I know I didn't, even though I had the instructions in front of me  Neither did anybody else who saw photos of the model comment on it, except one person who apparently mainly builds F1 cars.

These are not necessarily opposites of each other, though. I want to build accurate models, as far as my skills allow me to, so one of the things that satisfies me is when I succeed at that — like correcting mistakes that the kit's manufacturer made.

The good thing about modelbuilding is that, as we've been saying, that you don't really have to please anyone but yourself (unless you plan to enter the model in a competition, anyway). However, the other side of this coin is that if you post photos of your work online, be prepared for people to point out things you could have done better. You sometimes come across people who take that kind of thing too personally when it's not meant like that at all, and react accordingly. Before you know it, you get hurt feelings on both sides when that was completely avoidable.