Model attack at Coventry

[nev]

Why did this thread about a model show turn into a thread about bashing German aircraft?

Matrixone

Its the old 6 degrees of separation rule.  Its easy to see how we got here with several little steps.

VSI - I would respect anyone who doesn't wish to model a certain subject for personal reasons, even if I disagree with them.  When I got back into modelling, I had a serious debate within myself as to whether modelling machines of war was moral or ethical.  In the end the "yeah but they look cool" part of me won over the "but they kill people" part of me.  But nazi stuff is where I draw the line, and I know I'm not the only one, as this thread shows.

My WW2 subjects are a kind of personal tribute to those who did what had to be done.  In my own mind, building nazi subjects is to at best ignore the fact that these weapons of war were used to keep in power the most atrocious regime this world has ever seen.  And I can't do that.  Others can.

BTW I'm not saying all those who model nazi subjects are wannabee nazis - although some display a disturbingly scary attitude.  Nazi poster boy Michael Wittman as your hero?

[Jonathan Mock]

I swear, cattle prods seem more and more like a good idea.

I once made some signs that read "These models break - and so do your fingers" but they were felt to be a little extreme.

The irony was, they were the toned-down versions!

[Martin H]

I swear, cattle prods seem more and more like a good idea.


Alvis 3.1

weve discused razor wire and electric fences before now at the Coventry club  

We even thought about hanging a hammer from the stand with a notice refering to said hammer as a kiddy finger smasher. but decided that was a tad extream. we settled on a full size gallows instead