The Hurricane in the hangar and all other restored war birds are always kept immaculate. If I owned one mine would be too! They are after all museum pieces as well as air show queens (the ones that fly) and I don't expect them to represent an aircraft in service to the point of leaks,staining,chipping etc. If I'd made a model from the hangar picture I would have made it look as close to that aircraft,at that time,in that picture as I reasonably could.
I always say there is no right or wrong way to do these things. This is just my interpretation,I like to stay as true to my reference as I can.
It's an interesting point though. An aircraft on static display,whatever percentage is original,is essentially a 1:1 model of a known aircraft. Would we want to see such a thing weathered to match how the original looked at a particular time? I think it might be quite interesting for some brave curator to try it!
Cheers
Steve
I always say there is no right or wrong way to do these things. This is just my interpretation,I like to stay as true to my reference as I can.
It's an interesting point though. An aircraft on static display,whatever percentage is original,is essentially a 1:1 model of a known aircraft. Would we want to see such a thing weathered to match how the original looked at a particular time? I think it might be quite interesting for some brave curator to try it!
Cheers
Steve
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