Just take a look at [this picture](https://www.looksmartmodels.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lamborghini-huracan-performante-spyder_03.jpg), you can tell immediately that its a model car even though there is nothing in the picture to compare its size to. My guess is that the paint isn’t authentic to our eyes, but are there other reasons as well?
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You can’t, you only notice the poor quality models. Miniatures is what we did to make big expensive shots more economical before CGI came around, & just like CGI you only notice it when it’s bad (plastic surgery too)
Check out the LOTR trilogy, it’s the last big movie/s I can remember that was made with extensive use of miniatures. Looks amazing & you wouldn’t even know it’s basically just professional Warhammer
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