As a bit of self-agrandizing humor I adopted this moniker for myself. See, I have a habit of pointing out flaws and inaccuracies in the scale models I build and present at meetings for the IPMS club I belong to (IPMS Des Moines-The Hawkeye Modelers). I often point out what's wrong and follow it with "Meh, I didn't feel like putting in the work to fix it". My modeling motto has pretty much become "striving for mediocrity since 1985". Call it laziness if you will, I'm just not a stickler for every last detail being perfectly correct. I once went full on accuracy crazy on a 1/32nd P-51B build that actually turned out to be a lot of fun. Granted, it took 16 months to complete but once was good enough at this point. Once it becomes a chore it's no longer fun for me so mediocrity often becomes the name of the game. Some kits are easier than others so they have better results but some times you just have to settle for getting it done.
You can check out some of my work yourself over on Instagram, @themediocremodeler.
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