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It occurred to me recently that my lack of interest or downright disgust with what I see airplane modelers producing these days can be labeled "entertainment modeling." This seems to be where the goal of the exercise is to achieve a cartoon look -- the current benchmark if you will -- whereby praise and accolades are heaped upon you. The simple requirement is kit assembly, maybe helped with resin add-ons, followed by an over-the-top "weathered" finish. Rather than using a real airplane as reference material, or really caring about capturing its essence in miniature, assemble a kit, then put an entertaining (not realistic) finish on it. Yay! You're in the club!
Well a friend of mine tipped me off to this link. My God there is hope. Have a look at a real modeler at work.
OMG! Seeing those "N" struts under the stress of those rubber bands is making my hair stand up! You are far braver than I Mr. Hawkey!
Posted by: Tory | May 23, 2011 at 05:47 PM
Awww, there's just ENOUGH tension going on there to compress pins into holes. Hope the superglue holds for many years....
Posted by: Pat Hawkey | May 24, 2011 at 09:40 AM