Is it illegal

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I’m stuck and need some input.

I hate fighting with my air gun. Hate brush painting. So here’s my dilemma. I’m building another MiniArt truck. Opel. It’s a beaut little kit. Thumbs up to MiniArt. I’ve added engine wires etc with more to come. Primed it and now I’m stuck. I hate to paint it and cover up all that fine detail with paint and weathering.

So my question is - is it illegal to leave a kit just in its underwear? Primer that is? I was going to build it as a post war civilian thingy.

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It’s your model. Finish it as you like.

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I displayed a “naked” build in Houston back in the 90’s. Not only did it have no paint - it didn’t even have primer. Lots of brass, Evergreen, and parts shaved off of other kits. It looked horrid. Next year it took Best Armor of the Show.

This is how it looked, complete with two handled fuel can:

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One anecdote related to the title of this thread: I remember an article about modifying a firearms to legal, but restricted configurations that required a special permit beforehand. The article said, “Get your approval before you start anything. If you send a letter to the Feds - ‘I have this firearm. Is it legal?’ - your answer may come in the form of a warrant for your arrest.”

KL

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I can see the courtroom now:

“Bruce, you are charged with exposing a model in just its underwear - how do you plead?”

Bruce: “Guilty, M’Lord, but I have extenuating circumstances…”

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  1. You have already painted it (primer)
  2. The primer could be considered a monochrome paint job
  3. Might as well give it some paint, one layer over the primer doesn’t add much obscurement.
  4. Civilian thingy → could be well maintained so no weathering and other destruction needed.
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Not guilty. She was also wearing a hoodie.

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I would say, build as you like, do not bother what other people think. It is you building, you having fun, you dictating the rules…

Rabbits

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Excellent idea. Leave it in primer only. It will start the new way of building and displaying models in some circles. All the ways to build, paint, and display scale models were started by someone just doing it that way.

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One of my old modeling buddies in Ohio builds his models and never paints them or anything and puts them back in the box and stores them that way.

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This girl really should get some royalties from Armorama. She’s in, like, every 10th post.

As for the model… It’s your money. Use it when you need it. - J. G. Wentworth

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@Harv, A true purist model builder :saluting_face:

@Damraska, or maybe the photographer :grin:

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Nailed it.

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As others have said, it’s your model and this should be fun but …

What’s the trouble with the airbrush? Maybe we can help and then you’ll like painting .

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Air brush? AIR BRUSH? It’s the devil in the shape or torture implement.

Nah. Actually we shifted house over two years ago and I’ve never set it up again. In fact three years ago I purchased a new one. Never been out of its box. I’ve started using rattle cans. AK primer is magic stuff. I spray outside or in the shed.

The reality is I like the primer and how models look before painting. I have primed, finished, models on my shelves. I was just floating the idea of not painting models.

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Your model.
Your house.
Your shelves.
Yours to paint or not to paint.

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