HELLO ;
I have read the whole thing ! Now for my first comment .I notice that the bulk of FSM quiters are ARMOR and PLANE builders. My question is WHY ? I don,t believe it's the forums . I have gone to other sites and one of my FAVES is Scaleshipmodeleforum . Why ? All they talk about is ships .Every iteration from paper to wood and anything else that can be turned into one .It's just not FSM though .
I for one have an imaginary dilemna. I anchored here some years back and the divers tell me my anchor has turned into a coral reef so unless I want to waste chain and get a new anchor , I have to stay at this port .Guess I will anyway .I enjoyed many who left , even those here where I live that chose to be typically human and not acknowledge my presence in the same store they were in .
I figure that if this is how they were in person , then SO WHAT ! I happen to like sharing my building skills with BOTH newbies and the old salts. Remember guys , as we get older someone will smartoff with , " Remember ,old man , the pointy end is the front " I am used to that .FSM treads a very fine line that way and by rights they have too .
HAVE TO, you say ? YES ! This is a modeling site .The "READY ROOM "and the old "ODDS and ENDS" gave us and give us , plenty of venting room .We don't have to be rude (as I have experienced over grammar ) But should remain civil . As I said on another post , if it ain't "NOSE ART" for an aircraft then withhold it .There will be someone you offend .
This, my friends is human nature .I still don;t know the whys of the bannings and I think I may have come close to the line a few times too. I will not ask either .
WHY ? That is between the banned and FSM . I like the fact that the guys upstairs are ensuring a site my nine year old great-grandson would be comfortable on .
Now , that all said , can anyone tell me where I can get a runabout to come into the town .it's lonely at this anchorage .there doesn't seem to be as many ships in this port . OH , yes , I do have to add .If someone posts and asks for a critique , as a judge many times ,I try CIVILY to let them know what judges at shows WILL look for EVERY time.
This is a given in all categories of model building and then being in a contest . You want help ? Ask and ye shall be given . You want a pat on the back ? Well , you'll get that here IF the observers think you deserve it .Now that leads to another point
When we critique another's model , why do we have to rip it apart mercilessly ?
That's not the way to keep folks building models. Yes , life does interrfere and affect our skills , that's a fact ! Everything said , I will remain loyal to this site and it's members . I don't care what you build. I enjoy your creativity and ability to forge ahead in miniature, in a subject you may be new to.
Shoot , I " Dabble " in ARMOR and PLANES too. I don't show them or compete with them either .Why ? well to tell you the truth , They aren's up to some of ya'lls standards . Ships are my thing .Again why ? Well I build for me and outside world clients . I know my subject from way back when I caught tuna off my uncle' s boat to earn summer money ,till some twelve years ago . I have built and operated many types of small vessels (under a hundred and twenty five foot ) and captained some that seem like moving walls that take twenty five miles to stop .
I built models the whole time. I still do . Now , does anyone remember what I was talking about ? where's my glasses ? Well , catchya all on the next postings --- Carry on - Tanker-builder