I had cause to reflect on our cardmodel hobby the other day. I was at the local hospital visiting my old mate PICNIC with whom I spend a bit of time each week building cardmodels. I had taken the Saladin with me to show him the latest additions to the build and was completely taken by surprise by the effects it had on others who were incarcerated in the ward with him. Some were amazed, others were flabbergasted and some were disbelieving until they actually touched the model that it was made of basically paper and it occurred to me that we , for the most part, take cardmodels for granted. We download some, we share links to free ones and occasionally we buy one for a pittance without really thinking about what actually goes into designing one. I have an IT diploma and we ran our own PC business here so I know a little about computers but software has always been smoke and mirrors to me and how someone can design a model like the Saladin or the latest I've bought from Dave Winfield, his Quad Gun Tractor, is simply beyond me. The Saladin has around 1700 parts and the Quad has about 900 parts but how does the designer even know where to begin let alone flog the model off for a lousy 20 odd dollars ?. Here in Oz that won't go anywhere near buying you a packet of dhurries, you'll get a six pack of beer and a little change but that's about it but what about some of these kits we occasionally build and the work that goes into them . Don't mind me, I'm just musing here but we really should sit back and think about these kits we collect and build, gahm-ded closed his website because everyone, including myself, just grabbed his models without acknowledging the work he put into them. Just something to think about. Bones
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