07-04-2011, 01:50 PM
steinjr Wrote:OTOH, the modeler who made that first engine (a modeler who is great at producing rustic looking backwoods locomotives) makes landscapes that to me looks like amusement park ride style old west layouts, while the second modeler makes great realistic looking scenes, with thoroughly researched scenes, nice kitbashed buildings, realistic tracks, engines, cars, and so on and so forth.Exactly, which is why it should be skills based. Skills have no "preferences". If you have the skill construct a drive train, then it doesn't matter whether its in a freelanced logger or a modern diesel. If you have to have the skill to construct a scene, then it doesn't matter whether somebody thinks its an amusement park ride or a near photgraphic scene. By making it skills based it takes the prejudices of the evaluator out of the picture.
It all depends on what aspect of the modeling you look at, and what your personal preferences are.