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I'll second that\ said:
I'm generally a 'close enough' modeller too. I do enjoy researching though, and trying to find out what best matches a specific scheme. If I have a paint close enough to the original then I'll use that rather than whip out to get a new colour. Markings are important to me so my finished product has some historical resemblance.
Like almost everyone else who's replied so far , im a bit of both , I wont hesitate to chop something up and fix the errors but only up to a point and if its blatantly obvious . The rest is "if it looks right then it cant be far off", i'm particularly slapdash with colours , i'll just go with what I think looks right if i havent got the exact tin of paint , even mixing custom colours if that doesnt look right either!. Good reference is very useful though and a decent colour shot of something is worth its weight in gold ,if your model looks like the photo then its job done. tony
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Very close to my approach Joe. Find the research very interesting & spend hours finding out about the aircraft being built.\ said:
Also interested to find that almost all i think are very practical & do not get hung up on being absolute.
Laurie
One thing no-one's mentioned is 'Who/what are you building for?'
If it's for yourself (or your partner like Ian's anniversary build!) then it's whatever you're satisfied with. If you're into competitions or building for someone else, then I guess you've got to take more care over the details and colours.
Gern
If it's for yourself (or your partner like Ian's anniversary build!) then it's whatever you're satisfied with. If you're into competitions or building for someone else, then I guess you've got to take more care over the details and colours.
Gern
I'm a close enough guy but i do like to cut them up from time to time if i think it needs it
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If it is for a client then i Will take much more care over the actual build to ensure everything works as it should and is ance clean build and paint job. but i Will not buy photoetch or whatever for the client. and if it looks like an fwd 190 to me then that's all that matters.\ said:
Scott
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With me Scott I have this thing always to do the best I can at what ever I do. Plagued me early in life until I programmed my brain to accept that there is not such a thing as perfection but that I always strive to get it. Strange thing is that now having completed my working life ie retired I have more time to spend getting things as I want them. A real bonus & one of the few of getting old.
Laurie
Laurie
Personally........ I'm a big fan of anything with some "weathering" on it. Airplanes, Tanks, Military Vehicles. The shiny new look isn't really my thing. A bit of grime and wear always makes them look right.......... The only real exception to that are cars and motorbikes. They need to look all shiny to look right. Unless of course, you are building it as a "wrecker".
Peter
Peter
for me its 'close enough'
im kind of allergic to rivet counting, done my share of whiffing so guess i have to be
i make models for me, no one else, if im happy with it then thats whats important
im kind of allergic to rivet counting, done my share of whiffing so guess i have to be
i make models for me, no one else, if im happy with it then thats whats important
I build for fun, strictly 
.B. and near enough...Whilst I appreciate and admire those who buy expensive aftermarket stuff, I would sooner spend the Wonga on another kit.
It's my model and my interpretation of it. I like to have the end product summat like, but where colours are concerned, I like my models used, down and dirty, so I believe that after a few months in the field - mud, sun, boots, whatever - any exactitudes in colour are right out of the window.
In the end it's all down to individual preferences. Not copying, bettering or wondering what other modellers might think. Just enjoying this hobby to your own limitations, not getting up tight, but just having fun with a capital F!
Ron
.B. and near enough...Whilst I appreciate and admire those who buy expensive aftermarket stuff, I would sooner spend the Wonga on another kit.It's my model and my interpretation of it. I like to have the end product summat like, but where colours are concerned, I like my models used, down and dirty, so I believe that after a few months in the field - mud, sun, boots, whatever - any exactitudes in colour are right out of the window.
In the end it's all down to individual preferences. Not copying, bettering or wondering what other modellers might think. Just enjoying this hobby to your own limitations, not getting up tight, but just having fun with a capital F!
Ron
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Peter, that would just take all the enjoyment out of it for me, it's great to constantly improve but if I was unhappy with all my models I'd find something else to spend my time on
Ron, I couldn't agree more, especially the last paragraph
Ron, I couldn't agree more, especially the last paragraph
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Think a lot of this is built in the brain.
