Re: [WAIP] Spitfire Down! Spitfire Down!
JMac said:
DK - why did you have to bring up the whole rivet thing - now everyone knows - and I'll have to go back and re-do my Spitfire ... ARGH! (
- I'm just joking of coarse)
BTW - Great scenario DK - which panel was that? (LOL - maybe someone could research up an as-built drawing)
Haha, I dunno which panel exactly... the one up in front? To the left? Who knows, I made it up! lol
[quote author=Scott Girvan]
I totally agree. I'm not a rivet counter and each build is to advance the craft. I gotta say though - I totally 'get' why some guys get caught up in the accuracy. There is a ton of amazing and interesting history and it's really tempting to try to get it all dead on.
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Totally. There's so much to explore when you start up an historical plane, or armor, or boat. when I say rivet counter I don't mean just counting rivet. I just made up that example from the source of where the name "rivet counter" comes from but I'm talking about trying to get it down to a tee. It's tough. So much awesome but conflicting data out there. And part of it, as least for me, is not wanting to let down the memories of those who were there.
I'm pretty anal about stuff and that rubs off on modeling sometimes and what happens is I get caught up spending massive time researching and worrying about the tiny analistic details that I'm ripping things apart, molding the tiniest piece from putty, all just for an area that people will barely notice anyways.
Then I get frustrated when it take forever to get the model done that I just want to get it the heck off my table to do something else. So I start rushing and I make lots of mistakes and having it coming out hating what I did. It stops being fun and starts becoming "That damn model that'll never go away". And if I put it aside for a break to do something else, it will ALWAYS be nagging at me, messing my experience of what I'm doing then.
It's a bad situation to get into when you get into that hole. Get as close as you can and you'll be good. Most people won't notice unless it's a glaring inaccuracy - "Dude... Hawker Hurricanes didn't carry an armament of tomahawk missiles!" - then people will enjoy it and so will you.
But I'm really glad to see you really get into it Scott, you're working on what I love about doing military/historical models. Researching the subject and getting into the whole history of it. It can get pretty addictive.
Especially trying to replicate an actual scene from history. And it's not just the event that occurred but learning about the people behind it and understanding what the went through and how great (or infamous) they were.
For what they did, they are heroes, they are legend. For what we do, they will continue to live forever, immortalize by our work.
