@Therocketdudeishere Well, thanks. If you think like that, you'll never get better. Look at my earliest builds, see how basic they are. You'll never know until you try.

If you really want a better device, and you live in America, there's nothing stopping you from getting one. Used computers can be had very cheaply, often cheaper than a new phone.

I am never gonna be able to get to your level

Hey sled you are amazing almost all your time here you have made amazing builds I looked at almost all of them I am surprised you don’t have 500k I would never get there my device can barley handle my work in progress 150 part build

@SledDriver damn he’s got some hightech stuff there! Sometimes I wish my job were more of a physical or craftsmen type thing. It must be great to have your work be your hobby

@Mustang51 Skills can be acquired. Check out Gough Custom Knives' videos on Youtube, he's a guy who makes a great living making high quality knives. It'd be great to have a workshop like that, where you could divide your time between work and hobby projects.

@ThomasRoderick Not bad, huh?

@SledDriver I think everyone at some point has wanted to build their own terminator. I wish I had the skill set and work space to build one. Gotta buy a house with a garage and turn it into a workshop lol

@Mustang51 Well, this project has been in the back of my mind since I was 9...

@SledDriver it’s always a good idea to start your retirement projects early hahaha

@Mustang51 As soon as I have a spare couple of hundred grand lying around I'll let you know :)

@SledDriver well if you have time to kill you should do it! I figured that would be your sort of thing

@Mustang51 CNC machining would be way better than 3D printing for this kind of build. I'm fairly handy in general, yes.

@SledDriver I think that means it’s time to get your own 3D printer hahahaha. Are you any good at mechanical work and electrics irl?

@Mustang51 And the best thing is, I'm designing the whole thing to be mechanically feasible, meaning that it would be possible to replicate this in the real world.

@SledDriver well damn! Soon you’re going to have a full terminator

@Mustang51 Thanks. Complete arm coming up next...

Damn this thing is really cool. It moves very well and realistically too. Great build!

@ChisP Yeah, because a metallic sheen really brings out the shape of the build a lot better than a flat finish.

That first one looks really cool did you change the paint on the second and third one?@SledDriver

@ChisP I'm not even on Discord, never have been.

As for screenshots, take a look at these:

• one
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• three

Compare how your build looks in those to the one you posted.

Ok thank you it’s especially hard since I can’t download discord@SledDriver

@ChisP You think this has a lot of upvotes? It's the first of its kind -- there's nothing even close to it on SP. If someone other than I had posted it, it would've had at least four times the upvotes.

Second, how much time you put into something has nothing to do with the quality of the result. As long as you think like that you're not working to the right standards, and will continue to be disappointed.

Third, you haven't presented your build nearly as well as you could have. In your screenshot, the helicopter is merging with Wright Island in the background. First impressions are important, so you have to make sure your first screenshot shows off your build as well as possible. Keep the background uncluttered. Make sure your build stands out. Adjust the lighting so the colors are more vivid (early morning and evening are good for this). Or use a designer background mod, or a plain color like I do.

Lastly, be aware that for all its claims to be "the nicest community on the internet," SP is full of voting cliques. If you want the approval of people like that, you'll always be disappointed. Build because you love it, not for any other reason.

Dude how do you get so many upvotes on things I worked on my new helicopter for two weeks and got 260ish downloads and only 11 upvotes @SledDriver

Very 😂@SledDriver

@ChisP You mean as in uncanny valley creepy?