I agree with Marc that this type of conversation is very good and constructive as we all can learn from each other. Our "community” of modelers is very diverse and not shy about expressing their opinions. This is what has made the online forums so popular AND valuable. Here, you can express your individual opinion about a product and we as readers can make a decision to buy or not based on the general opinion of the group. I tend to treat these comments like a diving score, throw out the high and low and average the rest.

I am pretty happy to be involved with the writing of articles for RCU. I don’t get paid and thus far have purchased my own review material. I am giving my best and most constructive opinion about the models and hope to write articles in such a way that is useful to the modeling community. I can honestly say that the editors of RCU may have questioned one or two of my comments before release, but only in the light of “make sure what you are saying is correct” context and never have told me what to write.

Any publication will go through its growing pains, as will reviewers when they start writing for the first time. I hope you guys will continue to provide good feedback to RCU, as this is what drives the direction of the magazine. If RCU can provide useful information in the format that YOU are looking for, then it is a win for everyone.

I for one would love to hear your thoughts, positive and negative. I’m a big boy and have no ego to bruise, so let me know what you think. I will use it to hopefully write better reviews