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StephenLawson · 21 February 2004, 05:16 PM

In dealing with death or near death experiences the modeler needs to understand the impact that you will be having on the average viewer. The idea of leaving the viewer to come to his or her own conclusion is a time tested means of finding acceptance for the piece you have built. This means that you give them all the information that they need to draw their own conclusion.
Such as;
4.In my treatment of the fatal crash of Ltn. Wegener in ‘The Order of the Wooden Cross’ I left the body figure out altogether. The post crash view showed such destruction of the aircraft especially around the cockpit area the first response by most viewers was, ‘...Well the pilot could not have survived that...’ (See the last image in this post.)

5. In my diorama of ‘The Rittmeister is missing’ I used historic evidence to cover the ‘deceased Baron’ figure with a ground tarp. This again allows the viewer to get the idea without having to be assaulted by the images of an exposed corpse.

6.In my diorama entitled ‘I regret to inform you’ I had the aircrew of an Albatros C.III getting ready for what was to be their last flight. The title alone suggested that this crew did not return from their mission.

7. With the diorama ‘463/17' I took various aspects of several Fokker Triplane crashes due to top wing failure and applied them to a Fokker Dr.I that had one too many flights. The overall appearance of the aircraft says that the pilot may have survived but the lone mechanic figure and the general wreck detail draws the viewer into the technical aspects of the crash.

8. In the diorama, ‘Nice landing Herr Leutnant,,,’ we see a recently repaired Albatros D.Va in Palestine 1918. based on a true occurrence, the pilot had taken the machine up for a test flight. At about 300m he heard a loud bang! Looking over his top main plane he saw that the left wing tip had over stressed. He was able to safely land the aircraft. My version shows the pilot still in the cockpit holding his head in his hands. On the ground a German mechanic is surveying the damage. At least it was an area of the aircraft that had not been worked on.

21 February 2004, 05:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
StephenLawson Shot Down Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 9,778	In dealing with death or near death experiences the modeler needs to understand the impact that you will be having on the average viewer. The idea of leaving the viewer to come to his or her own conclusion is a time tested means of finding acceptance for the piece you have built. This means that you give them all the information that they need to draw their own conclusion. Such as; 4.In my treatment of the fatal crash of Ltn. Wegener in ‘The Order of the Wooden Cross’ I left the body figure out altogether. The post crash view showed such destruction of the aircraft especially around the cockpit area the first response by most viewers was, ‘...Well the pilot could not have survived that...’ (See the last image in this post.) 5. In my diorama of ‘The Rittmeister is missing’ I used historic evidence to cover the ‘deceased Baron’ figure with a ground tarp. This again allows the viewer to get the idea without having to be assaulted by the images of an exposed corpse. 6.In my diorama entitled ‘I regret to inform you’ I had the aircrew of an Albatros C.III getting ready for what was to be their last flight. The title alone suggested that this crew did not return from their mission. 7. With the diorama ‘463/17' I took various aspects of several Fokker Triplane crashes due to top wing failure and applied them to a Fokker Dr.I that had one too many flights. The overall appearance of the aircraft says that the pilot may have survived but the lone mechanic figure and the general wreck detail draws the viewer into the technical aspects of the crash. 8. In the diorama, ‘Nice landing Herr Leutnant,,,’ we see a recently repaired Albatros D.Va in Palestine 1918. based on a true occurrence, the pilot had taken the machine up for a test flight. At about 300m he heard a loud bang! Looking over his top main plane he saw that the left wing tip had over stressed. He was able to safely land the aircraft. My version shows the pilot still in the cockpit holding his head in his hands. On the ground a German mechanic is surveying the damage. At least it was an area of the aircraft that had not been worked on.