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[quote user="SpaceMouse"] [quote user="Midnight Railroader"][quote user="Dave Vollmer"] My layout has improved vastly from criticsm of others.  "Attayboys" don't teach a modeler anything.  They simply stroke the ego.[/quote]And, at least on these forums, it has become SOP to give those "attaboys" to all posted photos, no matter the quality of the modeling. I wonder if some posters are afraid to be honest because they'll be slapped with the usual "it's-his-layout"-variety of lines.[/quote]This is a tough point for me. On one hand, I have trouble acknowledging people who post photos of work that is not up to my standards. The farther from my standards it is, the harder it is.On the other hand, I know my work is not up to other people's standards, but I still want the attaboys from them. I admit that many times, I resolve the issue by pretending it doesn't exist--uh I mean, not posting.If I am true to my nature, though, what I will do is find something in the picture that I do like and compliment that. Hopefully, it will encourage the poster to bring the rest of what's in the picture to that standard. Sometimes, all I can come up with is attaboy.   [/quote]And please continue to shine your light, it is welcomed and appreciated, as too many folks on these forums cast a shadow.
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