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One I've seen many times, some one hase put a great deal of effort detailing, painting and weathering but no effort was made to remove or knock down parting lines and flash on the parts. Most often, the techniques used that usualy make a model look realistic, like drybrushing, only enhance the chunks making them look even more unrealistic. <br /> <br />As for the eye detail on the figures, or any minute detail on a model, it is a fine line ( no pun intended ) that has to be worked out in the tooling vs. paint. Just like the wood grain in the tack boards on some of Athearn's newer 50' HO & N box cars. On the test shots at the tool & die shop they looked good, but that fine detail was lost under the thicker coat of paint applied in production. The tool and die people have to try and predict the thickness of the paint that is going to be applied in the future and adjust. Not an easy task. <br /> One othe thin I just thoght of is trees being to uniform and the absence of under brush in wilderness settings. May be there are fairies in the woods keeping the forrest floor neet and tidy?
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