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When to stop modeling...

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I'm at the point now where I suppose I could just stop, but every time I look at the model or a picture, I find something I want to change. :) For instance:

There are only two known pictures of the panel of a Mystery Ship, but neither really apply since they are both of NR1313 (cross country version) as opposed to R614k (Pylon Racer).
I have found several construction pictures of the frame, which makes me want to go back and redo the cockpit and build an accurate frame.
I found that the NACA Cowling is supported by brackets that are visible in some pics, but not in others. Some pics show a band around it, some do not.
Between the black and red areas of the paint, there was a bright green trim that I have never seen on any model, 3d model, or even on Matt Younkin's replica.
I keep wanting to build a pilot figure, but haven't done characters yet.

I always promised myself that I wouldn't release this until it's at least as good as anything I've seen as payware, but I'm getting a little anxious. Am I being to much of a perfectionist? It's not that I have some grand idea about making payware, I just want it to be great.

Kevin
 
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Yes, you are being an over-perfectionist.

Remember that those machines were rarely left unchanged for any length of time - they were constanly being fiddled with, between races etc., At best you can model a "snapshot" of the machine in time.

Even production airplanes rarely stay "stock" ....
 
I've finished about 90% of the texturing, except for some things I may be doing wrong that require redoing them. Even then, it's just a matter of relocating or resizing them. I've got a good shape, the cockpit could probably be used for a VC as well as a visual model. No animations yet.

All right, whatever is not done on modeling by Friday stays that way. If I keep this up, it's going to never end and if it does it'll have 500,000 polys...
 
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