I'm surprised it took this long for someone to come out and defend that guy.

I'm not going to go into detail about my feelings for that guy because I know I'll be chastised by all his loving followers.

Sufice it to say,I did (once) find his videos, shall we say... informative.

It was after I left his site that I realized that YouTube has many informative and very helpful videos from modeller with

 higher credentials than him.

  Since you mentioned his forum (I guess then that it's alright to mention others) I will mention ISM (International Scale Modeller).

There are several build videos posted by the Staff and it's free.

I'll say it again (and I stand by my statement) no one should have to pay for good modelling videos or forums.