That's an all-time classic, that one, Danny.
I'm reminded of one time at school when I showed my art teacher a graphite pencil close-up rendering I'd done of a Mk.IX Spitfire.
It was rivet-accurate and even showed the strained expression on the pilot's face.
She said to me .. 'That's very nice, Stan - but where are the birds and the clouds?'
What do you say to that?
The answer .. Nothing really. I just walked away, muttering to myself, "Philistine".
Allow me to go on and bore you a bit further..
I'm presently completing a diorama, in 1/72 scale, of a busy WWII bush airstrip scene featuring a C-47 being loaded for a supply airdrop.
Hopefully, it'll be good enough to present to our local Air Force Club.
This particular aircraft was lost while airdropping urgently needed supplies to commandos in the mountains of New Guinea.
While I'm feeling fairly satisfied that I'd managed the camouflage, mud and dust aspects of it fairly well, the lady-friend came past and observed ..
"That's lovely, but it looks just a bit plain, Stan .. don't they have lots of tropical flowers in New Guinea?"
It was time to go open my bottle of Bundaberg Red Spot.
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Last edited by Stanwell; 25th Jul 2016 at 20:41.