--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
Many of our finest scratchbuilders, kitbashers and builders on this list (you know who you are! :-)) have never weathered anything!
Have you considered that the proper term for these folks might be "model builders" as opposed to "modelers". When I think of a "modeler" what comes to mind is someone who tries to capture something in miniature as it is/was in real life most of the time, not the moment it was completed. Thus I would suggest that those who build but never weather might better be called "model builders". I do not see it as in anyway diminishing what these folks accomplish but simply a way to better define the overall hobby.
