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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #150 on: October 14, 2017, 07:01:20 AM »
Wombat you'd be surprised how many modellers look down on Whiffs, and don't consider them at all ::) :o
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Offline finsrin

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #151 on: October 14, 2017, 08:00:21 AM »
When its a Whiff they don't have reference for how many rivets to count.
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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #152 on: October 15, 2017, 02:27:59 AM »
Quote from: FAAMAN on October 14, 2017, 07:01:20 AM
Wombat you'd be surprised how many modellers look down on Whiffs, and don't consider them at all ::) :o

True, though that does seem to be changing.
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #153 on: October 15, 2017, 07:58:48 AM »
We can live in hope GTX ;)
Good luck Wombat and drive the rivet counters nuts with exceptional modelling skill ;) ;)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #154 on: October 15, 2017, 05:47:04 PM »
Quote from: FAAMAN on October 15, 2017, 07:58:48 AM
... drive the rivet counters nuts with exceptional modelling skill ;) ;)

Yup, I did that! :smiley:

Actually this kit, & both my other armour kits, got swapped & changed from one category to another then back again as the guys tried to work out where best to put them. I've got to give it to the club members, they were trying to find the best place for them to get a result. Today I was told several times, maybe a dozen, that my building skills are right up there but that I had no references & therefore started at 0/10 for that element. They went on to say that the kit instructions should be part of the references, even if I've strayed well away from them, &, as there aren't any images of what I build, write down my ideas & thought processes during the build, & to include my "WiP" photo's (that impressed them, that I take them) as part of my references, with a running commentary if possible.

So, this year, I was, it seems, my own worst enemy. ;D

2019, just you wait! ;)
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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #155 on: October 16, 2017, 01:03:44 AM »
Frustrating when some people can't think outside of the box...
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Offline Camthalion

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #156 on: October 16, 2017, 06:23:40 AM »
Looks great.  Nice work
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Offline finsrin

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #157 on: October 16, 2017, 06:39:11 AM »
Not being as familiar with armor as aircraft HMBLT looks RW in design, details, and finish to me.  Congrats on your fine build.  :smiley:
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #158 on: October 16, 2017, 08:12:58 AM »
Thanks, guys! :smiley:

As I said, Greg, the guys were trying to be as helpful as they could. The judging is technically based & has a references component, without references I got 0/10 for that component which was why more than one of my models failed to place. I can understand & accept that. After all, if a guy building a RW subject has to show references relating to that subject, so should I, even if it's just a run-down of my mental processes (which, if I'm honest, could sent them all slightly loopy to start with :-\ & be of some significant advantage to me ;)).
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #159 on: October 16, 2017, 03:00:31 PM »
Not an unusual outcome for Whiffs there Wombat I 'spose. Personally you deserved at least a best in class IMHO ;) I know, I know, which class?
Not that it's right, Whiffs should be judged on the skills (and temerity) used, reality created and the originating ideas. It's a bit difficult to judge a Whiff in the RW :smiley:
Maybe you should write a background story to support your next Whiff, you know kinda like the one you helped myself to develop for one of my ideas (now up to 15 ideas, they seem to breed in one's unconscious don't they ;) )
Cheers mate, better luck next time :smiley: :smiley:
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #160 on: October 16, 2017, 04:21:27 PM »
I have trouble stopping the buggers! I think I'm one of Pratchett's inspiration magnets ... but I only get the weird sh... stuff! :-\


They all have back stories & most of them link into my Royal Australian Marines alt. hist., so maybe I'll have to work on that (it's still stuck in early WW1).



PS: Mind you, my FV521AS Warrior 90mm FSV scored a Mentioned in Dispatches! :smiley:

(See here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7477.msg132203#new)
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Offline Gingie

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #161 on: October 27, 2017, 07:52:09 AM »
was there no category specially for what-ifs? Every show I've been to in USA & Canada in the last 10 years has had a what-if category.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: HMBLT - the Build
« Reply #162 on: October 27, 2017, 08:08:21 AM »
No, mate, they don't.

Only show I know of in Aus that does is Scale Model Expo, in Melbourne, where they have an "Imagineering" category.
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