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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 11, 2003 11:00 PM
Here ' s my ranklist of sort....
1- Nuthin'...
2- Best forgotten...
3- Usual suspect...
4- Mr Average...
5- Try harder...
6- Stairways to Heavens...
7- Best of...
8- Master of the Universe...
First rank ' ll have to pay huge sums of money to login, and last rank ' ll have his own forum where he ' ll be an object of worship from the mere rabble of the site...( Soundtrack ' ll be Carl ORFF' s " Carmina burana "....Of course ! )
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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 9:56 AM
Oggy has a good point there!
Since I finally got a PC in my house, I ain't done jack-doodly-pop on a model!
Did take a ton o' pix yesterday, but I've been spending all day today trying to get 'em hosted 'n' posted!
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 9:44 AM
How about
0-99 Builds kits / surfs a little
moving up to -
1000+ surfs a lot / builds no kits
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, August 4, 2003 3:39 PM
I'll pass you by that time if that's what it was! Wink [;)] no star farming, of courseWink [;)]
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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, August 4, 2003 2:50 PM
only kidding..!

Big Smile [:D]

Tongue [:P]
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    December 2002
  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, August 4, 2003 2:49 PM
A life-time free FSM subscribtion is what they have in mind for the 3 first ones at the 5,000 post mark...

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    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, August 4, 2003 1:17 PM
Yup, the names are cool!
Hey...some of these guys DO own model companies, don't they?
~Brian
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, August 4, 2003 1:13 PM
ok for over 5000 posts the rank can be "owns model company"
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 4, 2003 8:48 AM
We become minor gods and move to Mount Olympus.
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, August 4, 2003 12:22 AM
so what happens in 2 or 3 years and shermanfreak, djmodels99, and blackwolfscd are way past scratchbuilt, like at 5000 posts or something? and in 10 years when all of us are past it?
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  • From: Niagara Falls NY
Posted by Butz on Sunday, May 25, 2003 6:26 PM
Like dude these "rank names" like totally rruuule...Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]

Keep up the good work Dave...!!!!
Flaps up,Mike

  If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:04 PM
I am not going to write that all over again. See my oposting in "What do the stars mean???" 05/20/03, 20:56:44.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 28, 2003 12:42 PM
Great names, keep up good work.

N.
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    March 2003
  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:51 PM
I love the new rank names....very cool! Tongue [:P]

Regards, Dan

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    January 2003
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Friday, April 18, 2003 8:02 PM
Way cool, Dave! Makes the ranking much more fun and certainly less serious! Nice going :) - Ed
"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:22 PM
Three words. Ex cell lentBig Smile [:D]
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Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:09 PM
Well guys ... for what it's worth ... here's my 2 cents ...

I like 'em!

Big Smile [:D]

FreedomEagle1953

Chicago, IL area

"keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:02 PM
well some how i TOYALLY missed this thread!!!!! I love the new names.... It REALLY xfeels like home here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave, PERMISSION!!!!!!!! From WHO??????? I thought we were the sanctioning body????? You know, for the people BY the people?????? You only need OUR (meaning everyone in this forum) PERMISSION!!!!!!!



LOL



Just kidding Dave !!!!!

Great job Dave!!!!!!!
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  • From: Pominville, NY
Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:56 PM
The new rank names are clever and very appropriate for a modeling forum. And besides, they're WAY-COOL!

Kudos to Longhair for the base idea!

Fade to Black...
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  • From: Third rock from the sun.
Posted by Woody on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:41 PM
Very nice! Woody like!

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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  • From: East Bethel, MN
Posted by midnightprowler on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 4:08 PM
I like the new names.
Lee

Hi, I am Lee, I am a plastiholic.

Co. A, 682 Engineers, Ltchfield, MN, 1980-1986

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

Ask me about Speedway Decals

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  • From: Waukesha, WI
Posted by David Voss on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:22 PM
Okay, it's official. Big Smile [:D]

I received an email this morning with the okay to change the rank names. So here is the new list. Cool [8D]

1. Snap-together
2. Box-stock
3. Aftermarket
4. Multi-media
5. Kitbashed
6. Scratchbuilt
David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 11:46 PM
Now we're getting somewhere. There are some great suggestions here. I like both the shrink-wrapped and the kit-bashed suggestions. That's a tough call there.

davidwaples, please don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to suggest that the ranks are in relationship to the quality of someone's work. As a person gets involved in the hobby the length of time they have spent in the hobby tends to be proportional to the time, effort, and difficulty of the work attempted. I was merely trying to suggest that as a person spends more time in the hobby they will be more inclined to attempt more and more difficult kits and/or scenarios. Thus the relationship to the number of posts(spending more time in the forums and thus contributing more). If anyone is offended I sincerely apologize. These lists were presented in a light-hearted manner and are intended simply to be a fun and slightly irreverent reflection of our hobby in general. Something to make this community uniquely ours. As a couple of other members pointed out, these aren't "serious", we're here to have fun.


Having been mulling it over while typing this, I think I am starting to lean toward kit-bashed. IMHO, it seems to fit in a little better with the flow of the rest of the ranks.
So it would look like this:
1. Snap-Together/Snap-Tite (not sure about copyrights etc. on that one)
2. Box-Stock
3. After-Market
4. Multi-Media
5. Kit-Bashed
6. Scratch-Built


Ray
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  • From: USA
Posted by weebles on Monday, April 7, 2003 10:54 PM
For what it's worth I don't think that the ranking should have a relationship to the quality of an individuals work. It should be related to their contribution. That's why I suggested "contributing member" after "junior member". How about one called "Sage"? Smile [:)]
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  • From: Waukesha, WI
Posted by David Voss on Monday, April 7, 2003 10:12 PM
Sweet!! Smile [:)] http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/
David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 7, 2003 9:48 PM
Uh-oh, now you mentioned LEGO. Check out mlCAD (Mike,s LEGO CAD) Yes it,s a fullfeature CAD and you make things with LEGO. Sorry way OT.
I like "shrinkwrapped" BTW.
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  • From: Waukesha, WI
Posted by David Voss on Monday, April 7, 2003 8:55 PM
LEGO is a registered trademark. Speaking of which, they have a cool site! It's located at http://www.lego.com/ of course. Smile [:)]

Instead of LEGO, maybe we could use "Wood Block". Wink [;)]

Or, I could change Level 0 to be for only Post Count 0, adjusting Level 1 for Post Counts of 1-99. Then for Level 0, the rank name could be "Unwrapped", "Shrinkwrapped" or "Still In Box". Wink [;)]
David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map
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  • From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley
Posted by berny13 on Monday, April 7, 2003 6:17 PM
Well, the first level you can go with "Lego".

Berny

 Phormer Phantom Phixer

On the bench

TF-102A Delta Dagger, 32nd FIS, 54-1370, 1/48 scale. Monogram Pro Modeler with C&H conversion.  

Revell F-4E Phantom II 33rd TFW, 58th TFS, 69-260, 1/32 scale. 

Tamiya F-4D Phantom II, 13th TFS, 66-8711, 1/32 scale.  F-4 Phantom Group Build. 

 

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Monday, April 7, 2003 3:55 PM
I like Heylonghair's first list and berny13's list too.

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