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Old 11-13-2017, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by RickPink65 View Post
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And they have the greatest flaw of several ship kits: Lack of full hull. Any ship model resting on top of a table or shelf looks silly showing only half the model. These replicas with no full hull are mainly designed for dioramas but not for mantel display.
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"RICK"
Is that a personal opinion of yours, or a fact?

And who is the authority on naval modelling who says so? You?


If a modeler, any modeler, chooses to build waterline, let him be so.
He has his reasons, and if he's happy with the outcome, then it is perfect for him,
and that's what matters.


If a modeler, any modeler, chooses to build full hull, let him be so too.
He has his reasons, and if he's happy with the outcome, then it is perfect for him,
and that's what matters.


If you "RickPink65" are only happy building full hull ships, then go and build full hull.
If it is perfect for you then that's what matters.


I also have my strong opinions on how kits should be or should not be designed and/or built.
But what really matters is that the person who spends some time cutting and gluing, and most of all:
sharing their process with all of us, be happy with what they do. That's what matters above all things.


"RickPink65": What you seem to be missing about this forum in general is that the joy here in this thread
is in watching a young person, a 20yo who just arrived at our forum actually building something.

It doesn't matter a bit if the chosen kit lacks detail or not. What matters here
is that we are being witness to a new paper modeler starting in the hobby.
And doing it right: building, asking questions, wishing to go beyond.

Once WhiteStarLine gets some experience he will surely build more complex kits if he wishes so.
Or he may chose to leave the hobby. And that's fine too. What really matters is that he feels
happy with his decisions. (WhiteStar: I'm assuming you are male, if you are female or identify otherwise
please forgive my chauvinistic presumption).


This is a forum that allows people to show what they do in their free time in a hobby
they've chosen. The joy here is in learning and helping each other. We are not here to compete,
and we are certainly not a discussion group about how designers must design.
Any complain on how a kit is designed? Contact the author.
You don't like the way a modeler builds anything? Just let him/she be, or offer
real constructive tips on how to improve.


Instead of spreading your bitterness on other people's threads about the designing style
of some kits, (which you have made in quite a lot of occasions in the past, actually in
almost every thread you participate), you could be spending your time actually building something.
Illuminate us with facts, go build a ship full hull and show us how it must be done
so that we can all appreciate and praise your skills, and most of all: join your joy of building something
the way you want it to be. That's far more constructive than just saying every time
in every waterline building thread "ships must be full hull because waterline is silly".
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