Tongue in Cheek , No Rivets-Inaccurate! -- Honestly.

Are those rivets raised or flush?

Tanker-Builder

Oh! and the females had no Belly Buttons ! Inaccurate!

 

One time i remember gouging one out on a resin 1/12 girl with a hobby knife, and i swear to god i heard her let out a teeny-weeny giggle

Hilariously done. Now do the same thing for military movie reviews on this forum, (pretty much the same thing) LOL

Yes, many of the model show judges are "rivet counters" but they do not judge the models based on whether or not the modeler corrected faults. They don't apply "what they would have done" to what you built. Models are judged on the basics, straight alignment of parts, no seams, paint job, no silvering of decals, etc.

They aren't judging the kit based on whether or not you used the correct shade of OD green or if you put Afrika Korps markings on a tank that didn't serve in Africa. They will judge whether or not you drilled out the machine gun tubes or fully sanded the main gun seam smooth.

Another thing rivet counters do is help us decide what kits to buy. If two or more new models of the same subject come out from competing companies, they'll do side-by-side comparisons informing us of which kit is better, more accurate, easier to assemble, etc. A lot of reviews are done by rivet counters using their own time and money to purchase those kits, break down what is right or wrong and point us in the direction of which one best suits our skill set.

And then when you see a lot of the work in progress posts of modelers here, those are rivet counters scratchbuilding some awesome model details. Some of their works inspire us to become better modelers ourselves.

Well said, Rob.

I recently was just savaged as a rivet counter by someone who then equated my attitude with being akin to various bodily orifices and organs. I don't care about that, but it did remind me that in it's true perjorative use, the term is really referring to overly zealous contest judges, internet trolls and folks who just never have anything nice to say.

On the other hand, lack of accuracy is just that. A modeler can choose to take whatever approach they wish on the issue and ignore any criticism. 

I'm not sure where the OP was going with the post, and with all respect we've yet to share his models, but in my opinion careful research and extra attention to detail is very important in it's own right.

Bill

PGBolt

Rivet-counters are the true heroes of the modeling world. Without them, we'd never know how wrong our models are. I'm thankful to have a subscription to have all of my kits authenticated by the International Rivet Counting, Panel Line Measuring, Antenna Placement and Amalgamated Tone, Hue and Color Council. Best $1,200/month I've ever spent.

Research done by rivet counters have been used as a basis for creating new, more accurate model kits. Fact.

Rivet counters have created the cottage industry of aftermarket items, be they photo etch, resin upgrades, white metal landing gear, aluminum barrels, decal sets, kit conversions, paint companies, etc.

It is the rivet counters who demanded better kits that got us better models and not just one box of the same kit with different markings to make "different" variants.

    PgBolt...LMAO at your reply man that is good.

   Thanks Tanker-Builder for keeping it real. Truer words have never been written in the modelling world.

Tanker-Builder

Hmmmmm.

      Looked at the latest large 1/200 ship at a model show. She was almost four foot long. But, I counted and she was short 7,850 rivets, So she wasn't accurate.

     I looked at the latest 1/35 Armor, It was a Sturmgeschutz! Missing 576 rivets. Inaccurate!!

     Great looking plane in planes, 1947 Catalina in Wartime markings. 985 rivets short! Inaccurate!

     Checked out the model cars. Frame on a Malibu Gasser, 103 rivets missing. Inaccurate!

 Lastly checked figures. The figs were nice Except the Viking's shield was missing 4 rivets. Inaccurate, Oh! and the females had no Belly Buttons ! Inaccurate!

 

Bill (Third rivet from the sun)

Rivet-counters are the true heroes of the modeling world. Without them, we'd never know how wrong our models are. I'm thankful to have a subscription to have all of my kits authenticated by the International Rivet Counting, Panel Line Measuring, Antenna Placement and Amalgamated Tone, Hue and Color Council. Best $1,200/month I've ever spent.