The_Animal Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Help me out here... What should I do for raised panel lines? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I only rescribe where necessary, rescribed lines to me are not the be all and end all. MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GForceSS Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Rescribe every line. Fill and correct the wrong lines. Drill out all resessed rivets. I use Tritool scribers. But if the lines are too close to the rivets like I have on my Puma then I will wash and dry brush the raised lines. Can't afford to lose the rivets to sanding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Rock Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Don't worry,just leave them as they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The question is not, to rescribe or not to rescribe? But rather what is realistic for the particular subject you are building? This is where research plays a big part. What my be realistic for one subject may not be realistic for another. Also don't forget the scale effect, meaning that panel lines may be overscaled/oversized and therefor unrealistic for that particular scale. On the other side of the coin one could take an exaggerated approach to your model by rescibing regardless of realism or scale, which does tend to make the model more interesting, but it could also make your model look like a circut board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The question is not, to rescribe or not to rescribe? But rather what is realistic for the particular subject you are building? This is where research plays a big part. What my be realistic for one subject may not be realistic for another. Also don't forget the scale effect, meaning that panel lines may be overscaled/oversized and therefor unrealistic for that particular scale. On the other side of the coin one could take an exaggerated approach to your model by rescibing regardless of realism or scale, which does tend to make the model more interesting, but it could also make your model look like a circut board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Migrant Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The question is not, to rescribe or not to rescribe?But rather what is realistic for the particular subject you are building? I can't think of any scenario in which a raised panel line accurately depicts a real panel line. I read somewhere that the Monogram B-17's raised lines correctly depict the overlapping panels of the real plane, but having seen a B-17 close up the panels look nothing like the raised kit lines. Conversely even kit recessed lines, if scaled up, would be much too wide to be truly accurate, however my own feeling is that they're still more accurate than raised ones. They're also easier to work with- reinstating them after sanding seams for instance, or highlighting them with a wash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sabre45 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 :D I leave them as they are.For several years ago, I was in a hangar of the 32nd. in Soesterberg AFB,Holland.Saw a F-15C Eagle and suprise,surprise,sand down and fill in all the panellines on your models.I don't care,I try to build models.I don't enter any form of contests.So if my wife likes the build plane,I like it. So,i'm not a rivet counter.I leave the contestbuilderrs to the contest and ,for my self, I concentrate on the showmodels.Maybe I'm comming from Holland,I don't have the feeling to win a contest.Several years ago I enter a contest with some tanks in 1/72 scale .Take the winning places and that's it.My feeling?Is that all?Panellines,I leave them and concentrate on "building models",have many in stock.Reg. Han :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marc Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The question is not, to rescribe or not to rescribe?But rather what is realistic for the particular subject you are building? I can't think of any scenario in which a raised panel line accurately depicts a real panel line. What I Mean't to convey was, not whether it is realistic for an aircraft to have raised panel lines or not, but rather if panels lines are visible at all, depending on what scale you are working with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 NEITHER raised or recessed is Accurate. Each is a method of representing panel lines- and beutey is in the eye of the beholder. Raised lines get easily sanded off, recessed don't- Advantage recessed. Recessed costs more to tool- Advantage raised. Debate- PRICELESS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I've rescribed 1 Tamiya Tomcat (pain in the ), but then I'm obsessive about my Tomcat detailing. Usually if it's 1/48th or smaller, I'll try to leave them alone if I can. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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