Modeling Health 401

[StephenLawson]

quote author=Barker: (for adequate ventilation)...

As soon as the modeler can't smell him/herself, it's, well, adequate...'

You mean as soon as they can't detect their own body odor?

'...how many seconds does the human olfactory nerve retain a specific scent...

An unsupported or noncontinous scent lasts about 1.00356 seconds

'...Why does the human nose have a factory in it in first place and secondly, isn't a factory usually an enviromental hazard, in any case...'

The facts of the factory factors in to the the overall optimum peripheral scensory operations based on cumulative aquisitions. Unless theres a breakdown in factory ingestion and through the flow of mucus then to eradicate the enviromental biohazards. There is another secondary vent from two parallel shunts from the inner ear canals through the vertical Esophageal plain. *This toxic chemical usually passes through the intestinal tract through the collostical tract. * *

[topgun56]

According to Dr Joy Brown.....it's 4 seconds.

If you have a kittie litter box it could be all day.

[StephenLawson]

Now to continue: One of our students has asked me offline about paint problems.

'Greetings Prof. how do you prolong the life of your paint. Mine seems to gel up in the bottle pretty often."

First, you must use the factory recommended thinner for enamels.

Second, for acrylics distilled/filtered water and one drop of antibacterial liquid hand soap.

Thirdly I have an old chemistry set case that I use to hold my paints. I turn them on their sides and rotate the bottles a half turn a week. I have some paints that are 28 months old and still very usable. Note the Yellow and white colored racks. The bottles have the paint colors on their tops.

[StephenLawson]

Next class we'll discuss inhalents. These subjects include by their nature atomized particles of. solvent (including liquid cement, paint remover & thinner), pigments, propellant (from cans of compressed air used for your airbrush, wood or saw dust, polyresins, not to mention what ever is sealed in the box before it is shipped from lower slobovia. Simple paper masks are a good thing even if your cracking the seal on such a kit. Rubber gloves are also useable. Remember that most countries don't have an Enviromental Protection Agency and they work on manufacturing these kits in their own homes by the kitchen sink. (Brass Etched materials, resin & etc.)

Now that I have thoroughly scared you. Remember these all come in minute quantities and usually your sinus mucus will filter most of it out. If you happen to be ill, you are not doing yourself any favors by exposing your sinuses to such onslaughts.

Caution is always in order. Sometimes we get a kit in shrinkwrap and rip right into it. All I'm saying is caution is always a good idea. Yes, I know I'm repeating myself. At the very least washing your hands will keep you from having to deal with some dormant microscopic bug from out of town or country.

Washing the kit while still on the tree has a two fold yield. For all of you just getting back into modeling after years being away or for the first time this is for you. You want to use a mild soap (antibactiral) and warm water an old tooth brush to remove this mold release agent that most model companies use helps you when you come to putting on the paint and if you have sixty plus kits to build in the future like some of us : Also in the long run this mold release agent will have a negligable effect on your health. It will absorb through your skin.

Your body can store toxins in minute amounts until a saturation and then You could develop anything from blisters to... I don't even want to think about it.
Think ahead.
Use Caution.
Don't inhale chemicals just to see if you can identify whether or not its this or that.
Trust the manufacturers identifications as they are regulated and must be prominently displayed to be sold.
Don't use thinner to get paint off of your skin.

Pop Quiz:If you drop a razor knife with an new or old blade in it should you:
A. Try to catch it before it hits your foot.
B. Cover one foot with another to keep one from being punctured.
C. Teach your cat to sleep on your feet.
D. Don't catch it and move your feet. Let it hit the floor.

[Barker]

Hey!
I have a true story (as it was told to me) regarding this item fraught with mortal peril:

Gemmuns is scanning a rolling #11 off the bench, squeezes legs together, impales self.

De wimins do the opposite move and so to catch it.

Men're stewpit. At least, outfoxed by the humble #11.

Scoot back and sharpen eyes is my watchword, Herr Lawson. and it works.
occasionally.
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My dear Dymphna, your memory is slightly awry. I still have my little Luftblasewagen but it is not exactly as you appear to remember it. I know you asked that I never mention his name in your presence again, but I wonder could you be thinking of the mysterious W.A.B. of whom you spoke so often.

Oh young Karl, my mistake. Of course you turned up in that lovely little 3 wheeler. Do you remember the drives we used to take out to the wadis miles from the palace at sunset so we could see the effect of the sun on the stretched sprue rigging of your 1/345th Dr1?

[NeilE]

How is the old rash these days Karl-Otto?!

By the way we at M.O.D.E.L. have a long range video of this sordid event...particularly the bit with the camel......

All the Best

Neil

[Karl Otto]

Herr E, it may interest you to know that the camel was in fact my old comrade Wiktor Wszjnski, who, in addition to all his other accomplishments, is a master of disguise. Shortly after this picture was taken he disappeared for a full six months. When he reappeared he had somehow *become fluent in Toureg, though he never walked quite the same again.

[RLWP]

Ah yes, dropping things.

There are two useful things I have learnt over the years. Number one (and this comes from the wonderful world of MG restoration): If you drop something heavy, raise your toes up off the floor. That way you have a chance of decellerating the object before it squashes your toes. Doesn't work on cylinder blocks mind, but its OK for hammers etc.

Number two: If you drop something small, don't try to catch it, just watch where it goes. You have a chance then to see where the damn thing ran off to. Trying to catch things often ends up by vollying the object to the far side of the room, never to be seen again.

Richard

..Now, I'd try to leap as far away from a falling razor knife as possible whilst keeping a close watch on it in case it got me on the rebound.

.... Where did that finger go?....

[StephenLawson]

Richard: From the Laws of Modeling 101...
1d. A dropped part will bounce to *the most innaccessible area of the room. (this also allows you to mark the boundaries of your black hole.(Note: A dropped X-acto knife will visit your foot before obeying *d.)