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Originally Posted by 360spider
I think Sasa hit the nail on the head - we are just too lazy (myself included) to take pictures, type descriptions, and generally build.
I think I'll make it a personal goal for this year as well ,to get off my butt and actually build something.
AF in its heyday was THE place to come for car model building, I want to see it return to its glory. Maybe even do AFMOTY 2018? What say you?
Crack those boxes open, get the old brushes out - your paints are getting dry.  |
Hey Alex!
I'd say the Photobucket debarkle has alot to answer for with the forums. Once they wiped Billions of images from forums all over the world, all the forums dropped in participation. Which forced others to social media where its quick & easy. One forum that bucked the trend was Model Cars where they allowed people to upload to their website, no 3rd party hosting. Which is great, & there are some great builders over there, sadly its mostly American orientated & JDM, Euro builds don't get as much attention as the US stuff. Its a great idea to upload images to this website but I doubt if AF would do that considering the modelling sub forum is the most active.
Personally I've been building quite alot in the last few years, I guess I fall into the too lazy to upload & post (which I need to change!), I've also recently joined Instagram which I've found is really great for modeling, there's heaps of younger guys (I'm only 34, but there's plenty under 30) & there doing some really cool builds reflecting current trends etc.
I too remember fondly the glory days of this forum, the 60th Ferrari Build was amazing & the Porsche Cayman Interseries still remain highlights! As to the future of this forum, I guess its in our hands. A similar forum tried a group build to gather more interest, more posts etc, with prizes up for grabs. Think there were only around 15-20 people participating & only a few finished on time, still no prizes awarded, it just kinda died off.
I like the idea of AFMOTY18, or maybe just a thread of 'your 2018 builds'...
Ash