new winter dio "why tigers dont play in mud"

[Guest]

we've all had builds that have gone wrong, and we coulda thrown it across the room!!!!

Never has a truer word been spoken !!!

I'm of a mind to take history facts from the history buffs, take painting tips from the painting gurus and take build tips from the "scratch masters" on here .. it's why i joined ..the only way to improve at anything we do is to take constructive comments (be they positive or negative) and use them to improve our attempts in the future.

If you have some personal issues then can i suggest not to give up on the hobby, but turn the model building into a positive in life and use it to escape from the "real world" .... make it your sanctuary ..... i do!!!

[Guest]

at the end of the day mate, it is supposed to be fun. you build what you want and paint it how you want but above all enjoy yourself doing it.

[Guest]

Well shoot me for being honest & speaking my mind!

As I'm clearly the one to whom the ' people's comments ' remarks are being made, it's good to see that constructive criticism is still alive & well....or not as is the case here.

Tyler, please build your kits however you want & ignore my well-meant comments. As the purpose of scale modelling is to reproduce accurate examples of real machines, I personally feel that certain guidelines can be followed, but that's only my opinion; you or anyone else can do whatever looks or feels right to you.

I certainly don't think I'm better than anyone else at this hobby & if I'm honest about yours or another's work, it's only to help so that you don't make the same mistakes I made.

Patrick

[Guest]

no no no no not at all its nothing from you guys at all patrick you didnt offend me at all like i said its all mainly personal things going on with me and stuff thats happened your comments are accepted and i need those comments you didnt do anything wrong at all im sorry thats my fault for making that comment vague

[Guest]

Thank you for being so understanding Tyler.

Patrick

[Guest]

no problem I did not mean to make you look like a bad guy im sincerely sorry i knew you werent trying to be mean at all

[Guest]

No you didn't my friend, it just seemed to me that other's had misinterpreted the intention of my post.

Hopefully you'll get back on track with this one soon. And please don't think you're alone with the problems - I myself am going through some difficult times too, not least in losing my job

More time for modelling though!

Cheers

Patrick

[aaron]

Patrick pleeeeeaaase dont stop with the crits and comms. I NEED people like you. Or else the site would turn into a "looks good" fest, and nothing will be learnt.

I was trying to "blunt" the comms a little, not have a go at you for saying them. Just looking out for my bro Tyler.

Sorry to hear about your employment issues Patrick, especially in these harsh economic times.

Group hug.

[Guest]

patrick,sorry o hear about your job. i was not trying to stir a hornets nest with my comments and quite agree with your observations.i am quite happy for a bit of critisicm myself as it shows us all were we go wrong. i think in my case i was shocked by your bluntness. i think your first line grabbed me and the the last comment threw me lol. there was a previous thread i while back were the topic of critisicm was discussed(cant find it at the moment) and i am pretty sure most of us were happy to accept critiscm.certainly no hard feelings from me.my first builds were truly awfull and i learnt a hell of a lot from reading comments on here..aaron is right...group hug seems in order.

[Guest]

Phalinmegob I agree on the crticism and like i said his blutness didnt offend me and I know my models aren't exactly historically accurate and yes I do try to make my models historically accurate but since this time im trying so many new things (a muddy/snowy terrain water new form of whitewashing) and also i really wanted to incorporate the munitionsschlepper and bergepanther I figured that this cant be 100% historically accurate but i am trying to make as accurate as possible I am making them part of the divisions used in the battle of the bulge so it can be historically accurate to a degree. I did manage to do some more things but my camera is currently missing at the moment so as soon as i find it ill post pictures

[Guest]

it just seemed to me that other's had misinterpreted the intention of my post.

To be honest Patrick you could read some comments either way and i don't think there was any real personal malice intended.

I myself like to be told things are wrong and the reason why (such as the way you post), beating around the bush doesn't go far in my book. I expect constructive critisism from anyone on here that has the correct information when i post on any subject, so keep it straight to the point on my account.

And please don't think you're alone with the problems - I myself am going through some difficult times too, not least in losing my job

Sorry to hear this mate, I think we all have some things bothering us at some stage, i myself have just been to the doctors (first time in 18 years) and he says my lungs aren't right, bags me off to hospital for a chest xray, I smoke so i'm a tad concerned ..my fault though so i deserve a bollockin' and not sympathy

Tyler sorry to divert your thread away from your modeling, just take on board what people advise and put it all to good use, hope your personal issues solve themselves and things pick up mate.

i look forward to some new pictures when your cameras up and running again.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Well as a newbie to this site this is my take on it for what it's worth. Its always difficult when writing something for it to be received in the manner it was intended which is where the smiley add ons come in handy. If you gave the same paragraph to several different people to read they would all sound and interpret it differently, If I had a pound for every text message or e mail that had been sent and misinterpreted I would be a millionare several times over. I think the important thing when delivering constructive criticism is to start on a positive note, give the criticism and then always try and finish on a positive note. I for one will value the remarks from the established experts on this site because when you get the thumbs up it will feel like you have really deserved it.

[Guest]

Its ok and I found my camera and we also went to lowes and bought some wood to use as a base and my stepdad decided to get a 2ft x 2ft piece of wood which when youll see i have a lot of extra space (represented by my priest in the upper left corner) so any suggestions would be accepted. As for the models i know theyre not 100% accurate so i figured i give them a whitewash but try to weather it a lot so tell me what you think and please feel free to criticize

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[aaron]

Tyler, Good to see some pics mate. Some are a bit blurry. This has the makings of an EPIC dio written all over it.

Love the Schurzen and i have a soft spot for the early panzers so i like the schlepper a lot. Well done so far.

[Guest]

Hi tyler, looking good mate, keep up the good work and you'll have a great dio mate.

Cheers, Andrew