DISCUSS: Does age make a difference to you?

[hirofkd]

Originally Posted by MPWR

I have to wonder what it is that makes you ask this?

Hey, isn't that obvious? His age makes it. When you get older, you wouldn't ask a question like that, would you?
In that pence, 924_CarreraGTS, you are still young, but that's nothing to do with how your models are judged.

Say, when you hit mid 20s and become fairly confident with your skills, then suddenly you come across a super skilled teen modeler. Your perception of "experience" shatters in pieces, and you'll probably begin to try even harder.

I started releasing commercial resin kits when I was 16, and I must have given a similar impression to older modelers back then. Later I was picked to do a contest judge several times, and I saw truly remarkable models built by teens. There were a proof right before my eyes; age was insignificant when judging a model.

[rallymaster]

Does age make a difference ?

No, why should it ? And a difference of what, first?
I'm not there to judge anything but if something would have to be judged it won't certainly be age or any such personnal things...
what would personnal things change to models ?
whatever you are, only counts what you show and how you show it.

there is many people here I would never have guessed their age if it wasn't mentioned in their profile... some I thought older, and some younger.

What does it change to their models ? Nothing !

The only thing that could give an idea of the age is the way some modeller speak, or maybe the fact that they are newbie in modelling, but even that is not a sure thing.

So no, definitely age won't make any difference to me, as long as we all only share our models and skills.

And if people really ignore thread of younger modelers, it's a sad shame !
I am personnaly enthousiast to see what youngest modelers know and are already able to do regarding their age and sometimes feel proud to see young people finding interest for this hobby and what older people do.
(that's not really the case in France, due to a lot of die-cast series in press retailers... Not so much young frenchies take patience to build model kits, especially 1/43...)

and if I had a final thing to add:
I don't learn from old modelers, I learn from good modelers !

Phil

[bhop73]

Age makes no difference to me whatsoever. It's skills that count in the real world and online.

[stevenoble]

I don't think the 'age' thing is really a big issue at all.I look at the model first and foremost.The age of the builder is irrelevant.Everyone can learn something from everybody else.That's one thing about this hobby,you never stop learning new things,tips,tricks etc.The only thing I am sometimes guilty of is passing a thread over if the subject matter does not appeal to me.Wrong really,because you miss out on some great builds.Does anyone else find themselves doing this? Or is it just me? I always try to look at all the new builds now and have suprised myself on quite a few occasions when I find something new that I thought was unappealing,but when I take a proper look at it,it is very good after all.A good example being some of the 'Nascar' models.Not really my cup of tea but there are some stunning examples on the motorsports forum.

[slightfan]

People should not let the age of the modeler affect their judgement of a model if anything the older modelers here should be praising the younger ones here on the skill that they show.
A good example is in the motorbike section is Roca I know how young he is , and tackled a complete scratch build of a bike where there is no kit for and doing a bloody good job of it , where as I would not even think of it as not skilled enough.
BTW 40yr old here and still learning (mostly from the younger crowd here.
Shayne

[freakray]

I don't see age here, I see a group of model builders interacting online.

Hey, I see some 14 year old builders on here that humbly build better models than some mid-20's builders that think they are good, that in itself proves that age has nothing to do with modeling ability.

[Verminator]

You know its nice to get a thread like this once in a while as you can actually tell with some poeples posts as to roughly which age bracket they fall in, you can tell by the way things are said or what is said if someone is young or old.
Dont get me wrong I in no way infer youth is a bad thing or old modlers are the best, I f*ck up on a regular basis but as long as lessons are learned even via comments from the youngies then I'm ok with that. I've been modeling a lot longer than most and longer than some of you have been alive but am always willing to learn from whatever source. So my answer is couldn't give a monkeys about age.

Can I ask who is the oldest forum member, does anyone have that info to hand?

[white97ex]

Originally Posted by tigeraid

It's not always true that age plays a part in the subjects you choose for your model, though. I'm 27, modeling since I was maybe 13 or 14, and my taste in cars is basically "if it's cool, I like it." I'm just as likely to enjoy a '32 Ford as I am a '98 Camaro as I am an R34 GT-R. I'm sure that doesn't go for everyone... but I wonder if people assume by looking at some of my classic car work that I'm an old fart?

I did assume that you were quite a bit older....However not much older than I at 23!

No age does not play a factor.

[drunken monkey]

skill does not relate to age.
however, it should be noted that to a large degree, skill is based on experience and in a lot of cases, the one is, the more experience one is likely to have (general case of course).
it should also be noted that one thing that is off putting is a bad attitude which any person of any age can have/display.

it is also slightly annoying when
i) people who really don't know give a reply to another's question when they don't really know the answer.
ii) people who give advice that they themselves do not seem to follow.
iii) people who don't seem to be able to take any advice.
iv) people who turn a critism of a model as a personal attack.

[An Angry Clown]

No, it shouldn't I like it alot better being judged against how the model is rather than just saying its good for my age. I have no reasons why

on a counter point - older age, more experience