Scale Wars (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

Getting back on thread, this forum does need to be more tolerant of those members that are interested in scale, detail and other technical aspects of the hobby................................

OR, if scale is the thing that drives your bus, there is another forum that would roll out the red carpet for you and you can talk all about scale, measurments, rivets, logs on the correct side of the tank, mud in the tracks, correct weapon dimensions, correct insigna's, correct unit markings, the names, addresses and phone numbers of every German who fought and lived through the Battle of Kursk all you want.............go have a look and have a ball...................

 

[sammy719]

I've learned not to worry about multiple threads on the same topic. You might as well worry about everyone's spelling, or new folks who join and ask questions without reading a forum's FAQs or doing a search, or the size of images, and on, and on. Tilting at windmills, Don Quixote, tilting at windmills.

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Brad

one of the better posts in this thread, I did ask a mod just to delete the entire thread as it's doing no good, I would for one like to see a scale sub forum added to a section in the forum but if a member wants to post questions on a specific manufacturer then that wouldn't work either, and to be honest we 'ol schoolers here have been down the scale road so many times we all know how it ends, it doesn't, so be it, if so and so wants to post all day about a certain subject who am I to call him out on it?? can certain topics become redundant? yup, I guess they all can at some point, Tilting Windmills for sure...Sammy

 

[Desertkiwi]

OR, if scale is the thing that drives your bus, there is another forum that would roll out the red carpet for you and you can talk all about scale, measurments, rivets, logs on the correct side of the tank, mud in the tracks, correct weapon dimensions, correct insigna's, correct unit markings, the names, addresses and phone numbers of every German who fought and lived through the Battle of Kursk all you want.............go have a look and have a ball...................

Brilliant.......well said Warrior, absolutely love this post.^&grin

 

[4th Hussar]

OCSD can be debilitating and cause road wheel squeel

 

[uksubs]

OR, if scale is the thing that drives your bus, there is another forum that would roll out the red carpet for you and you can talk all about scale, measurments, rivets, logs on the correct side of the tank, mud in the tracks, correct weapon dimensions, correct insigna's, correct unit markings, the names, addresses and phone numbers of every German who fought and lived through the Battle of Kursk all you want.............go have a look and have a ball...................

Maybe like other he already been banned so it not a option :wink2:

 

[Desertkiwi]

Maybe like other he already been banned so it not a option :wink2:

Thats hilarious Neil, even for you!{sm4}

 

[waynepoo]

Thats hilarious Neil, even for you!{sm4}

Glad you can understand what he means.........:rolleyes2:

 

[OzDigger]

Quote Originally Posted by OzDigger
"Getting back on thread, this forum does need to be more tolerant of those members that are interested in scale, detail and other technical aspects of the hobby. I'm not in favour of restricting such discussion to just One thread only. The subjects are very broad, needing to cover the hobby in general as well as commenting on new products and comparing existing figures/vehicles from a variety of manufactures. And if these discussions are to be useful to new members, or those that want to improve their knowledge on these matters, it will be difficult for them to find relevant information if everything is on One thread."

OR, if scale is the thing that drives your bus, there is another forum that would roll out the red carpet for you and you can talk all about scale, measurments, rivets, logs on the correct side of the tank, mud in the tracks, correct weapon dimensions, correct insigna's, correct unit markings, the names, addresses and phone numbers of every German who fought and lived through the Battle of Kursk all you want.............go have a look and have a ball...................

Maybe like other he already been banned so it not a option :wink2:

I wasn't referring to allowing myself some tolerance, I no longer have much interest in forums. I was more concerned about the 'guests' that haven't become members, and existing members that are reluctant to become regular contributors because they've been scared off by the intolerance displayed by some members here. I posted regularly over the Easter break as I had not much else to do and was curious about Katanas' keen interest in exact scale considering he displays 1/28 figures with 1/24 scale tanks and artillery, still non the wiser about that aspect.

Speaking from personal experience, and past discussions, a lot of people become interested in collecting King and Country, First Legion etc because of their earlier experience with plastic kit modelling. These people tend to be more particular about scale, detail and other aspects of the hobby. If you want to exclude them from this forum, there's not much I can do about that, but it's the forum's loss imo. The other forum you mention started largely because of past intolerance towards ex members here regarding scale and detail discussions. I was invited to join that forum several years ago, I subsequently joined as Onethirty, but I wasn't a regular contributor. After some time I did have a minor disagreement with one of the 'regulars' regarding the brightness of the Green colouration he had applied to a tank. Subsequently, but not related to that little incident, the person that manages that forum made some extremely disgusting comments about some people here. I stated my displeasure to him regarding what he said, Jazzeum may recall the incident. Suffice to say I left because of what he said and I was also disappointed that so few mutual members that I know here said anything at the time. If they subsequently banned me over there, well I don't know and don't care as I wasn't going back there anyway.

