Well, to get back on topic…
When your planes crashes…
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Was that a J-29?
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Yes,
And you might like this one to…
But that’s all off topic again 
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Just dumped the glue bottle. First time in many years. Keep the glue in a weighted bucket. Never leave the glue bottle more than half full but it was nearly half full from a recent refill. Cover the work area with multiple layers of cloth to absorb spilled glue, paint dribbles, water, and catch debris . A small amount of glue still made it through all my defenses and reached the surface beneath. Not too bad, really. No model parts damaged. (A scratch built seat accidentally went through the wash but came out essentially intact.) No equipment damaged. Nothing got on me. The surface beneath needs to air dry for a while with the window open.
What got me was faulty memory. Having just started a building session, I pulled the glue bottle out of the bucket, intending to loosed the cap then put it back. Problem. I already loosened the cap and forgot. The cap came loose a moment after lifting the bottle out and away from the protective bucket. Bombs away!
Normally, I tighten and loosen the glue cap in the bucket to prevent this sort of thing from happening. Fail safes only work if not disabled. Let my guard down one too many times.
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Doug, which flavor of glue?
I excel at spilling anything in a bottle in the hobby room.
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Oh. Haha! Testor’s Liquid Cement. Really smelly stuff, that.
I am much more likely to tip over the paint cup from my airbrush. Did that a couple days ago.
Since I use acrylic paints, water gets spilled the most.
My hands are worn out from a lifetime of typing so I drop stuff regularly, including the Testor’s Liquid Cement cap with brush. The cloth layers that cover my work area reliably catch that. I also cut the cap brush bristles into a thin, pointed shape, so that the brush holds a lot less glue.
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I’ve never used liquid cement. Always used Testors in the red tube. I hate the strings it makes sometimes. I guess I’ll be using liquid from now on. Which is better Tamiya or Testors?
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I just tipped my bottle of Mr. Cement Deluxe about an hour ago. My cutting mat now says “And” instead of “Andy’s Hobby Headquarters”.
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As you haven’t used them before, grab both and find which one suits you.
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Bet it smells amazing 
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I live with the carpet monster. Spend a lot of time on my knees with a flashlight. Yesterday was a frustrating hour or so as I dropped an expensive brass BMG barrel, again.
Watched it slip through the hole into the fuselage.
Since the nose was not yet connected and the open end would potentially allow the precious brass bit to fall onto the table, the floor or in my clothing, i started searching. After about a half hour, i found a broken drill bit back in a corner that confirmed that everything will start to look like the lost part. Sorted through scattered tools on the table top, garbage cans. etc.
Returned to the original nose section. Recalled that I had slapped in part of a mailing label with my name on it inside the side of the nose cowling. That oddly formed an inner pocket that held my lost part! So much for leaving my hidden mark in the model.
Time to continue on keeping the goal in view.
Wishing you all the best and enjoy your time in the workshop!
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My most recent Homer Simpson moment in the hobbyroom…
…removing what looked like mold seams to me but was actually detail…
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The dangers of too much details on a model …
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I did that very thing on almost all of my early Sherman builds
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Well I’m in good company 
I’m sure we weren’t the first and won’t be the last to do that!
Repaired but an unpleasant detour that ate the morning.
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You think to do a quick repair with ca glue and you don’t need to put on the hobby apron while you won’t spoil it on your jeans, what ofcourse happens 
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Reminded me of using a big can of spray adhesive to glue several layers of tissue together to make a tarpaulin. After a first attempt it seemed the nozzle was blocked, so I fiddled with a needle to clear it. In the process I must have swivelled the nozzle around, and was then distracted by a phone call. Returning to the scene, I picked up the can & sprayed straight into my face. Unpleasant.
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Many kits on sale (and moreover, the aggressive sale ads!) via online shop, but less of fund…
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Did you let it dry to do a DIY “facial hair removal” ?
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I don’t recommend it, it was quick-drying. Amazing how fast one’s blink-reflex is, mercifully. My wife (she who once beat me in public with a big umbrella) tried meths…after she’d chugged that, she swabbed me with a eucalyptus-based all-purpose cleaner called Bosistos. It worked, although I was a chick-magnet for koalas for a while.
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