Pup7309 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Sometimes I feel like doing a particular type of aircraft with a different aircraft’s decals , or give my own interpretation of painting schemes. Anyone else ever torn between historical accuracy and ...? Edited January 27, 2019 by Pup7309 MikeMaben and phantom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 It's a hobby..... do what's fun to you. monthebiff, Jan_G, CANicoll and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 some do, some dont I dont, its my model On another forum one guy put swastika on a concord sent the forum into meltdown monthebiff, Jan_G, Pup7309 and 11 others 4 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pup7309 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Robthepom said: some do, some dont I dont, its my model On another forum one guy put swastika on a concord sent the forum into meltdown Seriously? Yikes! No I’m thinking more combing a version with extra armament and interesting decals or darker/ lighter colours! Edited January 27, 2019 by Pup7309 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 don't build to please the masses, build to please you! Just my opinion. Pup7309, phantom, Gerhard and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Truly, your hobby should be fun for you. The rest of us are just text on a screen. And often it's text that thinks it knows everything. Have fun, Dude! etendard, johncrow, Erwin and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Scale accurate doesn't work because the strength of materials will not support the thin skin of a fabric or metal covered plane. Any plastic molded canopy is likely vastly thicker than reality. We all accept that in our replicas of reality and deal with the limitations of the material we work with. It doesn't stop us from counting rivets and measuring things to a small fraction of an inch or mm. When we look at an aircraft, we sometimes want it to look like the original physical thing. Some of us want to make a model that duplicates history exactly, but some of us want to fulfill a fantasy. What would we have put on our Mustang if we were back in 1944? What color would my air racer be painted? Why would it look fast even when standing still? What would the aircraft of the nation of Islandia look like, or those of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick look like? What about the air force of Vulgaria (well represented by at least one member here)? Just have fun, Tnarg Lud13, johncrow, Bill_S and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I have to echo the thoughts of the others. Striving for the closest accuracy one can get is fine, but nothing restrains us from taking some liberties and doing whatever we want, which to me, can be very creative and interesting. Rick Griewski, johncrow, Gazzas and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 If it doesn't look 100% like the box cover when you are done, consider it an abject failure and sell your entire stash immediately. Jack, MikeMaben, LSP_K2 and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dainis Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I cant recall who the builder was, but he used WW1 German crosses and garish paint jobs on modern West German Nato subjects like the F104 Starfighter and the like. It was an inspiring to step out of the build to reality mindset to have fun mindset. I built a Gloster Meteor in Me 262 insignias and colours and likewise a FW 190A in American insignias and colours. It is liberating because there are no rules. And it was really fun seeing if people noticed what was done. Pup7309 and Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 4 hours ago, LSP_Ron said: It's a hobby..... do what's fun to you. 4 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: There’s no such thing as 100% accurate. Yet, last week Liberator accuracy thread had more than 50K hits. I haven't checked how it is as of today. Pup7309 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 6 hours ago, Pup7309 said: Sometimes I feel like doing a particular type of aircraft with a different aircraft’s decals , or give my own interpretation of painting schemes. Anyone else ever torn between historical accuracy and ...? I don't care . I do it the way I like it. I rarely add codes to my builds.Just the national markings. johncrow, Lee White, Jack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) On 1/27/2019 at 3:35 AM, Robthepom said: On another forum one guy put swastika on a concord sent the forum into meltdown I put them on the F-117. LSP didn't go into meltdown . Edited January 28, 2019 by Erwin Jack, BiggTim and Pup7309 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) “Total accuracy” has never bothered me. Yes, like others, I like to make a model look as close as possible to the real thing, but am I going to lose sleep over a misplaced panel line? No. A nose that’s slightly misshapen? No. Take the HK Fort or recent HB Lib. There are quite visible inaccuracies. Will it stop me building them and having a blast whilst doing so? No. Interestingly (and wandering a little from the main topic I know) you get some modellers who slave to build the most accurate model they can shape-wise, but will then create some cartoon-like charature of the real thing by highlighting every rib, panel and rivet with overly faded paint, washes and chipping, baring no resemblance of the real thing whatsoever. Accurate? No. Edited January 27, 2019 by tomprobert Typos Padraic Conway, Jack, kkarlsen and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Go with whatever you want to do. Our local IPMS club has 40 members and many win model show competitions with amazing builds yet we all have our own levels of what we like to do. "Its a piece of plastic, get over it" We all enjoy what we do and build each kit how we want to do it. johncrow, Erwin and Pup7309 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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