My friend, I did not confuse it. I just said that I prefer to have a thread clean of compliments - after all, compliments & congratulating coments may be sent by PM. As said before, the forums are made for contacting each other and to learn & discuss productively on new techniques that could be useful to our hobby. I mostly prefer a thread limited to matters relating to the construction methodology, questions & recommendations about techniques followed during WIP.
On the other hand, “ass licking” also do happens some times, when a modeler repeatedly contacts with the publisher / editor of a magazine and begs him to publish his article, to satisfy his narcissistic ego and do splurge on other. Since I have seen few moderate modelers use this way as a mean of self satisfaction and overweening ego, this means that it really is possible to happen.
No problem mate, its better late than never. If you are interested for more projects like this one, please allow me propose some of my previously uploaded WIPs - most of them scratchbuilt. They are also uploaded here on FineScale.com. You 'll find that I always try to combine step-by-step building presentation, with useful tips & techniques: Just click on the following thumbnails and have fun.
PS. Do you still believe on option #3, that “…Fine Scale Modeler magazine team members, have never seen my work around their own forum…”? Well, I doubt about it and I find more possible the option #1 that "…I’m not good enough to meet the magazine’s quality standards…" or option #2 that “…I’m not the type of scale modeler they would prefer to work with…”.
…or simply option #4 about my “great endorsement” comment, as fellow modeler jgeratic very nicely & polite mentioned.
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