In complete agreement here...the boy is certainly keen and it's always great to see what he's been up to.
Bones On 05/03/17 01:22, Erik te Groen wrote: > Dear group, > > For quite a long time, I have posted very few messages. Paper modeling > in general no longer playes a big role > in my life, like it did some ten or twelve years ago. > > But after receiving another great email from people like Bob Penikas, > along with some stunning pictures, I just > felt the need to put him in the foreground and give him praise for all > the hard work. > For many, many years, Bob has been the most consistent modeler to > upload pictures of his work, for our > eyes to feast on. > Actually, his regular upload of his work is a constant reminder for me > to stay active in the paper model world. > People still build paper models and since paper modeling became much > more easily accessible thanks to > internet, the quality of the drawings have improved, as well. With a > growing number of clients the need for > more and better models grew. I think the internet has been a useful > addition to the world of paper modeling. > > Where paper models were rarely available for free, before internet, > the digital version of our hobby has made > a huge variety of many free models availabe to anyone with an internet > connection and a printer. > > One of those people who uses that privilege to the max is Bob. There > are MANY paper modelers out there, some > of them are truly fanatic. But to me, Bob simply stands out. He builds > a large variety of models. Anything that > flies, sails, runs, moves, drives and what else..... He builds it all. > AND...... he shares his work with us on a regular > basis. And if I remember correctly, he sometimes gives his models > away. Beautiful gesture. Beautiful models, too. > He really builds them with care and attention and it shows. > > Bob Penikas is not the only one I wish to thank. There are many others > out there who make this great forum > possible and are trying hard to keep it up and running and healthy. > > Big thanks to you all. > > Please join me, raise your glass and say cheers to Bob !! > He deserves it !! > > > Regards, > > Erik. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
