Bench Update June 16 2018
Bench Update – Finishing the Porsche 911 GT3 and introducing the next build – the Bandai 1/72 TIE Interceptor
Category: Model Kit
June 9th Bench Update
In which I give an update on several projects.
Paint Accuracy? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Paint Accuracy!
Jon Bius writes on his site about paint accuracy and his thoughts match mine. Full disclosure… I was not alive in March 1945 to supervise the color application to this particular Spitfire. (Sorry…) I know some will swear the color brands called for are spot on, others will say they’re not. The only one who truly knows, I suppose, is that guy in the nacho line at the IPMS-US Nationals with the stained t-shirt. Apart from him, or perhaps an actual, real paint chip or artifact that is well preserved, or an actual eyewitness, we’ll never really know. Ever. (Except Marty and the Doc…) Yet many will pull their hair out trying to find the exact color match. I’d like to submit that such an endeavor may not really be beneficial, either to your model, your mental health, and certainly to the rest of us around you who have to…