Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 16, 2018, 12:51:28 AM
...When are these 'reviewers' going to LEARN? 

Maybe when show judges start looking at reference material and taking points off for inaccurate portrayal of panel lines?

This is why I should never be allowed to judge at a show - i'd use it as an excuse to exercise my petty grievances and trivial dislikes.

i thought that was one of the best reasons to volunteer to be a judge, the ability to act them out, within the rules that every other bugger uses to punish those with imagination, and joy.
sorry is a little bitterness showing 

Quote from: zenrat on September 15, 2018, 10:03:05 PM

I like how the Vampire T11 build with it's emphasised panel lines is immediately followed by a collection of photos of 1:1 Swedish Vampires exhibiting almost no visible panel lines.

I find the current fashion (and that's what it is) of over emphasising panel lines really, really annoys me. I always say you should remember that when building in 1/72 you are viewing from 72 foot away at a minimum and you tell me then what panel lines you can see ?

I have pics of the MiGs at Cosford showing you can't see any panel lines at 6 foot away.

I have got further into the September issue and am finding the article on the 1/72 Abrams frustrating due to it referring to techniques like "black and white colour modulation" while assuming the reader knows what that means.  Yes, I could google it but I shouldn't have to.  The article should be self contained and have a whatchermacallit side bar thingo explaining stuff like this.
Having said that it's a fantastic looking build given the scale.

Quote from: zenrat on September 22, 2018, 03:38:56 AM
I have pics of the MiGs at Cosford showing you can't see any panel lines at 6 foot away.

I have got further into the September issue and am finding the article on the 1/72 Abrahms frustrating due to it referring to techniques like "black and white colour modulation" while assuming the reader knows what that means.  Yes, I could google it but I shouldn't have to.  The article should be self contained and have a whatchermacallit side bar thingo explaining stuff like this.
Having said that it's a fantastic looking build given the scale.

Yes I took the mag to work to read at break time and several people remarked on the Abrams. They were even more impressed when I pointed out how small it is: they were under the impression that it was about a foot long...

As far as I can tell, 'modulation' is just a fancy word for pre-shading. You can pretty much work out what he did by reading the whole thing and looking at the pictures and captions, even though there isn't a specific explainer.

Quote from: zenrat on September 22, 2018, 03:38:56 AM


I have got further into the September issue and am finding the article on the 1/72 Abrahms frustrating due to it referring to techniques like "black and white colour modulation" while assuming the reader knows what that means.  Yes, I could google it but I shouldn't have to.  The article should be self contained and have a whatchermacallit side bar thingo explaining stuff like this.
Having said that it's a fantastic looking build given the scale.

I totally agree

Quote from: Weaver on September 22, 2018, 08:10:52 AM

As far as I can tell, 'modulation' is just a fancy word for pre-shading. You can pretty much work out what he did by reading the whole thing and looking at the pictures and captions, even though there isn't a specific explainer.

I worked on that assumption as well, but I do agree with Zen that it would really help to have a sidebar.

It's gone on the little list I keep to remind me of suggestions for magazine "teams" on the Sunday at SMW. They tend to  have more time on the Sunday for a short chat 

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 23, 2018, 04:52:53 AM

Quote from: Weaver on September 22, 2018, 08:10:52 AM

As far as I can tell, 'modulation' is just a fancy word for pre-shading. You can pretty much work out what he did by reading the whole thing and looking at the pictures and captions, even though there isn't a specific explainer.

I worked on that assumption as well, but I do agree with Zen that it would really help to have a sidebar.

It's gone on the little list I keep to remind me of suggestions for magazine "teams" on the Sunday at SMW. They tend to  have more time on the Sunday for a short chat 

Can you add to your list for the AMW team a dedicated Rotodyne issue... 

Quote from: zenrat on September 23, 2018, 04:57:56 AM

Can you add to your list for the AMW team a dedicated Rotodyne issue... 

LOVE that idea. 

I assume you mean the modelling aspects of the Rotodyne. One of the restoration mags (Aeroplane or Flypast) just did a development article on the Rotodyne not too long ago.

Quote from: king of men on September 23, 2018, 09:03:45 PM
I assume you mean the modelling aspects of the Rotodyne. One of the restoration mags (Aeroplane or Flypast) just did a development article on the Rotodyne not too long ago.

An issue I have not been able to find unfortunately.

The December issue has a Whiff build: Modelcollect's 1/72nd E75 hull with a V-1 launcher.

Other builds:
S&M's 1/72nd Bristol Sycamore
Airfix's 1/48th Hunter
Academy's 1/48th Grumman Avenger
Wingman's 1/48th Alpha Jet
RP Models 75mm Sun Tzu figure

Articles:
Alpha Jet history
Sycamore history

Picked my copy of the December issue will read it during tonight's shift.

I'm still reading November.
The Trabant in an aircraft colour scheme seems vaguely familiar for some reason...
Trabant 601s 008 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The V1/E75 build is interesting....the paint on Sun Tzu is awesome....