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To count the rivets, or not count the rivets.

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 21, 2004 2:21 PM
I am happy if it was a fun build and the subject is recognisable for what it is supposed to represent. Counting rivets is in my opinion just a way for some people to deal with their own insecurities. In real life you can put two identical subjects next to each other and have a really fruitious "spot the difference" contest. If you want to count the rivets, make sure everything, and I mean everything, that is on the real McCoy, is duplicated on the model. If not, counting rivets and taking out the scale ruler is an excersise in futility.
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    January 2003
  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Saturday, February 21, 2004 2:05 PM
I would like to think of myself as a "rivet counter". However, the reality of the situation is my skills are not up to that level, so I do what I can.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
  • Member since
    November 2005
To count the rivets, or not count the rivets.
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 21, 2004 1:41 PM
Some people consider rivet counters to be a little, shall we say Censored [censored]. The rivet counters themselves consider anything less to be historicly inacurate. I was just wondering if anyone here crosses the line every now and then or are you just of one particular camp? I personally have done three ship where I counted every single rivet, joint, and weld to produce the most historicly accurate model I could possibly build, USS Arizona, RMS Titanic, and USS Fletcher. Some times though I like to just build something straight OTB, no reference material, no photos, nothing. Just a nice relaxing build to unwind with. Some of my aircraft might be a little long, short, have an antenna where there shouldn't be, I don't care. It looks nice and was fun to build. On the other hand I am working a B-24 that my grandfather flew and you can bet that baby will be counted down to the vary last rivet. So, are you a rivet counter, not a rivet counter, or are you bi-riveted?Blush [:I]
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