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Francois, Jose is Big Messer. His name is to the left under his post avatar. Big Messer is not suggesting for one minute that your particular models belong under the table in his last post.. He was getting at those regular pot hunters who enter numerous contests and get very upset if their models do not win anything. So don't think that you were personally being got at. His comments were meant to be encouraging folks generally to approach competitive model making with the right mind set.

Bill. The Two Wolves. The whole world would be a better place following that bit of philosophy.

Enough photos have been lost already by hosting sites changing their T&C's and thus spoiling threads completely if users did not comply. To allow individuals to take down their photos would only cause more disruption to threads.

Jose. Run of the mill mediocre modellers with smooth brains. Hmmm. That's a bit strong and I feel disingenuous to a great many model makers. We all have different levels of ability so please don't lose sight of the fact that this is a hobby that all should enjoy and not be concerned about over competitiveness. There are however the out and out 'pot hunters' who make a big thing about the most trivial 'violation' as they see it to complain and get another competitor's model disqualified. All I can say is that they are quite sad people if they are that desperate enough to have to win by any means. They are not always mediocre modellers by the way. Some are very good but so fiercely competitive they seek out any way to get an advantage. Competitions could do without those sort of people where winning is the be all and end all, make complaints about other competitor's models and try to remain anonymous to avoid any personal flak ! Personally I would not dream of complaining about another competitor's model as I consider it to be gamesmanship and underhanded.

Palmer kits. Now a curiosity. There to be ridiculed, just like the old Commie era Skoda cars before VW bought them out and completely turned the company around. They now build superb cars and you don't hear Skoda jokes any more!

Model show judging will always be a contentious issue, so don't be too disappointed Francois. I have been lucky enough to win awards at national.level and have had to accept losing many more times as well. Having also judged at national level accept that one cannot please everyone either having now seen contests from both sides of the coin so to speak. My own philosophy about entering competitions is that you win a few and lose even more as the standard gets even higher but I don't lose any sleep over it. A judge's verdict is just someone else's opinion at the end of the day, that's all. And one must remember that your models will be no worse at the end of the show from when they were placed on the table at the beginning.

Interesting thread. Very good methods for making tarps described. Unfortunately I could not open a number of the photos in two of the posts that had small symbols indicating that there were pictured to open. Upon trying, the tiny symbol just reappeared on a rectangular black background but the pictures would not open. Don't know what host was being used.

You will have to ask Palmer about that engine ! But you will need to go to a spiritualist to make contact with them. Lol.

My supply of wires and tubing is made up from.scrounging odd bits and pieces over the years like John does. There are a number of companies that sell 'scale wires'. From what I can see all they do is cut off bits of wire from larger coils repack it in quite short lengths and sell it on. A very expensive way of buying wires for model making I think.

There's an irony in this Bob. Looks like ignored members cannot actually be ignored judging by what you said in your post. Not having a reason myself to want to ignore any member, how is it supposed to work? Is it meant to block what they put up from being viewed just by the instigator and not everyone else when the instigator logs on ?

That video made interesting viewing.

I tend to store wires in many diameters sourced from various things. Electronics, old style multi core phone cables etc. I don't really get technical about working out actual scale diameters as I can pretty well see what will look right and to scale on a model.

I have had one of these things since the mid 70's. Cannot remember how I came by acquiring it but never ever used it. The one I have is non pressurised. Do Paache still make these things? I would imagine it being used by vehicle custom painters more than anything else

No one is forcing anyone to read anyone's else's posts, so I am not sure what all this ignored member fuss is all about ?

Pete is right. Too many do not take the time to think about where their threads actually should be placed in the forum.