Sd Kfz 251/21 Ausf D Alemanha1943 1:35

wow....this is the first time i sat down to read the forums here since joining,and its been quite the learning adventure.i learned about colors,accuracy,and when i should keep my mouth shut.....only problem is...my brain tells my grubby lil fingers to type,not speak....

i do want to say,the very last model i built was of a car i built and drove in 1980-81,a division called "Hobby Stocks",i was good at racing and was rookie of the year in 80,held some records,was the only driver in 3 divisions to have a total clean sweep,setting a track record,fast time award of course,won the dash ,my heat race and the A main,and did it on my 18th birthday!

then after i was injured in 1995,i decided i would build a scale model of that race car,i had to use a 1967 GTO model in 1/24th scale,to create a 1966 pontiac tempest so i had some scratch building to do including scratch building a roll cage based on the real one from the car (im 51 now and still remember the details of the cage), i painted it just as the car was in 1981,and used an Alps dry ink printer to make my own decals,exactly the way i hand painted them in 1980.

i was proud of the finished model ( i still have it) and shared pics of it on a website way back in 1997-98,the result?

it and i,were resoundingly BASHED !..the main point of contention was the fact the real car was beat up ( i posted pics of the model and the real thing)in the real pic,and didnt have any body damage on the model,

1-i had/have no idea of how to damage the body,

2- the day i built it it had NO dents not even any scratches on the paint!! when i pointed this fact out..i was again chastised about not showing before and after pics unless they match!!!

after the last post to me about it,,i left and never went back to the forum.

the point to this long winded blarney post...though true...you need to be cautious of what you say about anothers work,even the slightest bit of "advice" can come across as a "nasty comment" even though its not meant to be.and can hurt feelings.and if you are the recipiant of the comments..remember people are trying to help or encourage you to be more accurate ,and to be a better modeler,even if it comes across as rude and hurtfull...most of the time its meant to help.....

yes guys i realise some do comment to hurt...learn to see those for what they are..and ignore them...

now if anyone critisizes me on this post......ill go cry in my foxhole........thank s for reading..though ill bet most of you stopped reading long ago...

Dave

T26E4

OK: but the 2cm Drilling variant, the SdKfz 251/21 was produced in August 1944.  You say it's an SdKfz 251/21, German 1943.  I'm saying the 251/21 did not exist in 1943.  It's your model -- title it what you want.

And you still want to make sure the interior is the same paint as the exterior.  Straighten out the antenna.  German antennae were hollow rods -- not a flexible whip antenna like the US/UK antennae.  Your MG42 is mounted incorrectly -- the swing mount attached to the rear area of the MG barrel housing, not the front.  The cross decals have very bad silvering too.  Good luck w/your project.

I think all was ok until this post. Too much negative in at one time without postives. Keep in mind folks, if you are gonna name off a bunch of errors, thats fine, but try and add some positives to go with them.

I'm sorry but I have not read all the testimonials on this post, because it is hard for me to understand English and some prose seem edicts of the law, with clauses specialty.

Anyway, taking cons, I agree with the pros who have all reason.

 The advice given here is meant to help you, all the advice here is intended to help you even though it might not sound that way.

 Translations can often give a false sense of intent and can promote hostility when only trying to help.

That's a classic example of how wars can start.

 Not too sure of other languages; but with english, sometimes just stating a fact might sound disrespectful when actually, it was only intended as helpful advice.

alexander47

I'm sorry but I have not read all the testimonials on this post, because it is hard for me to understand English and some prose seem edicts of the law, with clauses specialty.

Anyway, taking cons, I agree with the pros who have all reason.

There is no good that lasts, no evil lasts forever

It's worth a lot to me that this foum, many modelers have turned to philosophers.

I note here that watch the real thesis of philosophy!

Oh yeah, philosophy! Without it you don't even know what you are building.Like you said yourself - there's no 100% accuracy. That's a philosophical statement. If so, then how accurate do you want to be? Entirely up to you, but you need a system. Our friends here already named a few systems, like "historically accurate" or "artwork". In my opinion thinking is a very important part of this hobby, and worth talking about, too. Hope we can talk about it without getting angry at one another. Good luck with your projects and have a nice day

Paweł

Maintain a certain air of a philosopher is not a disease.

This idea of ​​"philosophizing" came when I came across multiple letters of intent written by certain tenants here, just because I said I like making kites own way without plagiarizing.

I'm not furious with anyone!

Good to know that here is good prose writers and very sociable gentleman.

A.Alexandre