Hi all

Jung wrote about synchronicty "When coincidences pile up... one cannot help being impressed by them", so I was really struck last week when no less than three unrelated messages came out of the blue, all on the same subject...

First, I received an e-mail from one of our members concerned about the lack of feedback these days in the forum. That got me thinking, but before I could even begin to address the issue, low and behold, there were PMs from two other modellers (completely unconnected to each other and the first) also worried and discouraged that their own builds had seemingly not been even noticed because there hadn't been a single comment about them. There was definitely a pattern forming...

I know from personal experience when I first joined Kitmaker (back in the dim and distant days when I actually finished a few models! ) just how encouraging it is to get some feedback - and helpful too, when fellow modellers offer suggestions for tackling aspects that have proved troublesome.

Here at AeroScale, we are fortunate to have many modelers who are kind enough to share their work with us via posting in the forums. But sadly there seems to be a growing trend where, although there are often many views of each posting, very few readers post comments.

Is this down to shyness, or antipathy - who can tell? I remember in the past, especially when we part of the original Armorama, some people complained about the number of "Wow! That's great!" comments and started a drive for "positive criticism only". Trouble is, sometimes "Wow! That's great!" is a perfectly valid reaction to a beautifully built model - and why feel you can't comment if you can't point out anything wrong with a build? In fact, the lack of posts in response to a model could be interpreted as a negative reaction to the model by the builder.

It is in this light that I want to personally encourage everyone to feel free to post comments in response to models posted on the site, even if only to tell the builder that you enjoyed seeing their model. We also want to encourage everyone to post photos of their models as well, so please feel free to "share your work". You don't need to have built the best model in the world in order to post it on the site, as I have yet to find anyone who visits the site that does not like to look at photos of built models.

All the best

Rowan

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Hi all

Jung wrote about synchronicty "When coincidences pile up... one cannot help being impressed by them", so I was really struck last week when no less than three unrelated messages came out of the blue, all on the same subject...

First, I received an e-mail from one of our members concerned about the lack of feedback these days in the forum. That got me thinking, but before I could even begin to address the issue, low and behold, there were PMs from two other modellers (completely unconnected to each other and the first) also worried and discouraged that their own builds had seemingly not been even noticed because there hadn't been a single comment about them. There was definitely a pattern forming...

I know from personal experience when I first joined Kitmaker (back in the dim and distant days when I actually finished a few models! ) just how encouraging it is to get some feedback - and helpful too, when fellow modellers offer suggestions for tackling aspects that have proved troublesome.

Here at AeroScale, we are fortunate to have many modelers who are kind enough to share their work with us via posting in the forums. But sadly there seems to be a growing trend where, although there are often many views of each posting, very few readers post comments.

Is this down to shyness, or antipathy - who can tell? I remember in the past, especially when we part of the original Armorama, some people complained about the number of "Wow! That's great!" comments and started a drive for "positive criticism only". Trouble is, sometimes "Wow! That's great!" is a perfectly valid reaction to a beautifully built model - and why feel you can't comment if you can't point out anything wrong with a build? In fact, the lack of posts in response to a model could be interpreted as a negative reaction to the model by the builder.

It is in this light that I want to personally encourage everyone to feel free to post comments in response to models posted on the site, even if only to tell the builder that you enjoyed seeing their model. We also want to encourage everyone to post photos of their models as well, so please feel free to "share your work". You don't need to have built the best model in the world in order to post it on the site, as I have yet to find anyone who visits the site that does not like to look at photos of built models.

All the best

Rowan

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Unfortunately there hasn't been much change !