| QUOTE: What impressed me was Mr.Hansen T-34 weekend project. I may have to build one, because if a wing-head could build something that nice SOB in about 15 hrs. I could make somthing just as nice with alot of aftermarket and stuff about 3-6 months to do it in. |
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Hey, that was pretty cute, wasn't it? I think that's the best way sometimes -- rather than fretting overmuch about every little detail, just do it.
And it actually looks like a Russian tank. I think the result of some very artful buildups are models that are very interesting looking, and are very obviously the result of meticulous care and expertise, but frankly, sometimes don't look all that much like real tanks, which often have a fairly simple, semi-gloss appearance to their paintjob, even after they've been running around in the field for a while.
Puts me in the mind of the Little Orange Guy Syndrome -- the fact that so many modelers paint their military figures orange for some reason. People who don't paint them orange get frowned on by the establishment. People aren't orange, by and large, but in the community it seems to be the accepted thing to do. So the little orange guys get judged on how nicely orange they are, how realistically orange, etc., while all the time they are, well, orange guys.