all you've done is to word your advert as if you just happened to come across someone who is making the models, you say they are a professional, so i assume they are doing it for commercial gain - if you'd mentioned it in response to someone wanting to find such a model i'd not have commented
if someone is selling their old tyres then rightly so they post in the for sale section
So what you are saying is:
a pre-empted recommendation is spam whereas, a recommendation in response to another members question isn't spam.
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so if I'd of posted a query 'guys, does anyone know where I can get hold of some replica LR PSNI models'
Then thread goes unanswered, so after several days of searching, I discover somebody who is making them, then post a link for the benefit of others......is that spam?
I haven't disclosed if they are for sale, the fact that the guy is a professional model maker or the fact that I happen to know him is neither here nor there.
They could be for viewing only, or on display in an exhibition, or provided free of charge or on loan for promotional aspects.
If it is against forum rules, to pass on someone details via PM then I will remove the post.
The content of this thread has thrown up some very grey areas within LZ forum rules and modding.
If anything there isn't a section for recommendations as found on other forums, and neither am I selling anything so why should it go into the for sale section.?