I do partly agree with you James, although VSTEP is not a huge company..
There will always be moaning on "rival forums" about the competition, I think.
SS isn't really a favorite subject on the VS forum either, as far as I have experienced.
You cannot deny that there's a similar thing going on over there aswell.
I've seen the same things on other related, "rival forums". I guess it's the way of things.
But you do have a point about the VS models. A lot are out of date. A lot are just not that good, but there are some great vessels out there made by very talented people aswell.
VS just didn't do it for me though, but we can't all be into the same things of course.
I'm pretty much put off VS most by my first and only VS forum (community) experience and I chose not to come back there again. I won't go into details but it was related to SS and was plain childish and fanboy-like, so to speak..
So personally, I don't really like to see too many VS related topics here, or VS models displayed in the NVDG forum, as they simply do not belong here... But that's just my opinion of course. I personally wouldn't post any SS material or discussions on the VS boards, so I often wonder why we have so much VS content on the SS forum.
I think we have a really good community here, and I also take other fora into account that I am and was a part of.
I'm also sorry to see one of the members go of course. So Paddy, take care of yourself! Too bad you're leaving. I hope you are going to find what you are looking for on the VS forums. Don't be a stranger!
Well... Unless you want to be.
See you around!
Regards,
Fred