John Masters Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I am not sure if there is already a thread here, but are there any members who are/were members on the The Aerodrome forum? I still am but got away from it when they stopped allowing models to be posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I had joined that forum about a dozen years ago. Back then, just as today, I registered so I could ask specific questions - so not really a regular contributor. Still a great place for researching, though some of my recent questions never did result in any responses, but views were in the hundreds. regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expositor Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I too joined, 10 years ago now, to ask questions that now go unanswered as Jack stated. Like John, after the modeling threads were killed, I just go there infrequently. I used to like the 'crash' thread too, but one snarky bloke took the joy out of that for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Yep, I'm an ex-Aerodromer. Posted a series of articles on Methuen-RGB-commercial (Resene) paint matches, among others. Cheers GrahamB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I used to be on Aerodrome as well, but I think every modeller who was on there have migrated to using the forum on WW1aircraftmodels.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 I just checked that site. It seems it is also dedicated to 1/32nd scale builds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 On 27/05/2017 at 6:41 AM, John D.C. Masters said: I just checked that site. It seems it is also dedicated to 1/32nd scale builds... Not true. There is certainly a large number of 1/32 scale build threads but there are also many other scales represented too from 1/16 to 1/144. It also has sections of a wide variety of WW1 related topics, although naval is not represented. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Thanks! I admit it was a cursory look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Aha! And it turns out I am already a member of that site...I forgot! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Me too, The Aerodrome and also wwi-models.org mailing list - The List. Late '90s - early 2000s. Nowadays many people from there are on the Facebook groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 It is interesting to see some of the same 'handles' here as on the Aerodrome site...the WW1 Modelling Forum too. You all were so supportive of my early attempts to get back into the craft. I missed that. I can say that I have expanded beyond WW1, but still I try to keep my focus of the interesting and ground-breaking. I do not, however, miss the Off-Topic thread that seemed to have little or nothing to do with aircraft or modelling and everything to do with political flaming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff.K Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 i'm on there. signed up after the modeling section was closed. the impression i get is that it was closed because of bickering over PC-10. still a useful site, with a lot of genuine experts on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Oh my...PC-10...it is always the little things. And God help us concerning PC-12! Arguing over quantities of lamp-black... My oppression also was that the modelling thread was closed down because it became too professional and not as much a fun hobby. I recall a certain modeller putting up incredible photo etch and resin work that seemed to all point to one manufacturer. Maybe I am wrong--I often am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff.K Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 17 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: My oppression also was that the modelling thread was closed down because it became too professional and not as much a fun hobby. I recall a certain modeller putting up incredible photo etch and resin work that seemed to all point to one manufacturer. Maybe I am wrong--I often am! possibly, dunno. was before my time on there. some of the PC-10 threads, while having some good information, got rather chippy. my goal when i mix some PC-10 is going to be to make something some will see as green and some will see as brown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testerchild Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Hi all, I'm still there, not posting as much though. Also the Great war Forum, Airfix Forum, UAMF, WW1aircraft models.com, and ATF. More into WW1 than anything else, although anything else attracts me sometimes. BTW: when can we hope/expect to see a 1/48 RE-8 from somewhere? It's been a loooongwaite since aeroclub did one, I think. Cheers Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) Still a member there, and occasionally visit still. The great modelling purge really ruined the place. There seemed to be an attitude there that 'we are researchers and historians, not mere modellers', and a complete blindness to the fact that it is modelers who are the predominant market for both the research and the history. Personalities entered into it as well. One older gentleman, an excellent modeller with an abiding interest in the Curtiss 'Jenny', seems to have gone a bit drifty and posted a great many threads more chatty than modeling, and a number of people got angry over it. Attempts to keep order got out of hand. This is just based on observation as it happened, mind, not inside information, but it is informed by having spent years as a moderator on a large political site --- policing is very much the same everywhere. It always seemed to me a poorly run site in many ways. It was the only modeling/history site I ever saw that did not maintain a taboo on political comment and discussion. Its 'lounge' area was a vicious swamp in consequence. This frays any sense of community, and fosters hard feelings between regulars. Edited June 6, 2017 by Old Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Yes... I remember you from the site as well. I was always dismayed at the "off topic" thread. I think that is what you are referring to as the "lounge." I recall your scratch built models were particularly well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 I will always be indebted to those kind folks on the site who encouraged and guided me in my re-eemrgence as an adult modeller. History, techniques, paints, hints and tips, etc...great support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvyn hiscock Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 There is some dubious opinions posted there sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I joined briefly, but was put off by the bad "atmosphere" if you like. Too many "I'm right and you're wrong" posts. The "Great War in the Air" forum went the same way. Trolls posting all sorts of rubbish that they said they could prove but refused to because they " might publish it" or similar excuses. Then the modellers got kicked out and down went another useful forum.... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I was there, probably still am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) If you think its bad try a certain forum where I was being b*ll*cked for punctuation mistakes, I'm not joking. He said foreigners wouldn't understand me ! I told him my arm was broken and can't use one of my hands,he gave me a few weeks and started on me again. In the end the pea brain used to edit my posts ! Tart! I gave him a broadside and told him to ram his forum. Another guy built the biggest dio of Waterloo, took up a hall ! Outstanding. He was new to the forum and Dutch and got a prompt rocket from pea brain to get it in the right forum/section. Edited September 11, 2017 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testerchild Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 bzn20, Which site..go on, give us a clue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 12 hours ago, Testerchild said: Which site..go on, give us a clue... Can't really but PM inbound,check your messages at the top right. I see you're a new member, not teaching you to suck eggs ! BTW welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testerchild Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 BZN20, Not really new, just occasional posts. But thanks for the welcome anyway. As to PM: my inbox shows no new messages, so it looks like it's lost. Cheers Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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