(08-19-2010, 12:20 AM)427 Cobra Wrote: YOU LIAR!!!!Here you are telling us all the you're "not that talented", and that your're "not artistic" - yet you pass one of the hardest tests for becoming an architect?! I knew I saw art in your building techniques!
That's impossible to hide, Doug. I don't know why you're so modest - you obviously have the talent, and wherewithall to do what we all do here.
You're one of us, like it, or not! If you knew nothing about art - you wouldn't be interested in architectual design elements, or modeling. I know that architecture is more than art, but only a little - remember art is a major influence in a lot of old world design, not just structural stability. What you do is very difficult for most people to understand, but when I was a kid I wanted to be an architect, but I felt that music was my calling, and so I gave up on art, and building design, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate either one anymore!
I would've used superglue gel to seal that crack along the seam of that Raider. It just depends on how hard it would be to fix it without a lot of reworking. Superglue is very hard, and brittle to sand even if it's applied to styrene. It has a tendency to fall out of large areas when drilling, or sanding next to a repair spot. Maybe Elmers' woodfiller would be more appropriate for something like this?
~ Cobra Chris
I'm certainly one of you here as I've been building models before I got into this profession (and I don't remember saying I wasn't artistic BTW). I do tend to approach model building with a similar process that I'd use on any other project including an architectural projects. Most of my professional work these days is in management and marketing (unfortunately due to the economy) so model building has been a great escape from reality and an artistic outlet.
I'm glad you appreciate architecture. In it's pure form it is a perfect ballance of art and science, though reality brings social, political, legal, liability, financial (etc.) issues that distort the process and the product. Typical of any business, I suppose, but most people who do it long term have a passion for architecture. In fact it made number 1 on the list of most over-rated professions last year. There's very little of the glamour that most people associate with it but it has rewards for sure.
I know what you mean about the old-world design influences. One of my favorite architects is Charles Mackintosh who was a true artist and could blend art, architecture, and structure seamlessly. His buildings are like frozen music, perfectly detailed, perfectly scaled, perfectly ballanced.
On the model. Your superglue is a great idea. What's not visible in my photos is that there is a lot of green squadron putty where the cracks were going through. I didn't think gluing to the putty would work so I tried to dremel into the styrene a bit so the putty could bond to something solid. The woodfiller is an interesting idea too. Will that stick to styrene? It might if it is solvent based and can eat into it a bit. Epoxy putty is pretty effective but i find it hard to work with.
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Sometimes I build and think and sometimes I just build.
Sometimes I build and think and sometimes I just build.