Let me put it another way. I have no control over how you took it. So when I correct somebody who quotes me to clarify my position, I expect people to accept that position and not debate me about what I meant. No reasonable person would have construed my comment to mean i actually believed that and obviously superior and talented modeler/painter haphazardly glues his 'nids together, and that i was deriding him for it.
...and stop hanging out with Nick.