ORIGINAL: bla bla
If they don't have any advertising, it could be worth paying.
I dought that though.
A lot of those "experts" aren't there out of the goodness of their heart gentlemen. They're there for commercial purpose!
Same thing was going down here at RCU some years back, Big manes getting their own forum to "answer" question whilst at the same time flogging containers full of some bad quality ARF they bought in China and put their name on it!
Thank fully that sca´m is in the process of breaking down.
Fool me once, shame on you etc
Most of those "Experts" are just builders like you and me. No one is laying down their name for their own gain - except of course the satisfaction of helping out a fellow modeller. Very few ARFs show up on RCSB, and the ones that do are not being "flogged" to an unsuspecting public. The forums are set up for desingers and kit makers - some of the designers check in regularly to offer advice on various builds or to answer questions - but many do not. Same with the kit makers. Sure - there are some vendors on the site - but no one is flogging anything.
I would guess from your comments that you have not bothered to scan RCSB - how about taking a look before laying down such an opinion? Or would that be considered "flogging"?