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Using "Modeler's License" for Prototype Modeling
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tatans</i> <br /><br />What a topic ! ! are these responses from the same people that spend hours and hours detailing a locomotive down to the amount of rivets on the fire extinguisher panel???? are these the same people who comment that a boxcar is 1/600th of an inch out of scale, and now they say it's alright to do anything you want when it comes to a layout? -eliminate this?, shorten the track? leave 1/2 of the railyard missing? leave whole sections of scenery out? <br />What's going on??? am I to believe that those that believe in <i>absolute</i> prototype modelling in rolling stock will sacrifice authenticity on the rest of the layout? am I reading this right or do "prototype modellers" have a double standard? I don't "prototype" but I sure hear some sarcastic comments from people that do(not everyone) <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /> I think the idea is more of dealing with what you can have over what you want... if I had the room I'd love to model my line down to the scale foot, but I cant... so I have to accept that I will have to make compromises, I don’t like it, but there it is a reality, just like the rest of life. The same holds true for me of the hobby at all levels; I will have to compromise on many if not all things, scenery, structures, rolling stock, engines, etc... <br /> <br />But on that note it doesn’t bother me because it is a Model, a hobby. If I had a perfect scale representation of my chosen area, something would be missing... my own artistic input! <br /> <br />A perfect reproduction of reality is simply craftsmanship (an incredible level of it mind you, not to knock craftsmanship) its the 'tricks' that show off our artistry... in fact I don’t like to think of them as 'tricks' it implies we are somehow cheating or cutting corners, what we are really doing is showing the artist that lives with the craftsman and that to me is the greatest part of this Hobby which can be argued to be an interactive art form. <br /> <br />So to me Selective Compression, backdrop creation, mirror use, etc is where the craft and the art meet... <br /> <br />*blinks* <br />Whoa... my first [soapbox]... my apologies... what got into me <br />*shakes and rubs his head and wanders away* <br /> <br /> <br />Peace. <br />Coyote <br />
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