I tend to put autistic, I mean artistic appeal, slightly above absolute realism.
Please forgive me.![]()
With AFVs I can better understand why many modelers go with making them look as realistic as possible, to the point of being well....a mess. Same with some doing aircraft and worse still, ships.
Might be my OCD, which intrudes into everything at times. I do weather my AFV models, but with a sense of retaining aesthetics. Somehow I believe that scaling down realism doesn't always translate well.