I am very competitive. This is generally always coupled with sport but it is not. I have found in what ever I do I have to improve on what goes before, ie the competition is with me & against me. I admire others & am not jealous of what others produce but I do wish to attain that higher standard.
This far from spoiling model making enhances it for me. The other way around unless I at least try to improve even in small increments model making would probably not exist for my world.
This goes for all things in my life. That is except one. I always produce for Pauline the Saturday evening dinner. I have not only not imroved culinary skills I have probably killed them. That is not to get shot of my self imposed chor just that I do not have this feel for cooking. Then Pauline would not go for model making probably thinking it is a waste of time but then probably tolerates it as it gets me out of her hair to watch what ever she wants on TV. TV one room model making another.
Laurie
I am very competitive. This is generally always coupled with sport but it is not. I have found in what ever I do I have to improve on what goes before, ie the competition is with me & against me. I admire others & am not jealous of what others produce but I do wish to attain that higher standard.
This far from spoiling model making enhances it for me. The other way around unless I at least try to improve even in small increments model making would probably not exist for my world.
This goes for all things in my life. That is except one. I always produce for Pauline the Saturday evening dinner. I have not only not imroved culinary skills I have probably killed them. That is not to get shot of my self imposed chor just that I do not have this feel for cooking. Then Pauline would not go for model making probably thinking it is a waste of time but then probably tolerates it as it gets me out of her hair to watch what ever she wants on TV. TV one room model making another.
Laurie
Hi Laurie
I try my utmost to glean as much info as I can on a subject but invariably there is always conflicting opinion. My RC Tiger for instance went through 3 changes before I was sort of satisfied I had the right machine (Wittman's Villers Tiger). At some point research stops and builds happen, at this point (for me) the die has been cast, if further info comes to light that proves my interpretation to be wrong then I'll live with it. With regards to exact paint matches I find this slightly ridiculous as so many factors effect the look of a painted surface - light conditions, the age and fading of the finish, tarnishing, not withstanding the effect of scale on colour (scale models are in effect 1:1 objects seen from a distance and anyone who looks into the distance will notice how colours fade and loose their vibrancy).
In a nutshell I guess I would hope to be as historically accurate as possible, the finish however is an artistic interpretation and down to one's own preference (this could even be called style). I'm with anyone who enjoys the hobby, whatever you want to get out of it. The choices you make and approach you take are unique to you and that's what makes for such a wide variety of builds and interests. If you're putting together your 1st 1/72 Spitfire or scratch building the Death Star it's all good stuff!
Cheers
Paul
I try my utmost to glean as much info as I can on a subject but invariably there is always conflicting opinion. My RC Tiger for instance went through 3 changes before I was sort of satisfied I had the right machine (Wittman's Villers Tiger). At some point research stops and builds happen, at this point (for me) the die has been cast, if further info comes to light that proves my interpretation to be wrong then I'll live with it. With regards to exact paint matches I find this slightly ridiculous as so many factors effect the look of a painted surface - light conditions, the age and fading of the finish, tarnishing, not withstanding the effect of scale on colour (scale models are in effect 1:1 objects seen from a distance and anyone who looks into the distance will notice how colours fade and loose their vibrancy).
In a nutshell I guess I would hope to be as historically accurate as possible, the finish however is an artistic interpretation and down to one's own preference (this could even be called style). I'm with anyone who enjoys the hobby, whatever you want to get out of it. The choices you make and approach you take are unique to you and that's what makes for such a wide variety of builds and interests. If you're putting together your 1st 1/72 Spitfire or scratch building the Death Star it's all good stuff!
Cheers
Paul
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Yes I have come close to that Peter.
Strange but those in the end I have come to be a bit proud of as I continued & made something out of them. Not only that I learnt a lot of what you can achieve to rescue a near disaster.
Weird that you do it all for pleasure but love it & compared to sitting there night after night watching wall to wall television it is being on cloud 9.
Laurie
Strange but those in the end I have come to be a bit proud of as I continued & made something out of them. Not only that I learnt a lot of what you can achieve to rescue a near disaster.
Weird that you do it all for pleasure but love it & compared to sitting there night after night watching wall to wall television it is being on cloud 9.
Laurie
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