In model rail roading there are two groups, (kind of) the ones that are the guys who stick to modeling a certain railroad and do “prototypical” railroads (called Brass hats) and those who are (Freelancers).
For Example I have recently been building a M4 Walker Bulldog and I gave it a nice camoflage “print”. I have no history of it being painted this color, but because I liked it painted that way, I did it…
any comments?[:D]
HEY,
I just look at what i have done and find out what color hasnt been used on many of my other models and see what i got for colors. I build cars so i can do whatever i want, but i really dont care about historical accuracy. Just what i do.
Randy
Unless you’re out to be historically accurate, you’re building for you…so if you choose to not stick to copying the prototype, that’s cool. It’s whatever makes you happy. [:D]
HEY,
That is what i was trying to say but i have a tendancy to make everything complicated or kinda hard to undertsand.lol
Randy
We modellers have that “artistic license” and so we can paint our models any color or any way we want to. Heck, if you wish to paint a Tiger I in psychedelic '70’s colors, why not and no one can sue you [:D]. The only ones we have to satisfy are ourselves, so live and let live. Just don’t try submitting that Tiger tank in the “historically accurate models” category (if there is such a thing) in modelling competitions! [(-D]
I say go for what you like! That’s what the hobby is all about. Some modelers like being absolutely down-to-the-last-nut historically accurate, and some people like to employ a little (or a lot) of artistic license. Some people like to do both, whenever the mood strikes them. If you want to win contests, however, I think you need to be in the first category. (Never much cared for contests myself!)
I guess I’d be in the “do both” category:
I built a “what if” '46 E-100 last year, and just had a blast trying to conjure up what kind of equipment and finish it would have. It was loosely based on history and reality, but the end product was a vehicle that never saw the light of day.
On the other hand, one build I have going on right now is the second prototype of the Tiger II, exactly as it appeared back in the mid-80s while on display at the Tank Museum in Bovington, England. I have a ton of ref pix of the vehicle as it appeared back then, and I’m doing my best to capture every single detail I can.
So yes, I think you should just go with what you want to do![:D]
I’ve encountered the rivet counter brigade in railway modelling, and can’t help but pity them.
Surely the main thing is that you enjoy what you build. If you enjoy building historically accurate models that’s great , but unfortunately some people have tendency to look down upon those who do not so single mindedly plough the same furough.
Now where did I leave the Gunze gold and that 109…[:D]
Karl
WOooo Hooo! I am with you KJ200, I am looking at putting an 105 bore gun on a tank that should only have a 76mm gun… Just for the fun of having a small tank with a big A&& gun…
HEY,
I put a V8 inside a datsun. It would never happen, and also the kit wasnt the best looking, but it was kinda cool.
Randy
HEheheheh dubix, the other day i saw a guy pull up to a stop light that had a 350 small block in a Mazda RX-7. [8D] Another friend of mine had another v8 in an old Triumph[(-D]
When I was in college back in the late 60s, there was a guy running around campus in a 63 VW Bug that was a two seater. The back seat had been removed so a 283 Chev with Tri-power could be shoveled in. The hood had a bunch of louvers punched into it with the radiater mounted behind it with an electrical fan for cooling and he had to put a Porsche clutch and transmission into it (apparently the Bug clutch and tranny weren’t up to it). Thing could definatly light up the rear tires.