Paper Stretcher

[Ron Caudillo]

I thought this may have been an April Fool's prank, sorta like what we used to do to the newbies in the Air Force. Need a longer fastener? Send 'em to the tool crib for a bolt stretcher! We was mean back then.

[Texman]

Yup, a gallon of prop wash, a yard of flight line, quart of k9p, or my favorite..have them "echo check" the tailpipe of your jet.....good times...

[mbauer]

Originally Posted by Don Boose

Excellent!

+1!!

Mike

[Jim Nunn]

I have to say that it is very satisfying that other experienced paper modelers sometimes run out of paper.

I was hopping someone would press me for the ingredients for the solution you can see how it works Here,

Jim Nunn

[eric_son]

ARrrrgh! I should have looked at my calendar. :D

[georgerutherford1861]

Originally Posted by Texman

Yup, a gallon of prop wash, a yard of flight line, quart of k9p, or my favorite..have them "echo check" the tailpipe of your jet.....good times...

In the Army it was things like a can of squelch, a box of grid squares, the keys to the drop zone, asking the platoon sergeant for a "prick E7" and in armor having them look for road wheel pressure gauges (for those not in the know, the road wheels were solid rubber over the metal road wheel) and tapping the armor with a hammer to listen for "weak spots."

Doug

[SCEtoAUX]

We would get Midshipmen or new Ensigns to look up the stock number for the bubble in the inclinometer. Sometimes make them look for a brass magnet.

[rgmarine]

How about a can of relative bearing grease!

[Jim Nunn]

In my rating in the Navy we were responsible of the Ships Gyro compass. Our gig was to send the newest striker up to the bridge and request a can of Relative Bearing Grease from the ships navigator. The fun part was that the navigator who was full commander would play along by chewing out the sticker about how much Relative Bearing Grease we were using and send him back with a can of lard.

Jim Nunn

[romanmodels]

When i was studding watch and clock making,When the first years had to strip down there first watch and clean it in the morning and put them back to gether again after lunch. the final year students whoud put in extra wheels while thay were at lunch and some times remove the barrel arbor . the lectuer and rest of the students whent round all afternoon try in not to lol as the first years tryed to fit in the extra wheel or where berated by the tuter for loseing the barrel arbor.