Marvelous! A very satisfyingly design change. I congratulate you on your creativity and originality. Very well done. The problem as I see it is that there seem to be two types of modelers in the world. Those who slavishly make miniature reproductions (models) of designs other people have created and those who have the imagination and cahones to create their own designs. Over many years of modeling (I started in 1942) I have seen very few creative designs in the static model world, be it wood, paper, plastic or whatever. There are a few of us who do our own thing in static modeling but there are a lot more in the hobby of making models that actually fly. There are a lot more creative modelers who make their own designs for airplanes and then actually make flying models and try out their designs. What I have also found over the years that there is more resistance against creative modelers in the static modeling field than there are in the flying model hobby. Also, I have often heard and read stiff resistance against people making their own designs by a number of static modelers. But I have never heard a person who is a creative modeler criticize a static modeler for reproducing designs others have created. I have never understood the reason for that as this is really only a hobby and thus is intended solely for one's pleasure, fun and enjoyment. Interesting. Stephen Auslender
On Jan 18, 3:06 am, [email protected] wrote: > Back in the summer of 2004 prompted by a published photo I kit-bashed a > Fiddlersgreen B-17. This model has provided much fun at model meetings, > veterans meetings, and an American Society of Aviation Artists Seminar. > The three photos were discovered while I was sorting through a bunch of my > old computer discs and I thought perhaps some of our new members to this > hobby would enjoy seeing a little bit of kit-bashing. > Bob Penikas > > DSCN1560 copy.jpg > 379KViewDownload > > 1721.jpg > 210KViewDownload > > 1728.jpg > 258KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
