definitely an interesting discussion.
i think i have done my share of 'good jobs' and 'thanks for posting'.
i know from being a 'returned to modeling as a 30 something' that there is a huge range of skills here. i have tried to point out flaws when the poster has asked
for criticism, but sometimes i can't see any!
that could be my own inexperience or the camera favoring them.
when i do find things, i try to word it 'gently'.
posting pics here is funny for those of us who are trying to get up to average.
i want my stuff to be seen. i have no modeling friends where i live and few people
to show my builds to. and it takes me a good long while to finish most of my stuff,
so i am inordinately proud of what i have finished. not because it is contest quality,
but because i have soldiered on to the end.
i posted my razorback on the a/c side. to me, the worst part of it was that the @#$%!
gunsight was still on the bench, painted & ready to install. sadly, the canopy was glued on. but, i had finished the kit, used BMF for the first time, and followed a "schedule"
that allowed me to build the kit simultaneously w/ my friend who lives 350+ miles away.
so, despite the gunsight, and a decal on the tail that did not quite go straight, i was, and am, proud as heck. would i put it in a contest? never. would i 'show it off' here? you bet! do i want criticism? yes, in fact. as long as it's not abt the gunsight. i am all too aware of that point.
i agree that we should not get carried away w/ praise, especially false praise.
but i feel that we can at least acknowlege the effort.
it must be pretty depressing to put up pictures, and see that 100 people looked at your post and only a few could even say 'thanks'.
on the accuracy, i agree w/ Gino on the major anomolies (sp?) stuff in the wrong era, etc.
i am fine w/ telling someone that the jack was never mounted on the commander's hatch on a Panther.
but unless someone asks specifically, i would not bother to wonder if turret #314 was present in 1942 in the Steppes w/ a paricualar unit or if that number was only seen on an 8 Rad in Egypt.
i dunno, they keep interrupting me (i'm at the office) and i have lost my point, if any.
and i have to go home!