Tweet
The only mechanism that directs the builder/assembler to attain his best work in ALL areas of the job is to make the activity competitive.
Look at Nat's or FAI sanctioned r/c scale plane events, for example: The plane has to be a stunning, museum quality build; Structure strength and weight have to be managed to insure that the plane will perform in a scale-like manner; and the entrant himself has to be a skilled r/c pilot.
Same in all model building/kit-assembly endeavors: if you compete -- present your work for critical evaluation, where all aspects of vehicle look and performance are scored -- then you are driven (the degree of that drive a function of how bad you want the Gold) to excel in all areas of research, design, assembly, systems integration, finish, and operation.
The most cowardly and stupid statement I hear hacks use -- all too often, on Internet chats, blurted out in order to inoculate themselves against any form of criticism -- is the inevitable, "I only build models to please myself". Oh yeah, ****-head!? If that's the case why did you post a picture of it at a forum/brought it to the local IPMS show-and-tell/talked about your hobby at work/entered your model in a contest?
These people should be killed and eaten immediately.
When I hear one of these ****'s proclaiming, "It's only a hobby, there is no right or wrong way to do this", Ellie has to snap my choke-chain or I wind up in jail.
David
Look at Nat's or FAI sanctioned r/c scale plane events, for example: The plane has to be a stunning, museum quality build; Structure strength and weight have to be managed to insure that the plane will perform in a scale-like manner; and the entrant himself has to be a skilled r/c pilot.
Same in all model building/kit-assembly endeavors: if you compete -- present your work for critical evaluation, where all aspects of vehicle look and performance are scored -- then you are driven (the degree of that drive a function of how bad you want the Gold) to excel in all areas of research, design, assembly, systems integration, finish, and operation.
The most cowardly and stupid statement I hear hacks use -- all too often, on Internet chats, blurted out in order to inoculate themselves against any form of criticism -- is the inevitable, "I only build models to please myself". Oh yeah, ****-head!? If that's the case why did you post a picture of it at a forum/brought it to the local IPMS show-and-tell/talked about your hobby at work/entered your model in a contest?
These people should be killed and eaten immediately.
When I hear one of these ****'s proclaiming, "It's only a hobby, there is no right or wrong way to do this", Ellie has to snap my choke-chain or I wind up in jail.
David
Comment