[WWI] Posting images to the list - colors

[Douglas Anderson]

Well, my answer is simple; it would cost me more money to play golf from lost balls, bent clubs etc, plus I would get banned from many grounds. 

Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford at volvo.com> wrote:  So why bother making model aeroplanes at all, much more fun 
modelling pinochio, and you can paint your models any way you like.
Come to think of it why bother with models, why not go and play golf
instead?
/Neil 

-----Original Message-----
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of Stephen Auslender
Sent: den 21 maj 2007 12:11
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
Subject: Re: [WWI] Posting images to the list - colors

Why worry about the colors?
Nobody is ever going to agree anyway.
Besides, even if a person has an actual sample that is not necessarily
the 
accurate color.
After all, colors change over time due to many factors, not the least of

which is the aging of the varnish, or dope or whatever they used.
It is possible that actual swatches of the original unused fabric have
been 
stored under ideal conditions so one may get as close to a true color as

possible. but so what? After actual use in the field, covered with the
dope 
or varnish, exposed to harsh sunlight, hot castor oil, exhaust fumes, 
spilled fuel, dust and dirt, etc. etc. the color of the original fabric 
would not necessarily be the color of the actual airplane.
As far as I am concerned the disputes over the colors approaches the 
arguments about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
With that being the case why worry about the accuracy of the photos?
Graciously yours,
Reginald Pfyffe-ffyffe Cockup,
Leftenant, 12th Royal UMR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wed317" 
To: "'World War I Modeling Mailing List'" 
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Posting images to the list (was re: Hangman's SPAD)


> "But then I'd have to suffer through DSA telling me that my picture is
> wrong and that only he knows the true colors."
>
> Dan,
> But only after making a photo-copy of it, interpreting the colors
> through a gray-scale meter or some-such, yes. However, that is
probably
> only one of many dangers. ;)
>
> Warren
>
>
> 



       
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