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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004AMS- Deffinition and scope?
Anybody have a link to a good decription of the symptoms and treatment, (if any), of AMS? I think I've got it. WRF "Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again." WRF asked: >Anybody have a link to a good decription of the symptoms and >treatment, (if any), of AMS? I think I've got it. Too damned late! If you think you've got it, then you've probably be diagnosed by others as terminal. Most common treatment is to take a kit, preferably not you main interest, and build it out of the box over a weekend or two. No aftermarket, no modifications, just build it! Another treatment method is to put everything away for a while and do something else. I tried flyfishing, which transitioned to fly tying which restarted the cycle. Besides putting splinter camo on those flys got to be a hassle. Rick MFE AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can happen with figures...... > Too damned late! If you think you've got it, then you've probably be diagnosed > by others as terminal. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Rick > MFE ...you're obviously just getting started with figures... I used to sculpt and have thought of starting down the figure modeling road. Starting with the book I bought on "Human Anatomy for Artists". And then there's learning to resin cast...and learning to photo etch...and the potential for the research of every human, animal, and/or cartoon/comic book/fantasy character ever created. Not to mention a whole host of new painting techniques that as far as I can figure anount more to learning to do theatrical make-up than modeling. No AMS potential...yeah...right...  Signature- Rufus > AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can > happen with figures...... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>Rick >>MFE I already know how to resin cast and photoetch...... > ...you're obviously just getting started with figures... > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >>Rick > >>MFE Then you're two thirds of the way there...;) Signature- Rufus > I already know how to resin cast and photoetch...... > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>>>Rick >>>>MFE Hah! I'm currently working on learning to scratchbuild ship hulls as masters for resin models.......superstructures and such are easy if you can find the plans. > Then you're two thirds of the way there...;) > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >>>>Rick > >>>>MFE Yeah - I used to capstrip wing ribs for R/C aircraft, so building a plank on frame wooden sailing ship from scratch dosen't scare me in the least. Mastering ship hulls from foam should be a piece of cake - hot wire and sandpaper...and a bit of some sort of sealer. Sort of like cutting a foam wing, but with more compound curves. I have an ancestor that has a plaque in his honor in NY harbor - I've been wanting to scratch build his vessel of late. Haven't researched the project as of yet. Signature- Rufus > Hah! I'm currently working on learning to scratchbuild ship hulls as > masters for resin models.......superstructures and such are easy if you [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >>>>>>Rick >>>>>>MFE Plank and frame or foam hulls don't mold very well, you need solid material. The problem is fairing the curves and doing it evenly on both sides. Even then everything has to be smooth with no scratches or grain showing through or the mold rubber will pick it up. > Yeah - I used to capstrip wing ribs for R/C aircraft, so building a > plank on frame wooden sailing ship from scratch dosen't scare me in the [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > >>>>>>Rick > >>>>>>MFE Sounds to me that you could be an un-diagnosed carrier. Don't let any mosquitos bite you while you're at a modelling relalted event. :-) RobG > I already know how to resin cast and photoetch...... >Sounds to me that you could be an un-diagnosed carrier. Don't let any >mosquitos bite you while you're at a modelling relalted event. :-) > >RobG > >what if it's that elusive pr2? > AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can > happen with figures...... Not even if you correct clothing or equipment errors? Change the pose? Convert a figure into a completely different figure? Scratchbuild your own figures? (I'm frequently guilty of the first two on the list. Not so much the other two - yet.) SignatureJoe of Castle Jefferson http://www.mindspring.com/~jjstrshp Site Updated November 25th, 2001 "Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." - Psalm 82:3-4 Ron wrote: >> AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can >> happen with figures...... One word...PLAID, as in kilts, etc Rick > Ron wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Rick AMEN. Signature- Rufus >>>>AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can >>>>happen with figures...... >> One word...PLAID, as in kilts, etc >AMEN. Actually I was thinking of the lumberjack's flannel shirt. -- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger Drink scotch, lots of scotch and plaid just happens......;) > Ron wrote: > >> AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Rick >Drink scotch, lots of scotch and plaid just happens......;) Ron, mind if I use the last three words on a t-shirt? Rick That's why I stick with high quality figures, no mods needed usually. Usually go for medieval or gladiators because they don't match anything else I do. > > AMS is why I sometimes take a figure and paint it. Not much AMS can > > happen with figures...... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the > hand of the wicked." - Psalm 82:3-4 > That's why I stick with high quality figures, no mods needed usually. > Usually go for medieval or gladiators because they don't match anything > else I do. Oh, sure, if you want to end up with the same figure boring as everybody else. :p I only do figures when I'm putting together a diorama, so I almost always have to at least change the pose to get what I need. SignatureJoe of Castle Jefferson http://www.mindspring.com/~jjstrshp Site Updated November 25th, 2001 "Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." - Psalm 82:3-4 > Oh, sure, if you want to end up with the same figure boring as everybody > else. :p Since I use them as a break from AMS with ships and tanks, that's fine with me. > I only do figures when I'm putting together a diorama, so I almost > always have to at least change the pose to get what I need. I have been known to repose a figure to fit a tank or artillery piece, but only If I really have to. >Besides putting splinter camo on those flys got to be a hassle. > >Rick >MFE Just wait till you get into lozenge camo! Cheers, The Keeper (of too much crap) >Anybody have a link to a good decription of the symptoms and >treatment, (if any), of AMS? I think I've got it. >WRF > >"Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again." Thanks for the input, guys. It's fairly obvious that I've got a fatal dose. (And probably Kit Colletoritis, too) I tried to break out of it. I was having a great time with an old Hasegawa large scale model of a Le Rhone engine. Straight OOB, I swear, (well maybe some ignition wires.........) I was having so much fun with that I looked for, (and found, Lord help me), some more. Williams Bros. kits........... Then I found these resin 1/5 scale kits from Germany and of course that necessitated getting a belt/disk sander to get rid of the huge resin pour stubs........... gaaaakkkkkkk I'm doomed (and, yes, I know about how nasty resin dust is and I'll be wearing an appropriate dust mask and hooking up the shop vac to the sander when in use.) WRF "Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again." |
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