[SEL] model, or not to model?

[David Everett]

Leroy

I would say that Models are reproductions, usually to a scale smaller than the Full Size object,
be it engine or anything else.

The degree of fidelity to the original is up to the builder, but modern tendency is for the purist
to have everything in exact reduced scale to the Full Size, and that includes things like the size
of nuts and bolt heads.  And also all parts made from the same materials as the original.

In days of yore, as long as the model looked somewhat like the full size object, then it was
considered to be 'Good Enough'.  Usually this was because of the limited equipment and facilities
of the model builder.  True Scale was the exception rather than the rule, so a lot of the 'blobs
and gadgets' were not deemed to be necessary.

Regards

Dave
Saudi-Arabia-On-Sea



--- Leroy  wrote:

What size 
> makes a model? what features of a model are not on a "salesman" sample? 
> Can any of us tell the difference? 


		
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