[WWI] Model craftsmanship WAS: Nice Junkers

[Diego Fernetti]

> My bigger problem is I would have to try to fly
> them. LOL........!!!!!

Hey, after seeing all the effort the scale RC modelers put in their models,
I can't believe that you risk it all tossing it into thin air, trusting all
into a misterious electronic box...
BTW a couple of days ago my friend Martín Afflitto shared with us a link to
a superdetailed Felixstowe build in 1/72.
While I admit that it was an impressive feat of modeling and I can't do half
of what this chap from Switzerland did, I felt somehow dissapointed at the
result.
The modeler who made the Felixstowe has mastered soldering techniques that
made him capable of replacing many original plastic pieces for others made
of brass sheet and wire. However, many of those weren't actually superior to
the original plastic kit pieces, looking somewhat heavy. Besides the choice
of replacing the top decking with a "ribbed" roof, which also looked a bit
thick and which probably wasn't made like that (the fairing battens joining
around the cockpit padding is something unlikely), plus the conjuction of a
highly polished wood hull and very battered and stained fabric surfaces in
the same airframe, and other choices this modeler has done for completing
the model.
One has to admire his commitment to the hobby for investing in an expensive
binocular microscope to help him solder small brass pieces, but, one can't
help thinking if it was really necessary soldering PE bits for something
that doesn't actually need much more than a smear of varnish to bond and a
cheap magnifyer to place accurately.
After all, the tools of modelers like Harry Woodman and George Lee weren't
too complicated, and their results are far more outstanding than this
Felixstowe, and look much more like the real thing.
Sorry for the rant, but sometimes i feel like the modeling comunnity has
lost their bearings...
D.