the kind "THANKS TO" thread

[blubaja]

JAY and Ray for being kick ass Suby biased mods. Mike, Chad, Willi for their putting up with me away from here. Newbies, here and abroad for the comical language differences, and still being able to understand them better than some Americans who don't know their English The older dudes. Bob. He knows just about every kit ever done. And everybody else. Thanks everyone.

[OrangeR]

There are so many people I have to thank that the fear of letting one out almost made me not to post in this thread at all.

Mr Fukada, Kunta, 360spider were the first ones I knew on the internet, then I found AF and realized that all of them posted here!!!
PrimeraMan has always been my inspiration at painting, MPWR for someday machine my own parts, Hiroboy for making EVERYTHING he does at a level not achieved by most, Agamo for taking away my idea that mexicans couldn't model at those levels! LOL, Slk320 for always trying to super detail his builds even when he doesn't intend to , Robrex for his amazing skills and kind responses, RallyRaider for always give me advice and support on my builds, Gionic, Hrmodeler, sjelic, CADguy, ZoomZoomMX-5, klutz_100, P64, Aress, Veyron, Bigfrit, Scale-Master, Sennake, SeanyG, Stevenoble, Thesaint111, Freakray, Geronimo77, Willimo, Merkava, Hawk312, tonioseven, Captain Mark, jaykay640, joeyko2000, mic329, allnie, Robi J, Guiddy, freakmech, mach1_2003, p9o1r1sche, Layla's Keeper, bvia, Vric, rallymaster... My head is tired... I'm not mentioning everyone but thanks all for sharing your time, talent, knowledge and whisdom...

All in all Thanks AF community.

[tonioseven]

I would not even know where to begin with this one so I'll just thank every builder that still builds today as well as anyone positively connected to the hobby in any fashion whatsoever! A big "thank you" to all of you!!

[gionc]

This thread is taking a romantic fold LOL J/K

BTW every new post I discover that I forgot someone cool LOL

[hrmodeler]

There is too many people who had influence ony my modeling, and some of them are not on AF. Some are masters in paiting, some in detailing, some in US cars, some in European, ... etc.
If I must to highlight some names they are Phil, Alex, Hiroboy, Pman, Sasa (who drags me back to bikes :-) ) and many more others.
Thank you all!

[MPWR]

It's certainly good to be apprecited! I'm happy that I've been able to help and inspire people here. (Yeah Stevenski, I remember twisting your arm to get you to post your first pics of the Cobra. But I think your skill have improved dramaticly as a result!)

I've learned so much in the time I've been active here, but it's really hard to recall which builds and builders have been particularly inspirational for me- there have been so many. A number of builders that I learned from here early on have departed AF (along with alot of spectacular pics from what were terrific build threads). I've certainly learned alot here- using primer, safe stripping techniques, CF decals, painting with laquer, digital photography etc, are all skills I've learned from participating here. An so I'm indebted to everyone else who has participated here, for teaching me, inspiring me, and keeping me excited about building- from experinced builders who's builds and techniques I want to emulate, to beginners who ask me questions and make me think enough about what I've done to explain it.

In the last year or two, there has been one build/builder that has stood out as particullarly inspirational for me. Scale-Master's 1/12 Caterham has been a magnificent example for me of the type of work I've been wanting for years to be able to do. It's difficult to find good examples of scale automotive machining (most machinists aren't interested in making machined parts as a suppliment to static scale plastic kits), so it's a great pleasure for me to see a truely skilled modeler-machinist's work- and my own skills in machining have benefitted tremendously as a result.

[slk320]

Every one already mentioned in this thread and so many others that have not been mentioned, are bringing this hobby to the next level. The work I see in these pages is superb and we trully are fortunate to have master builders from around the world come together and share their craft with us.

I learn every single time a new technique, new way of doing something, new skills and knowledge about the models.

I won't name specific names, as I am too afraid to miss someone...so THANK YOU ALL for this experience. Because of you, this hobby will go on.

[deltableh]

I have a couple. In general, I want to say thanks to everybody who takes the time to view and comment on my threads. The comments really keep me going.

Second, I want to thank Martin S in advance. Mostly because I'm gonna pester him when I start working on my Fujimi 959, haha. I only hope mine can look as good as his!