Modeling Psychology 201

StephenLawson · 30 August 2002, 08:16 PM

I knew it, I just Knew it. As soon as I said 'The Joys of..." someone would come up with a sex angle somewhere.

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topgun56 · 30 August 2002, 11:35 PM

Put my PAINT BRUSH in any small openning starts to remind me of the photo of Jenna Jamison on another topic (DANSAN). A beautiful single woman worth millions of dollars.. :

StephenLawson · 31 August 2002, 07:31 AM

Alright class put your 'paint brushes' back in your pencil boxes. *

Answer to Pop Quiz- The three types of Competition that modelers must deal with are:

1. Self - This is usually a healthy *attempt to improve one's capabilities by exercising physical and mental disciplines. *It is often done in *a manner that allows the individual to look at his previous works and attempt procedural alterations in future endeavors. *Self improvements.

2. Individuals - Is an attempt to prove one's self *against a chosen set of peers. This is typified by the local, regional or National/Continental Contests.

3. Groups - In the modeling community usually this takes the form of a group entry in a specific class designed to allow one club or group to compete against another.

People of do a great deal of snivelling as to whether or not competition is useful overall. Though it is the overall opinion of the modeling community that, competition brings out the best work of which individuals are capable. *The results are best shared in a forum much like our little corner of the 'drome'.

Pop Quiz- How do you 'Get the attention of your peers or arouse their - ( you in the back- Stop It!!)
interests' in your chosen modeling subject?

StephenLawson · 2 September 2002, 10:52 AM

Anyone?

RLWP · 2 September 2002, 11:40 AM

Professor Steven,
surely the answer to getting your peers attention is to act in an extreme fashion, either positively or negatively. Positively this could be through:
a/. modelling an unusual or obscure prototype
b/. creating or using a challenging technique
c/. demonstrating a new area for modelling (e.g. sparkplugs)

Negatively this could be by:
a/. deliberately choosing to purchase but not build kits, treasuring their rarety value
b/. ignoring changes in generally knowledge when modelling
c/. Asserting in the face of the evidence that something is true that clearly is not.

Close?

Richard

p.s. Dr Neil. You are well aware that Great Aunt Dymphna has always asserted that she never went to the Costa del Sol with Herr Doktor Humbrol. The Institute has already suffered one damaging lawsuit on this matter. You would be wise to think carefully before making mention of it again. Great Aunt Dymphna is considering talking to her lawyers Wrangle, Grabbit and Scarper at this very moment!

stringbags4ever2 · 2 September 2002, 05:06 PM

I do believe Mssr. RWLP has got it right. As with Aunt Dymphna..... if she wins her case, tell her lawyers to share the wealth, boy-o. And a bottle of Bushmills to our esteemed professor Steven.

topgun56 · 2 September 2002, 11:39 PM

What ?

NeilE · 3 September 2002, 07:03 AM

Richard;

Well Richard! We've got the evidence for the infamous "Costa Del Sol Tryst" this time. Whilst rummaging through the late Good Herr Doktor's voluminous personal effects We found the photos! (I never thought the Good Herr Doktor was that acrobatic!) So we at The Institute snap our fingers at Wrangle, Grabbit and Scarper! Also we are thinking of re-opening that last scandalous travesty of the justice system and seeking restitiution. I know M'lud Sir Giles "Miss Candy" Ihangem-Smyth will definitely be interested in those photos!

Oh yes there was an academic reason for this post...Check this out Dear Students, what can be done when AMS is resisted. We would like to get this esteemed modeller to The Institute for further studies. His efforts may represent one of the greatest achievements in the long struggle against AMS....

http://ronnieuggie.com/uggie/german/albatr...tros/albad3.htm

There is hope, Dear Students, there is hope...

Oh yes, the photos will be posted soon on a certain Liberian paysite: "Naughty Professors At Play" Subscriptions welcome. 8)

All the Best

Neil
Director
Glencoe Institute
BSSc, BSW, MA Psych Airfix University

PS None of our lab assistants here at the Institute have ever been members of GLAD. :

NeilE · 3 September 2002, 05:13 PM

Hi All;

We at The Institute have been broadening our research into AMS and have diagnosed another, sometimes related, concerning modelling syndrome. I am talking here about Compulsive Model Acquisition Syndrome (CMAS). We have found some modellers will compulsively acquire kits at a pace they can never hope to keep up with in terms of their building rate.

CMAS may be responsible for broken homes, delinquincy, alcoholism, transience, Saddam Hussein, the Kangaroo plague; as well as other numerous social problems.

We at The Glencoe Institute would like to hear from other modellers about their thoughts and experiences of this disorder.

I wonder if Dr Stephen has any thoughts/research he'd like to contribute on this little known Obessive/Compulsive Disorder?

Now, will you all excuse me while I mount an expedition to the inside of my model cupboard. I'm sure I saw last week an ancient missing Japanese Soldier who doesn't know the war is over hiding behind my Roden stack.....

All the Best

Neil
Director Glencoe Institute
Etc. Etc, blah, blah.

topgun56 · 3 September 2002, 11:32 PM

Neil,

I am afraid you are correct on all counts.

Three rooms of kits, 2 rooms of built models, shelves on every wall, floor to ceiling.

Ex wife.

Last trip to CA, my daughter had to fly home, no room in the car. And that was after mailing 3 large boxes home.

But kits are available for such a short time.

Some ways kits are a good investment. A kit I bought years ago for $ 2.25 I found in a used kit store for $40 and it was missing parts. Although reissues are a slight problem.