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Old 08-10-2018, 08:21 AM
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I, personally, don't like much the glossy, heavy finish of the model being discussed. But having been in the hobby for so many years, and having developed skills in many other crafts, I am not a t all surprised by the price he put to his work, even if I would never buy it. One may not like at all one object to understand its inherent value/price.

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Originally Posted by a380 View Post
well, yes i can do better and i am certain that most members here can do better than me. that's not the point. unless it's a forum rule that 'arguments' about the price, or the quality of a build are forbidden, i fail to understand why, when a model is presented on an open forum like this, it is 'not our place' to voice our opinion, praise and/or criticism?
Sure you could do better, as people following your builds have seen your talent.

And we've certainly have had discussions on the relationship between our hobby and money. Most recently this one:
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So, it is not a forbidden topic.

And we have daily discussions on the quality of our peers' models.

This forum has been characterized by the high level of the way people express their own opinions and supporting arguments, and the respect towards other modelers and their work, whether that work is shown here or elsewhere.

That's why it is sad to see that some people voicing their views in a very 4-chan-ish way. Describing something a fellow modeler spent dozens of hours building as a mere "chunky glossy toy" doesn't speak much about the model itself.

Don´t dismiss something other person made using derogatory terms just because you don't like it. That's far from a supporting argument: it is merely a loosely worded opinion that looks more as coming from passion than from reason. And this world has had enough of heated passion without dialogue or compassion.

Now, I really wonder if some the same words that have been written to "criticize" or express an opinion about the model in question, would have been uttered if the modeler himself would be a member of this forum and had showed the photos himself here.

It is natural for groups to reject what comes from the outside, and even more if we sense some differences to what we do. Just look at how some people can't even say "plastic models" aloud in this forum as if it were a taboo word. But we're talking about other people who do as we do, just in different ways we don't.

As a famous now-dead singer once said: "you show respect, even if you disagree".
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