QUOTE: Originally posted by HeavyArty
When models are displayed out of context and inaccurately, I feel we as modellers are doing the same. That is why there is Sci-Fi modelling, you can do whatever you want there and who is to dispute you?
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Gino, you gotta watch out what you say in these things. There are just as many Sci-fi experts out there who gotta get it right and we are talking about things that only exist on film, as models or even computer graphics. You should see some of the debates that go on about the correct color of the Starship Enterprise (TOS). This is fun because the color of the model used doesn't look like how the ship looked on the show due to lighting.
While I try to make my models as accurate as I want, I like to build OOB so don't go into correcting dimensions, shapes, etc. It does bug me when I see a DAK dio and they are armed with late war guns.
Now can an inaccurate dio win a contest, sure. Most contests are judged on modeling skill with storyline a big part of a dio. Accuracy usually only comes into play if there are 2 models or dio's that are built as good as each other.
One of the guys who used to me in our club said it best.
"It's just a hobby."
Do what you want.
(by the way, did you see that M1A1 dio over on Armorama, sweet)