Seaking HAR Mk3a

[mal998]

Michael,
I'm only gonna say this one more time, and I know there are a hell of a lot of folks who will back me up on this...you don't owe anyone explanations, you don't need to justify your work to anyone, you don't owe anyone an accounting of what you do and how you do it. The only reason you think you do is because your a gentleman (as somebody quite correctly pointed out earlier), and you do give a royal sh*t about your work and how it's received and perceived.

Other than that, if there are those here who don't f*%$ing like the product, then as the old saying goes, don't f*%$ing buy it!!

How old this conversation is and it never seems to change...what a bore. Geez, this is why I quit coming around here the last time.

Off I go to chill...

Mods, if I've crossed the line, please feel free to delete this post.

 

[Snave]

Too bad you don't build models for a living. I can just imagine the level of perfection we'd all be treated to. It will be interesting to read your next critique of some other developer's product.

Yes, you'd have to put up with any complaint being countered by factual statements, verified for authenticity by genuine experts in the field justifying the incorrectness and irrelevance of the basic complaint.

None of which applies here as Michael agrees with me. So what is your point exactly? I can assure you that in my world if what we do isn't 100% accurate, the potential for loss of life or extreme damage to property is vast. As is the likelihood of repercussions at a personal, as well as corporate, level. Everything is subject to peer review, oversight and independent scrutiny - and then the scrutiny is itself scrutinised.

So we just don't get it wrong.

Perfection is perfectly achievable. The problem is only defining the limit of perfection and the criterion against which `perfection` is to be judged.

FS isn't real life, it's a game. And people don't die if an incorrect statement is made, or instruction followed. But the requirements for accuracy and fidelity in claims made by business have nothing to do with the nature of a hobby or the amateurish scribblings of copywriters, it is the law. And ignorance is no excuse in law.

And it's not good business sense either - as the current situation avows.

If this product had been announced as a `lite` product, then almost none of the criticism levelled at it would have been justified, and most would never have been made. As it is, I am sure a perfectly adequate product, only in need of a few tweaks, is being commercially damaged by overstatement and marketing hyperbole, unfettered by common sense.

And that's not good business either...

 

[calypsos]

Seaking HAR Mk3a

Its in the revised package

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And isn't bloody ugly too! I hate those sand filters, they ruined the lines on the Puma and (although the Sea King is no looker) they make it worse. Still, nice to see a request filled so quickly!
As far as the Yellow is concerned, they are very bright after painting, very grubby yellow after a few weeks and fade over the years leading up to a major service, where they come back bright and shiney again. They have a very hard life, so all shades are pretty much correct.

BTW, a future King of the UK (HRH Prince William, currently F/Lt Wales RAF) is currently finishing off his training as a co-pilot on the SAR Sea King in the RAF.