Yes, and where is that tiny little plastic part that was supposed to go on the bottom of the fuselage of the Japanese Aichi Type 99 Val dive bomber I built several years ago? It fell (naturally) while I was trying to install it. A desperate search of the entire work area floor, the worbench, and my clothing failed to produce it. I moved furniture, and emptied out every conceivable shelf and box it might have bounced into within a radius of 15 feet. I could not find it. I crawled around on the floor for days staring owlishly at the patterns in the rug and the concrete, and finding tiny things like mouse droppings. Still couldn't find it.

I finally fabricated a replacement for it that looks pretty good, and finished the model, which looks so real I expect it to take off any minute and drop a bomb on the 1/400 Arizona.

I know that stupid part is gonna turn up someday, though. Now that I don't actually need it any longer...

Hobby kit modelling should only be done naked, in a room with a completely bare and smooth floor and no clutter whatsoever. And no friggin' HOLES in the floor either! (sigh)

- LH