Compliments on posted models

[Daddyfink]

[Harry P.]

Glad to see you jumped aboard a thread heading downhill fast...

[High octane]

This is a problem that will never be resolved.

Some people, regardless of skill level, post their work and ask for comments and criticisms, good or bad. Those are the people who actually are looking to improve as builders and actually want honest comments on their work.

But then there are people who want nothing but pats on the back and are offended by the slightest criticism or suggestions for improvement. That type of person will always be here and will always keep on posting.

And then there are the people you mentioned... those who praise obviously badly done models. I really have no idea why they do that. It would make more sense to not say anything than to praise a model with obvious problems. I can't even count how many posts I've seen of a really badly built model followed by a string of "Nice work" and "looks great" comments.

Given the fact that we are all different, it's a problem that'll never be solved.

Good points Harry, all of them.

[Daddyfink]

Glad to see you jumped aboard a thread heading downhill fast...

What can i say, I like thrill rides! 

 

[Mike_G]

Lots of ideas here. Let me offer up one of my old builds for you to critique. Give some examples of what you are all talking about.  Let 'er rip, no holds bared. Then we can all critique YOUR criticisms. 

This was a build that came about after seeing a fellow club members 1:1  '55 pretty much in the same shape.

"Light Bulb Above Head" could that no chrome trim look be modeled?

The front wheels are misaligned and the body sits lower on the passenger side. Otherwise it's a good portrayal of a style I'm not really fond of.

[philo426]

i think it would be cool if you could radius the rear wheel openings llke this '55 slot car.     

[Harry P.]

I like how you drilled the holes where the clips that hold the trim would have been. Nice touch.

[Greg Myers]

that part was easy, after seeing my friends 1:1 this same way, a sheet of note book paper and a few drawings, I think i still have them somewhere.car

[Harry P.]

that part was easy, after seeing my friends 1:1 this same way, a sheet of note book paper and a few drawings, I think i still have them somewhere.car

Still, a detail many would omit. Nice work.

[Greg Myers]

Gotta find that mirror, must of fallen off. 

[Harry P.]

Gotta find that mirror, must of fallen off. 

You get on that! 

[Greg Myers]

Bill : more plumbing is always good, not sure if I just got lazy or decided to quit. The camera work may be responsible for some of the perspective, i.e. alignment.

Stu : You got me on that character line. I just took it off, I didn't like it. No fiberglass front end justification as the car is full of trim holes.

Mike : Primer on paint, exactly what I was going for. Now the "no panhard rod" deal is cars in that era with leaf springs didn't use them. The plug wire thing, another lazy part of mine.

Tom : No outside mirrors back in the day. Great old photo, thanks. I think there was one inside, old build probably fell off, looks like a glue spot on the windshield.

Capt. Reverb : Alignment , sag possibly from the age of the build or camera work. I would like to think I posed the front wheels turned in a ways, not sure.

Phillip : I like radiused wheel wells as well, but I think I was trying to copy my friends 1:1 car.

Thanks all, nice civilised critiques. 

[Greg Myers]

I like how you drilled the holes where the clips that hold the trim would have been. Nice touch.

 

Doesn't show up in the photos, but there is some of that dreaded shadowing you get with some paint when you sand off detail,

making it even more believable.

[Greg Myers]

After posting the '55 Chevy I thought maybe something more in keeping with the OP idea of poorly executed models.