 

[jazzeum]

Regards Matt's point, above, about scaring off people, I don't know if that's true or not -- it may very well be -- but I'm following The Baron's suggestion and that is why a sub forum on scale-related issues would be a good idea. Scale is important to modelers and many others and I'd hate to think that people woukd be scared off by discussions here.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Glad you can understand what he means.........:rolleyes2:

As you know mate, he's very entertaining and regularly has me in stitches.:tongue::rolleyes2:

 

[theBaron]

Getting back on thread, this forum does need to be more tolerant of those members that are interested in scale, detail and other technical aspects of the hobby...

I'm not sure I follow you. That is, I don't think the forum is intolerant of people who ask those questions. Have there been angry posts directed at people who asked questions about scale or about historical and other details? I understand the original poster's observation that the topic of scale comes up often, but personally, I haven't noticed anyone responding angrily to such questions.

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Brad

 

[Desertkiwi]

Regards Matt's point, above, about scaring off people, I don't know if that's true or not -- it may very well be -- but I'm following The Baron's suggestion and that is why a sub forum on scale-related issues would be a good idea. Scale is important to modelers and many others and I'd hate to think that people woukd be scared off by discussions here.

I don't think anyone's being scared off Brad, however I think some members are getting a little frustrated with the continual scale debate. I'm with you and the Baron I think a new 'Scale' sub-section would help limit these types of threads popping up all over the show.

As for Matt's (Oz Digger) referrance to that 'other place' there's no need to explain yourself mate, our friend is simply trying to cause trouble.

 

[jazzeum]

Regarding the other place, the Hobby Bunker Forum, I belong there and enjoy posting and participating there. It's a different place than this but vive la diference. As Pete has asked us to leave what happens here, here, and what happens there, there, I won't say more about it.

 

[ivanmoe]

I've been following this discussion for several days and have reached the conclusion that it could use a dose of reality...

A good while back, certainly many months ago, the following image appeared on a TS-forum:

The topic at hand was compatibility between figure and vehicle sets. One theme that emerged was that a particular TS-manufacturer (Brand A) pretty much "owned" this aspect of modeling the sets, while another (Brand X) was decidedly inferior. In response to the first notion, an interested collector posted some images of Brand A that revealed some irregularities. Not only was it impossible to place more than five of its WW2/USA figures in front of its Sherman's ENTIRE length, each and every one of the figure sets was too tall for the vehicle, unless of course, they were ALL giants. There ensued a considerable agitation of fingers on keyboards until a proper explanation was offered, one which satisfied the several Brand-A loyalists who had risen in defense of the franchise. Based on the picture above, it was asserted that American troops which might have appeared in front of a Sherman during WW2 MUST have been shorter than their European counterparts. While certainly lacking in regard to an analysis of existing statistical data, the explanation was good enough for the faithful. A sigh of relief was vented by most, and the discussion soon reverted to a nearby trashing of Brand X. No kidding, it really happened. That's just how brain-dead that these discussions can become. Coming soon to a thread near you?

-Moe

 

[jazzeum]

You may not think scale is important and that's your privilege but spare us the condescending attitude.

 

[ivanmoe]

[...]

Thank you for your comments.

-Moe

 

[OzDigger]

I'm not sure I follow you. That is, I don't think the forum is intolerant of people who ask those questions. Have there been angry posts directed at people who asked questions about scale or about historical and other details? I understand the original poster's observation that the topic of scale comes up often, but personally, I haven't noticed anyone responding angrily to such questions.

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Brad

Most times it's more frustration than anger I guess, and now I'm beginning to understand how they feel to be honest.

 

[theBaron]

...I'm with you and the Baron I think a new 'Scale' sub-section would help limit these types of threads popping up all over the show.

I think you've misunderstood my posts. My position is that recurring discussions about scale is a non-issue. I have no problem if people keep bringing up the question of scale, that is, I have made a conscious decision not to let it bother me. I am not in favor of adding yet another area to the forum. Based on the responses of some folks about the recurring discussions about scale, and how much it bothers them, creating a new section will just introduce a whole new irritant for them, as forum members continue to post discussions of scale everywhere else but the "Scale Discussion Forum".

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Brad

 

[OzDigger]

I can see why they believe that could happen.

 

[Peter Reuss]

After much conversation the Mod Council discerned that a special section for scale may cause more issues than it solves, since many scale conversations are company specific and fit naturally into those forums.