A CHALLANGE to all of you Tread heads.

smeagol the vile wrote:

Wow, way to blow things our of porportion doog, it is nice, you did a very nice job on it I never said you didn't, but the majority of the darned thing is white and compared to the work you put into just painting and weathering some of your tanks that you finish in a week or so, its not the same.  I did watch your build with great interest, you did a great job rebuilding thos parts, but the colorscheme is just I dunno, disapointing, after we see what you can do even with just your hetzer tutorials.

I have to stick up for Karl here, I personally know him outside the forum and consider him a friend. Karl did an amazing job with this kit, he turned it from a peice of junk to a HUNK lol, the pictures do not do this kit justice, you HAVE to see it in real life to appreciate it's awesomeness!!! 

Rob Gronovius wrote:

Dwight Ta-ala wrote: No Rob, I am not trying to pick a fight. Actually I have watched this thread from the start and tried not to reply but I am just trying to point out that he is not being very careful with his choice of words that is why he is somehow irritating some posters. The way words are used can often give them different meanings. (Take note of the "confused" smiley.)       I beg to differ. He basically says that he wants to educate armor modelers regarding sci-fi models. YOU, yes you, come up with the inflammatory notion that he means that modelers who are not into mecha are uneduated. He never implies that someone is uneducated in the general truncated sense when YOU used his word out of context. Just that he wants to educate you about sci-fi models. BIG difference between calling everyone uneducated (who isn't into mecha) and wanting to educate armor modelers about a subject they may not know much about. The worst you could extrapolate from his statement is that he assumes armor modelers are unaware of sci-fi models. If that notion insults you, you got personal issues.

Wow...my apologies then.

Well, at the risk of being misunderstood.......

I limit my "sci-fi" to theoretical armor, like "WW3" or stuff from sci-fi movies. I once did a "landwasserschlepper" for the Fredonian Marines from a Tamiya 25th Chieftain hull and various odds and ends that was kind of neat. In all honesty, I need tracks to enjoy it. No tracks, no fun, for me anyway. There's a really cool hovertruck going on in the IDF GB that's kind of in line with my idea of sci-fi modelling. It really boils down to using my limited modelling time to the max. If I need a break from green stuff, I do some desert tan stuff.

Steven, maybe your choice of words could have been better, like using "enlighten" instead of "educate".  And I really find it hard to pick doog's work.

Model on, Garth.

I wasnt trying to knock karl's stuff, he was just one armor guy who made a recent deviation into scifi.

I'm also not knocking other scifi stuff, not saying just what I linked is all there is, theres ALOT more, alot of you guys have mentioned some.  I just chose some that I thought would bridge the gap better then others (with the exception of gundam, thats just one of the most popular scifi/mecha subjects)  I thought that Macross would be really good bridge for people who build aircraft to cross, because, there half aircraft.  Ma.k well I thought guys like Manny, specificly, would take an interest in that, being a figure modeler as well.  Its not all those power suits, and some of them show more, or less skin then others (some manny might like, some arent even released yet, that blond figure I want it so bad, though I hate that paint job, what a darned cute smile)

There have even been stides made to get either the scifi guys toward scale, or the scale toward scifi by bandai with their Gundam Hard Graph line. (you will recognise ALOT of these from builds going on in the scifi section)

Then there are the things I didnt mention that could appeal to others, like this for example.  There are tons of scifi out there that isnt what people normally think when they think scifi kits (starwars, startrek, BSG, etc)  Just to throw a few more out there from my side of the universe 

Five Star Stories (sort of the... high end staple of mecha modelers, sort of like... how to put this, dragon kits compared to tamiya, extremly detailed, resin parts, high skill level required kind of kits)

Patlabor (not necesserially as realistic as Ma.k can seem, but mechs are scaled down alot to be more realistic.  The kits, like this one, are in 1/35th scale)

Space Battleship Yamato (for those ship builders who like scifi, eh')

With me giving more examples and what not, if you find yourself interested at all, mosey over here http://www.hlj.com/top/Sci and take alot at what they have, you might be suprised how much is out there.

Against my better judgment, I have decided to post the following:

LOL.

That is all.

Josh

smeagol the vile wrote:

I wasnt trying to knock karl's stuff, he was just one armor guy who made a recent deviation into scifi. I'm also not knocking other scifi stuff, not saying just what I linked is all there is, theres ALOT more, alot of you guys have mentioned some.  I just chose some that I thought would bridge the gap better then others (with the exception of gundam, thats just one of the most popular scifi/mecha subjects)  I thought that Macross would be really good bridge for people who build aircraft to cross, because, there half aircraft.  Ma.k well I thought guys like Manny, specificly, would take an interest in that, being a figure modeler as well.  Its not all those power suits, and some of them show more, or less skin then others (some manny might like, some arent even released yet, that blond figure I want it so bad, though I hate that paint job, what a darned cute smile) There have even been stides made to get either the scifi guys toward scale, or the scale toward scifi by bandai with their Gundam Hard Graph line. (you will recognise ALOT of these from builds going on in the scifi section) Then there are the things I didnt mention that could appeal to others, like this for example.  There are tons of scifi out there that isnt what people normally think when they think scifi kits (starwars, startrek, BSG, etc)  Just to throw a few more out there from my side of the universe    Five Star Stories (sort of the... high end staple of mecha modelers, sort of like... how to put this, dragon kits compared to tamiya, extremly detailed, resin parts, high skill level required kind of kits)   Patlabor (not necesserially as realistic as Ma.k can seem, but mechs are scaled down alot to be more realistic.  The kits, like this one, are in 1/35th scale)     Space Battleship Yamato (for those ship builders who like scifi, eh')     With me giving more examples and what not, if you find yourself interested at all, mosey over here http://www.hlj.com/top/Sci and take alot at what they have, you might be suprised how much is out there.