How i decided to paint my model

Just tell them they have some valid points (if they do), but you build and paint for your enjoyment, and you're not a dyed in the wool rivet counter.

After all, if it's not fun, why bother?

I like to build my models as realistically as possable. I will spend as much time doing research as i do on the actual build. I get really frustrated at times if i can't find evidance for something or think somthing might be wrong.

But if you want to paint a Panther pink with yellow dots, go ahead. Its your model.

If i offer advice on a point of accuracy, i hope i do so in a polite and not a patronising way. And if the builder says thank you but thats not what i am aiming for, thats fine with me. But there are die hards in both camps who think otehrs should follow there method, and theres nothing you can do about that other than say thank you for your suggestion.

I give you some "advice" that model railroader's have known for year's .

There is a prototype for anything !

Build for yourself .... If other's give you "grief", make up a "plausable story".

( It always worked for me . It doesn't alway's work for "police" interrigation's tho... )

Thank you!, model building has really re- open my artistic side, and i love to transfer those visions into my builds, and no poke a dots here lol, there just not looking like there bigger counter parts. I really look forward to sharing my visons with the rest of my club.

Feel free to share here as well.  We all like to see other folks work.  We can always pick up something from it.

An artistic license is one of the few that you can grant yourself. It's amazing to me how few people take advantage of that, although I do appreciate the careful research that some enjoy and apply to their work. Each to their own. I hope you enjoy your modelling without feeling any pressure to conform to prevailing schools of thought.

Mike

While there are many times I try to replicate the actual vehicle down to the proper markings, there are probably more times I just try to make a generic representation of the tank. For instance, I've built a Tiger tank and added the markings on a tank that should have had zimmerit coating, but didn't want to bother adding it.