My little thesis here will probably get me labeled as the senile old member, but I have to talk this out. I have built over a hundred plastic and wood models during my life. Acquiring each one was built on a logical calculation such as will this fit in with my other models, or is this the right scale for my layout, or is this model detailed enough to fit with the surrounding ones?
Now we come to paper models. For the most part, there was no logical reason for obtaining most of my paper models. Even those that supposedly were picked up for a specific reason, I formed the reason after I decided to get the model. I will probably give most of the paper models I build as gifts to other people (I would not have space to display them all or even store them). Then what on earth made me decide that I just had to have that particular model. The truth is, it’s a thing called AURA.
OK, now you rolling around on the floor, laughing and thinking “not only is he senile, but he’s a nut.” I admit, that I don’t march to the same tune as the majority, but hear me out. How many times have you watched a build or a design thread and said to yourself, “I gotta get that model. “ It may be a model of something that you never even thought about before, or it certainly does not fit in with any of your other models. It may even be an odd scale that you never would have picked, if you used logic to make the decision. But now, you have to have that model! That’s AURA messing with your brain.
I watched one of our members build a boat mill (I didn’t even know such things existed) and suddenly that model give me an acute interest in boat mills. We have another member designer that designs buildings whom I am trying to convince to market his models so that I can buy some of them. What do they have in common? You guessed it: AURA!
Enough background, let’s get to what AURA really is. Most corporate model makers/designers make their decisions on what model to produce based on how much it will improve the bottom line. That’s not a bad thing, but it does not produce AURA. Most smaller designers produce models of things that they have an interest in. It might come from a love of old buildings and the desire to make sure that the buildings are not forgotten. It might be an odd ball little known ship that they toured once and fell in love with. The common denominator here is love of the subject. That’s what imparts the AURA! A little bit of that love of subject becomes an ingredient of the model, and like a virus, becomes contagious. So the next time you obtain a model for no practical reason, remember, it’s not your fault. AURA got you!
Now we come to paper models. For the most part, there was no logical reason for obtaining most of my paper models. Even those that supposedly were picked up for a specific reason, I formed the reason after I decided to get the model. I will probably give most of the paper models I build as gifts to other people (I would not have space to display them all or even store them). Then what on earth made me decide that I just had to have that particular model. The truth is, it’s a thing called AURA.
OK, now you rolling around on the floor, laughing and thinking “not only is he senile, but he’s a nut.” I admit, that I don’t march to the same tune as the majority, but hear me out. How many times have you watched a build or a design thread and said to yourself, “I gotta get that model. “ It may be a model of something that you never even thought about before, or it certainly does not fit in with any of your other models. It may even be an odd scale that you never would have picked, if you used logic to make the decision. But now, you have to have that model! That’s AURA messing with your brain.
I watched one of our members build a boat mill (I didn’t even know such things existed) and suddenly that model give me an acute interest in boat mills. We have another member designer that designs buildings whom I am trying to convince to market his models so that I can buy some of them. What do they have in common? You guessed it: AURA!
Enough background, let’s get to what AURA really is. Most corporate model makers/designers make their decisions on what model to produce based on how much it will improve the bottom line. That’s not a bad thing, but it does not produce AURA. Most smaller designers produce models of things that they have an interest in. It might come from a love of old buildings and the desire to make sure that the buildings are not forgotten. It might be an odd ball little known ship that they toured once and fell in love with. The common denominator here is love of the subject. That’s what imparts the AURA! A little bit of that love of subject becomes an ingredient of the model, and like a virus, becomes contagious. So the next time you obtain a model for no practical reason, remember, it’s not your fault. AURA got you!
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