[MichaelS]

Originally Posted by Rata

Thanks for following this and contributing people.
It's always good for newcomers to this hobby to have some basic established ground rules to refer to help them get going and be able to complete those important first models. Success is the best form of encouragement and equally important is being able to find out why when you're first attempts are unsuccessful.
Paper modelling is no different to any other modelling media: you end up doing and sticking with whatever works for you. But I always keep an open mind on this because more often as not along the way someone will give you a technique that makes that next model better than the last.
Now with all that fatherly advice out of the way all newbies should remember the golden rule: START SMALL. It's becoming more and more apparent as this build progresses that Nobi has given us one hell of a well designed piece of work. But it is NOT a beginners model. Buy it by all means and buy it now- designers need our support- but if you're a relatively newcomer buy it, admire it, dream about it but put it away till you've got a bunch of smaller models under your belt.

VERY WELL SAID, Grasshopper.