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Model Forum / General / Models / October 2005Far away scale?
Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I 'slammed' together within 24 hours. It's 4 foot away, and it looks pretty good. At 2 foot, the illusion is falling apart. Anything closer than 1 foot, and the Zero is a real eyesore! Spudgun > Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model > before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Spudgun That's the one you suspend in the far corner of the room on fishing line , for all to enjoy forever , at a distance . Martin > Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model > before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I > 'slammed' together within 24 hours. It's 4 foot away, and it looks pretty > good. At 2 foot, the illusion is falling apart. Anything closer than 1 foot, > and the Zero is a real eyesore! A little lighter fluid and TORA TORA TORA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Diorama time... Twist and turn, crash and burn, a Kamikazi that didn't make it... > Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model > before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Spudgun I picked up a ship modelers mag in the early '80s that had a technique that went something like this: Puch a 1/8-1/4" hole in the center of an index card. Inspect the model through just that hole. By blocking out the rest of the kit , the card forces you to focus on just the section seen through the hole. Now you can 'see' things that may not be up to your snuff and gives you the chance to fix 'em. If it passes the 'hole test', things should be A-OK at any distance. Chuck Ryan Springfield OH At least you finished it...????...lol lol >At least you finished it...????...lol lol Yeah, I've finished it alright. It now sits in a dark corner at the other side of the room at a distance I can tolerate. Spudgun. >> At least you finished it...????...lol lol > > Yeah, I've finished it alright. It now sits in a dark corner at the > other side of the room at a distance I can tolerate. But did you enjoy building it?  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model > before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Spudgun Indeed, without using magnifiers or other optical enhancements, most people's near vision limit is about 10-12 inches. Multiply that by the scale, and it sets a minimum scale distance we view models from. For instance, with a 1/600 ship model, that is 6000 inches or 500 feet! Much closer for airplanes and cars, of course, with larger scales. BTW, if that is a 1/72 scale airplane and you view it from 4 feet, that is a scale distance of nearly 300 feet. > Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model > before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Spudgun Oh, in my earlier post I forgot to mention a problem that occurs in model photography. I have a very good closeup lens on my camera, so I can photograph the model from much closer than I can view it from with my eye. The result is all sorts of flaws I see in photos that I did not see before :-( |
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