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| Subject: | Re: Where is the Good? |  |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2002 |
| From: | Steve Frost | |
I think people will bemoan any given kit if given the opportunity.
Pointing out areas to add detail to is one thing; Cookie Sewell's and
Terry Ashley's reviews of the Academy M3 is very balanced and overall
very positive, like so many of their reviews. Armor modeling's not the
only "modeling discipline" to beat-up on new releases. Modeler's in all
genre's lambaste kits, even the sci-fi types (guilty as charged, sci fi
type that is not a lambaster). Folks hammered the Tamiya ME-262 when it
came out. I think it's a beautiful kit, and dare I say, for an airplane
kit, have been tempted to buy one....shoot me now, ha, ha. Some folks
hammered the Fine Molds X-Wing and TIE Fighter kits when they were
released. Again, beautifully crafted models, yet they are science
fiction models with no basis in reality except for studio props used in
movie(s) and people are pointing out "inaccuracies". Indeed...
Perhaps Pete's comment about his half-track provides insight into the
issue of modeling accuracy. A significant detail was left out yet
everyone judging the model lauded it by awarding it a medal. That says
bunches about what's important, e.g. the quality of workmanship,
construction, painting/finishing, "artistic vision", even in
competition.
In short, one should be happy to have so many choices for models and the
ability to nag about a kit not having the right number of bolts in the
Pretzel Press, field version. If finding a fault in a kit is one's
greatest problem or concern, then life is indeed, pretty darn good for
that person.
Waxing philosophical, so pardon me,
Steve
reply-to: sofrost@mindspring.com
Pete Gay wrote:
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> Don't take this personally anyone. Why is it in this hobby all anyone can do is bitch. This kit has cheap track, this kit is 1.5mm too short, it has the wrong bolt pattern on the road wheel. Everyone is such an expert. But all everyone does is pull the negative out. When I look at model I immediately look for the good. This hobby is about fun and creativity or at least it was. In the case of armor AMPS is the mecca every spring. I went to my first show last year and I really enjoyed myself. I sat at the Judge table twice. Out of the six other people only one other like myself was there that I saw. All the rest, full of prenotions, stereotypes, or themselves. And by the way the experts that scored my halftrack as an intermediate silver, all missed the fact that I forgot to put on the return rollers! There was not one note on the score sheet about this! A friend of mine pointed it out about 3 months later. So lighten up, and have a little fun. Build it the way you want. After a career
> in Armor and around the world I have seen things that would make some modelers cry. Like a T-34 engine in a hellcat! Who da thought? This was not meant to attack, just take a look for the good. |
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 | Where is the Good? - Pete Gay - Jul 19, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Where is the Good? - Ed Kusiak - Jul 18, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Where is the Good? - Steve Frost - Jul 18, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Where is the Good? - Kurt Laughlin - Jul 19, 2002 |
| . . . . . . My US$0.02, before inflation.. - Mike D - Jul 20, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: My US$0.02, before inflation.. - Paul Roberts - Jul 20, 2002 |
| . . . Perspective and Equilibrium - Tim Streeter - Jul 19, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Warrink - Jul 19, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Ken Schofield - Jul 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Saul Garcia - Jul 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Andy Herbert - Jul 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Andy Herbert - Jul 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Paul Roberts - Jul 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Andy Herbert - Jul 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Perspective and Equilibrium - Paul Roberts - Jul 22, 2002 |
| . . . Sorry - Peter Gay - Jul 19, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Sorry - Andy Herbert - Jul 19, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Sorry - Tim Streeter - Jul 19, 2002 |
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