zoro4
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Joined: 5/23/2004
From: grayslake , IL, USA
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I started this topic to see how other modelers felt about building. I didn't mean to upset anyone. I was trying to make it lite hearted hens the rats #$%#! part of the topic. It seams some of you take it more seriously than you should. If someone tells you your project isn't correct, does that make them right and you wrong? Everyone has an opinion, right or wrong (thats what makes the world go round) how you handle it is what counts. If you put your heart and soul into whatever it is your doing, thats what counts! Truly scratch building is anything you use your hands to craft something from nothing, whether it's from plans or something you came up with on your own. I've seen people who can build kits, I've seen people who can't put together ARF's. Does it matter? I've seen modelers show me their planes that they built from scratch, and they look like scrap (wrong word), they put their heart into it, thats the best they can do. Why tell them it looks like scrap, when instead you can be proud of what they have accomplished. Some people can build planes that will blow your mind, can't understand how it can look so real! Does that make you a bad modeler? NO! your just not at that skill level yet! or you may never get there, who cares? As long as you enjoy what your doing, thats what counts. I've enjoyed RC during the short time I've been involved. I became interested after remembering as a young kid (4 or 5), my dad put together two models, a fokker Dr1, and a Sopwith Camel. We spent this time at the kitchen table, and when he was finished, he hung them over my bed. Later, in his life, he was diagnosed with cancer. I spent time with him at home after surgery and during treatment, hoping to keep his spirits up, but finding most of our time in front of the TV saying nothing. One day I asked my dad if he remembered building those models, he said yes! It seamed to spark something(my dad was a design engineer for a packaging co. he even used a cad!). I asked him if he would like to build a couple of rc kits that were the same, he loved the idea. It took me some time to find a hobby store that would sell me a couple of WWI kits without any experience with rc planes, they thought I was nuts to start this hobby without a trainer, they didn't understand that it was mostly to spend time with my dad and not to try and use these planes to learn to fly. We had a great time putting these kits together, my dad died before we could finish them. Good time though, good times.... Many years passed and the planes sat unfinished. I probably won't finish them, kind'a like to leave them the way they are. My mom asked me if I was ever going to finish them? I said no, made her feel bad and decided to build a 1/4 scale Dr1 and Sopwith Camel. Started drawing the tripe,building it, then I joined a rc club, learned to fly with a trainer, moved on to a low wing tail dragger, totaled it, rebuilt it, still have it, scratch built a 60 size stick, got cocky, totaled it, rebuilt it, still got it. Anyway, close to finishing the tripe, I love this hobby! My mom said, make sure you let me know when you fly that plane! I want to be there and I'm sure your dad will be there too.I love my dad! miss him! EVERYONE has an opinion, right or wrong, learn from it, use it, have the best time you can have in whatever it is you enjoy and hopefully there will always be someone to enjoy it with you! Hopefully we can put this question to rest! Be proud of whatever it is you do! GOOD TIMES! thats what counts!
< Message edited by zoro4 -- 8/18/2004 9:02:04 PM >
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