Hours of work and you see almost nothing!!!!

[Guest]

Just a question out of interest: does anyone really detail their cockpits to the max even though hardly any of it will be seen?

I've just spent the past three days detailing my Mossie cockpit to absolute perfection (by my standards like that of a leper). During the drying phase, i built up my Tamiya Spit, managed to do the cockpit in detail in only a few hours (because it's small). I stuck the fuselage together and you can see a dial and a bit of the seat if you're lucky. My nice weathered panels are all hidden away now. Nevertheless, i took some pics of the interior for memory sake.

Do any modellers here cut a few corners knowing that details won't be seen or do you still like to give the 100%?

Cheers

Paul:gent:

[spanner570]

Paul, I built a Tiger 1 tank with interior and put the upper hull on and now you can't see anything at all.......no one told me I wasn't supposed to glue it on!!!lol

[stona]

I always give my cockpits 100%,though I don't throw a load of after market stuff at them. I know what you mean,but you know what's in there! I once lost a little throttle quadrant to the carpet monster so zipped up the fuselage without it. Noone but me knew it was missing but it always bugged me. I need to get help.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

I think we touched on this before Paul & Steve defines it just perfectly with that nagging feeling that somethings missing-the fact that no-one else knows or wouldn't even guess at the lack is neither here nor there! The amount of work most kits involve is usually not noticed to most people. Then you run the risk of being seen as obsessive if you say to your friends "look at the detail on the weld beads!" as they look blankly at a completely different section of the model! C'est la vie! Patrick

[Guest]

This is a question I have wondered about myself. I was looking on t'internet the other day and saw a cockpit being built. The builder had got a wire coming from the back of every instrument on the instrument panel. these passed through a bulkhead to nowhere. This is all then covered up, not even an access panel showing the space behind the instrument panel. I have to ask myself "Why?"

I know for some that total realism is the key but I think this is almost obsessive. Having said that, it is a hobby and it is different things to different people.

[Guest]

I think you take what you put in to this hobby. I'd guess most of us aren't builing these models to put them up online and have our peers tell us how lovely they all look. For me, it's about enjoying myself, and if that means adding extra wires and invisible details then that's fine. I know they're there, and I enjoyed putting them there. I guess it's the same theory with adjusting models to be absolutley accurate. I don't hold much truck with rivet counting, but if it makes you happy... just don't come screaming at me when I make up a decal regiment marking!

It's the times when you have spent weeks on a vehicle interior then melt the body shell drying the paint in front of the 3 bar heater that'll really p**s you off!

Tonyb

[John]

If something is hidden or barely visible I don't spend much time on it and would rather spend more time on things I can see, that doesn't mean I'm doing it right I'm just doing it my way, modelling is all about "making it yours"

[colin m]

I've just completed a 1:72 Airfix Vulcan, and it is well known you can't see any inside detail, so I didn't waste any time on it. BUT, it does bug me a bit that I ignored the interior ! I feel ike I've just confessed !!!!!!! ah that's better........

[wonwinglo]

For me it is just knowing that you have done your best even in any area that cannot be seen,if you do not add the detail and leave a void,you will never think the same about your model ! it is all in the mind and everyone to their own ideas,just like modellers who add the stringers and close up the fuselage,I have seen models with cut away sections that do look very good,a compromise situation,do not worry about it or have any hangups just enjoy whatever is your own standards within your time restraints.