Hi Roc, mighty great thread you've started my friend..........I've never met Augie in person, but we talked via emails and on his old forums..........
He's a true master in every sense of the word both in sculpting and painting, and he's aslo an intellectual, patient, honest person which are so very rare to find these days, and I'm not talking about our hobby only!!
He's a gold mine of knowledge, in the historical side of our hobby, something which is being thrown out of the window faster then a pony express rider being chased by Apaches!!
Quote- "Augie may have rubbed some people the wrong way in the past".
Dave, as I said I don't know him personally, but from what we've exchanged via the internet, I know that if there's a need for a rubbing, he would do it and I admire him for being so outspoken and defending something which is a cult (historicity) for him...........the thing that inflicted deep wounds in him was, that we (the modellers) jump with joy like lambs to the slaughter, when fed with mediocre, inaccurate (historical) kits, rolling off the production line...........
He may seem bad tempered to those who don't know him and to those who are not of Latin blood (we Maltese are :lol: ) but I know that he's a JUST man, a man of his word and there's no *#^%@^# around with him as regards historicity!!!
If you ask me if I always make figures which are historically correct, my answer would be a simple NO!! And yes I do enjoy painting from time to time without wrecking my brain to accuracy, but then I wouldn't expect any false praise and go fumbling and swearing if I don't get any recognition or if someone as sound as Augie would give me a WELL DESERVED RUBBING!! :angry:
Augie I salute you MASTER
Ray
Wrong timing and wrong geographical location.
my apologies for not having added "by some manufacturers" when I was referring to mediocre, inaccurate (historical) kits rolling off the production line......!
