The Little World

If we repair our mistakes we gain a great deal of control over our modelling. And it can make us better workers.

a. We recognise a mistake. This is better when we do it before we commit it…sort of dry-fit your way out of danger – but even if we have gone all the way over the cliff, there is still hope. If we realise that there is a problem, we are on the way to solving it.

b. We are not discouraged. Despair never built a good model. No model thrown against the wall was ever a credit to the bowler. So if we refrain from this show of anger, we gain some steel in our soul.

c. We think logically. We see the mistake, know it for what it is, and our mind can then run to methods of repair. We can start to think outside the box as to how to do it. The assembly that failed may not be repairable with the same materials that built it – our mind must run ahead to seek new solutions.

d. We start to show new skills – skills in assembly and repair within structures that are already erected. We might have built the model from the inside out but we’re going to have to fix it from the outside in. Different modelling.

A hint though… Repair and refit away from others. It’s like surgery – do it in the operating theatre, not the waiting room. It’ll be cleaner and safer and you won’t have advice from the spectators.

The Japanese have a craft technique that repairs broken items with gold – making them more valuable in many ways. We can do so with valuable models. Not sure about the gold on egg planes, but.