The SAAF Forum

I suppose it boils down to what you expect from a forum like this. Even this thread suggests a lot of people coming through and looking (738) whilst only a few actually taking the time to comment (13 replies in 2 years) Some of the international sites obviously start with bigger numbers of modelers in the first place and threads very quickly grow to views in the thousands and proportionally a lot more comments. Some also have structured to have WIP forums vs ready for comment etc - this can be overkill.

I personally got involved in this forum mainly because I love modeling, the obvious linkage with the SAAF which is a big part of my history and to learn from people who are so much better than I am. I build non-stop but have never really considered my work good enough to undergo the scrutiny of WIP threads, I have done on a few occaisions and received nothing but fantastic support and constructive comment. I said it right at the start when I found this forum it is a very supportive site. That said it is a little disheartening I will admit to take the time to take photos, go through getting them saved on photobucket, post everything on this site and then get one or two comments (usually from the same people) or even none. I am the first to put my hand up here, I read just about every post but don't comment that often so am just as guilty.

Apologies for the rambling comment but again I would say in this modern world where we are all bombarded with information I don't think it's a case of too few people building and posting, just everyone too busy to get actively involved and post comments.

I personally got involved in this forum mainly because I love modeling, the obvious linkage with the SAAF which is a big part of my history and to learn from people who are so much better than I am. I build non-stop but have never really considered my work good enough to undergo the scrutiny of WIP threads, I have done on a few occaisions and received nothing but fantastic support and constructive comment. I said it right at the start when I found this forum it is a very supportive site. That said it is a little disheartening I will admit to take the time to take photos, go through getting them saved on photobucket, post everything on this site and then get one or two comments (usually from the same people) or even none. I am the first to put my hand up here, I read just about every post but don't comment that often so am just as guilty.

Apologies for the rambling comment but again I would say in this modern world where we are all bombarded with information I don't think it's a case of too few people building and posting, just everyone too busy to get actively involved and post comments.