Pat, it is likely that most of the pattern folks in the US simply put their money down for their arfie. They don't have the building skill because they don't want to develop it. And when it comes to finishing a crate, well, just slapping a pair of colors on and some plastic film is good enough. That's not true in other countries as evidenced by the emails I get from foreign lands.

I agree tho that as time consuming as tutorials are, coupled with the effort it takes to do them properly, the general response leaves a lot to be desired. The guys don't want to get it.... It's too difficult.

It it occurs to me that quite possibly the best place for real good work such as yours belongs in CL Stunt pages. After all they still judge concours d'elegance and appearance counts. Guys take real pride in their planes finish. In pattern we seem to have painted ourselves in the corner of the same cookie cutter crates for the most part. Very few of us do our own thing and fewer yet design our own.

I stopped posting new stuff I'm working on in regular pattern page. I've posted some new work in the classics page but even that will stop. I never thought the day would come when the classics would have so many Arfies in their midst but of course constant exposure contaminates the soul.