[WWI] Help needed re scale depiction of wing ribs

[Jim Landon]

<<This (AMS) is a large part of my problem, except the part about contest judges, I could care less about that since the chances of me getting to go to a contest are slim and none. ( I think a lot of modelers end up like this because of all the great kits we see completed on internet message boards, etc.) However I see what Alberto Casirati did with a Nie.17, and am inspired. He is not a super hero, and if he can do 1/72nd interiors as he does, why can't I?>> I am in violent agreement!<<I have started my Eduard Nieuport over three times, not because it is a dog, it is not. It is a great kit, but I keep "experimenting" on it.   I cannot say that all of the experiments have been fun, but I have learned a lot, especially about what does and does not work for me.>> Again I am in violent agreement! I have been experimenting with the bottom wing of my 1:48 Nie 11 FOREVER ... not because the wing was a dog ... just because I want to try and make it even better. <<I could care less if my kit meets the expectations of an academic argument over what is or is not right to depict on a scale kit.>> Again I am in violent agreement! I am ignoring those who say the kit wings are just fine, just as some listees refuse to consider what I proposed. I am ignoring those who say turnbuckles are too small to depict on a 1:48 or 1:72 model, because I have seen it done and want to see if I can do it to make the model a little more accurate ... for myself, not for anybody else. <<Thanks John for your usual, well-reasoned response.>> I regret that nobody seems to think that my suggestions for wing details was well-reasoned. I worked hard to build http://www.flickr.com/gp/14279793@N06/u2rE9W in a spirit of sharing.
 Jim 




From: wed317 at mchsi.comTo: wwi at wwi-models.orgDate: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 06:59:21 -0500Subject: Re: [WWI] Help needed re scale depiction of wing ribs


 "Along time ago, I tried to accurately detail the cockpits and wheel wells of my models.  What I ended up with was a pile of reference materials, a lot of bits and pieces and by the time I got the fuselage together, I had lost interest in the project, and nothing got finished for about 5 years.  Part of this madness was because I was trying to build to some one else's standards and for contest judges, not for me.  "
 
This (AMS) is a large part of my problem, except the part about contest judges, I could care less about that since the chances of me getting to go to a contest are slim and none. ( I think a lot of modelers end up like this because of all the great kits we see completed on internet message boards, etc.) However I see what Alberto Casirati did with a Nie.17, and am inspired. He is not a super hero, and if he can do 1/72nd interiors as he does, why can't I? There are others whose 1/72nd interiors come to mind, but I will not mention them for fear of leaving someone out and offending part of the list and get called out for being mean. I have started my Eduard Nieuport over three times, not because it is a dog, it is not. It is a great kit, but I keep "experimenting" on it.   I cannot say that all of the experiments have been fun, but I have learned a lot, especially about what does and does not work for me. I could care less if my kit meets the expectations of an academic argument over what is or is not right to depict on a scale kit. In the end it will end up on my shelf, hopefully with company, and only has to make me happy. Thanks John for your usual, well-reasoned response.
 
Warren 

 
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