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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Hmmmm..Slow news day I guess I stand by my comments, simply pulling one (or many) comments out of their original context and then griping about it is a fallicy, as it doesnt allow the reader to understand what the original comment was referring to in the first place. All my comments are based on PERSONAL interactions over the years. I've seen good models put down for very minor reasons. Doesnt matter that its a fine model, its not correct to the line in THIS year or on THAT day. God FORBID you show up with something freelanced, "What line ran this, where's the blueprints? WHAT? its FREELANCED, OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! " So yes, myself, and quite apparently several others here, have had BAD run-ins's with what is refered to as a Rivet Counter...these kind of encounters are one reason (of many) for my switch to large scale from HOn30, I just got tired of the few but vocal gripe-masters that one seams to run into in HO and HOn gauges... To me ...Rivet Counters are BAD people who grip, **** and moam about ANYTHING that upsets their model RR universe, be that incorrect rivet patterns on a Z scale F7, or freelanced loggings engines, or anything that simply offends their eye. Its not that they may dislike something, I see stuff I dont like too, the difference is that I dont go out of my way to pick a fight with the guy who built it. A rivet counter likes to pick fights BTW what do I call open minded, friendly, helpfull, guys who can scratchbuilt a K7 from 10 sheets of brass with nothing more than snips, files, and a soldering iron? MODELERS! And I've known a couple of them...these Master Modelers fall no where near the term Rivet Counter. They know its a hobby, its supposed to be FUN, and if your not having fun, if its a chore to build something, if it brings out the worst in a person, makes them confontational, krotchety, and just plain no fun to be around, your in the wrong hobby! PS some of the BEST modelers I've seen do whimsical fantastic stuff almost exclusivly, yet I haven't seen very many better modelers... major examples being Malcomn Furlow being one, John Allen being another, (If anyone can produce an official builder or NMRA blueprint of his triceritops switcher #13... I'll eat a %$^# bug!)[;)] [/quote] Lots of these exact replica types don't understand or get the fantasy layouts and that seems like a lack of that creative gene. Anyone can paint by number (follow a blueprint to make an exact model) but it takes some real creative skills to come up with a great looking fantasy world or engine, taking an image from your brain and seeing that fantasy town or world come to life and look really believable is real skill. We live in the real world, why create it again in miniature? Just go walk outside......
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