool before and after x-ray, will see if I can post it here

[Coen]

Yeah, all but the set myself on fire... did that one as a kid burning an ant hill with gasoline.
Really.. epic stupid that one was.
I was lucky that I was standing on a beach for the lake in my back yard or I would have been a dead Dude.

That would be a cool photo Ken!!!

[Coen]

Nails in the knee though... that one makes the skin crawl quite nicely... blah...

[Gav0909]

Man compared to half of you guys it must appear that I have been wrapped in cotton wool all my life, which isn't the case, my parents were not the molly coddling type. Me and my brother were practically forced to play outside alot as kids.

However considering that I have never broken a bone, nor had any injury classed as serious. Most serious was I fell against the harling (small stones and crushed shells used to make the outside of houses look nice here in the UK for those who won't know) on my house when my bike brakes locked once and sliced my arm open, prob should have had stitches but I wouldn't have it, still got a 3 inch scar on my arm. And I fell over a gate once and smacked my head off some stones, got a nice scar tissue lump on my forehead now. Other than that, its just the usual scrapes, bumps and sliced thumb pads from slipped knives.

[Nige201980]

Here we go then

18 month old split my shin bone from the top to bottom falling down thwe bottom two stairs had to have a full leg cast which i pulled off so had to have another one on with my leg bent.

12 broke my left wrist playing football (soccer) in the school play ground.

14 snapped the two bones in my right arm near my wrist had to have a metal plate put in which was removed 2 years later.

21 fell of and in between 2 434's when working on them my army helmet got jammed and nearly chocked me left a bruise round my neck not fun at all

23 fell of a 40 meter mast in N. Ireland cut my leg not to bad but bad enough 10 stitches.

23 again up a mast and got shot at so quickly got down and sprained my ankle badly.

25 now out of the army was at work and got a pain in my chest drove home from Manchester about 1hr 30 mins got home tried to shrug it of but my wife took me to the hospital an found out my lung had collapsed it can happen if you are tall skinny and young.

29 good Friday woke up with bad stomach pains my wife was pregnant at the time and was going into labour we both went to hospital for me to find out that i had appendicitis got some pain relief made it too my wifes side for the birth at 20:10 hrs and belle was born and had my appendix out the next morning.

touch wood not done anything for a while.

[Coen]

HOLY CRAP Nigel... I'm a big baby compaired to this...
I'm going to go outside right now and smash myself in the hohos with a hammer then set myself on fire again just to feel like a man again.
haha.
WOW.
Dude... crazy.

[Nige201980]

You could say that mate but i tend to mend quickly most of the time.

[PhildaFish]

This is turning into that scene from Jaws when they compare scars! Ok, this'll take some explaining - I was putting some broken glass into a recycling bank, the ones with the small round hole, and I went to put a large 4 pointed shape (about 6" from top point to bottom point and about 18" from side point to side point) in there but it stuck on the top and bottom point so I put it back in the wheelbarrow and threw another piece into the hole. It was when I put another piece in I noticed red paint all down the front of the bottle bank and though it rather odd. I threw another bit in and saw more red splash all down the front and realised it was blood, MY blood! When I looked at my right arm it was covered from fingertips to elbow and all down the side of my white t-shirt but there was no pain. I went back in the house (the recycle bank was in my pub's car park) to wash it all off and found 2 small cuts where the large piece of glass had gone through the palm of my hand and out the back - I hadn't noticed that my grip had slipped when it stuck in the hole!