Complexity could be ruining our hobby....

[CATCH 22]

The title I used for this thread is part of the original title of a video I found recently on YouTube, dealing with modern plastic models (the guy speaks of airplane models which is my "point of interest" as well).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pteo-cAPCO8
One definition caught my attention several times: autopsy kit. I always wanted to find a description for all those models, showing more interior than exterior parts. This is the exact word: autopsy.
Years ago I made a suggestion to some friends organizing a plastic model show, to put all those open, cut in pieces, destroyed etc. airplanes in a separate group and not mix them with "old fashioned", completely closed models (where one cannot see if the gauges are metric or imperial in 1:72! ) . They didn't agree with me. Fine, I'm not a modeller per se.
IMHO the video is worth watching.

 

[GrauGeist]

I've always thought that models showing interior structure/construction views were referred to as "cutaway", like the cutaway drawings are called.

 

[Sabrejet]

Daft; choose what to build. Why are people jumping on this bandwagon? Only a few months ago it was "3D printing is killing our hobby".

 

[CATCH 22]

Daft; choose what to build. Why are people jumping on this bandwagon? Only a few months ago it was "3D printing is killing our hobby".

Because if you don't choose what the others find "up to today's standards", you are out (of the game). That was my (not so bitter) modeller's experience.

 

[Sabrejet]

Because if you don't choose what the others find "up to today's standards", you are out (of the game). That was my (not so bitter) modeller's experience.

Build what you want!!! I've never lived in a world of "if you don't choose what others do" and it's not something I've ever heard of in six decades of modelling. Never had any bitter experiences building what I want either. Daft.

 

[GrauGeist]

Build what you want!!! I've never lived in a world of "if you don't choose what others do" and it's not something I've ever heard of in six decades of modelling. Never had any bitter experiences building what I want either. Daft.

At model shows, it's usually common practice to display pieces that fall along current trends.

One can display whatever they choose, but if you're there to compete and hope to win, then conform to the trend...

 

[Sabrejet]

Well you can win with a vacform or a scratch-build, so trends must be a very local thing.

 

[Snautzer01]

I think those cutaways, quite the bizz!!
Like them a lot.

 

[19rbeach84]

This sounds like the old discussion regarding building for pleasure or building to compete.
I tend to derive two (three?) primary forms of enjoyment from the hobby: building and viewing models. (I also enjoy research... helps me understand the 'real deal' so I can, in my mind, create better models...)
Who was it? Bondo Phil? He signed all his posts with (paraphrasing) "Build what you like how you like!"
Indeed this is the crux of the matter. Modeling is what you make it and if you're getting ulcers from the exercise, you might want to change gears.. but if you thrive on competition, cool! But like other forms of 'belief systems', it is a personal experience and being judgemental about how others do it is just a waste not to mention unpleasant.
I know, just the mere 2 cents... Cheers!
R/ Robert