[WWI] Posting images to the list - colors

[Douglas Anderson]

Personally I look at it this way, a model is simply that. In Science one uses models to try an explain something. These models generally start out quite simple and get more and more complex as they develope. At some pouint it is no longer viable to carry on making it complex. Often times it is the simplest model that is the best. I approach my model making in the same way, a simplfied 'explanation' of the full sized aircraft. Whilst details such as wood grain I do try and put on, this is again a simplified rendition of teh actual. I am happy if at the end of teh day it looks good to me. But, we are often our own worse critics.

Stephen Auslender <auslend at snet.net> wrote:  Diego,
The anal retentive part of me (the one who is the draftsman) likes models to 
be as accurate as possible. However, this can lead to an impossible 
situation as a small scale model always has its limitations and one has to 
learn to live within them. Essentially, when we make a small scale model of 
something we are creating an "illusion" of the real thing. We try to paint 
in wood grain, for example, that can be seen in the model. but what is 
visible in 1/72 scale may be monstrously oversize if it were scaled up onto 
the real airplane. In other words, some details cannot be seen in the small 
scale because they scale down too much. but we try to put them in anyway 
because we are trying to creat an illusion.
"A model is a compromise with reality."
In that sense modelers are merely making their own decisions as to where the 
lines in the sand are drawn.
Does that clear things up a bit or did I make matters worse?

However, the artist side of me really could care less about accuracy and 
when I take a model and make it into a piece of sculpture the illusion to be 
created is entirely different.
It's a matter of keeping both halves of myself apart so they do not fight 
over what time I have available to work on these things.

"This parrot is demised."
Reginald Pfyffe-ffyffe Cockup,
Leftenant, 12th Royal UMR
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diego Fernetti" 
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Posting images to the list - colors


> Stephen!
> You ahve written (excuse me if I quoted what I think it was the core of 
> it):
>
>> A scale model is one that is as close to being accurate as possible.
>
> and...
>
>> Personally, I like my models to be as accurate as humanly possible.
>
> but...
>
>> So I have a somewhat relaxed attitude to it all.
>
> and then...
>
>> All I know is that I like a model that look like the real thing.
>
> however...
>
>> I make my decisions emotionally, not with a micrometer.
>> I work to 1/32 scale, but is something is a little off, maybe 1/33 or 
>> 1/34 scale, well that s OK. As long as I like the way it looks.
>
> and lastly...
>
>> So, have I explained myself or have I just muddied up the waters?
>
> I have to say that I find your answer a bit contradictory. But maybe it's 
> me, being a complete foreigner and perhaps I can't grasp whatever you have 
> meant to say.
> Speaking by myself, I like to make my models as accurate as possible as 
> you say, those are the simple rules of my hobby. Do I have to make 
> concessions regarding to materials or details? Yes, but I strive to make 
> them look as real as possible. It has to do with artistry in a small 
> degree (shaping things, painting), but it's also a technical challenge 
> (accurately reduced shapes, simmetry, etc.) and because of that I tend to 
> think modeling in a different spirit than sculpting, which may reflect a 
> state of spirit more than a small representation of an Albatros fighter. A 
> clumsy comparison would be compossing a sonnet, on which you have to 
> follow certain strict rules, but then you put the words you want in it. If 
> you don't tie yourself to certain rules, it's not a sonnet at all.
> Allow me a small digression here. I like what a philosopher said once: 
> "Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others 
> do." I try to do my best on my models. After all, I'm not being paid for 
> them!
> D.
> 




 
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