Re: Any future S efforts....
Bill, I'm with you in regarding that TRACK and RTR stuff are the most important factors to keep S alive. Not even our wealthy oldtimers have enough NOS of trackwork to build new layouts (scale).
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Hans von Draminski
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Re: aerial photos for modeling purposes
Here is another aerial photo source somebody on the ESPEE group mentioned the other day.? It defaults to California but also has images in other states.? Sometimes none, sometimes just 1 (like in
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: AI ZOOM
With my permission, my doctor uses an AI-based program that produces a written summary of the discussion during our office visit. When the visit is over, I get to review and revise the summary and
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Michael Fox
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Re: The Monon Thoroughbred
Something like this then Bob? I¡¯ll get to work on it! Roger Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2025 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [S-Scale] The Monon Thoroughbred However both small and larger
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Roger Nulton
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Re: aerial photos for modeling purposes
https://apps.lib.umn.edu/mhapo/ With any luck, above link will take you to an online accessible archive of aerial photos taken all over Minnesota since around1920. It's very intuitive to use, and is
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Tom Lennon
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Re: S scale comments........
Very true Brian, if you look at our history, at one time or another 400 hobby shops purchased from us. Never more than 50 stocked our product at one time (around 2000). Although Walthers was our
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Don Thompson
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Any future S efforts....
Dan and I have been chasing this new track and turnout idea for at least 10 years - offering cash to "go make it" to multiple people - with no takers. It was what we thought was a significant cash
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Bill Lane
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Re: The Monon Thoroughbred
However both small and larger blimps were popular.? I didn't prefer them, but small planes were cheap to rent too. So don't eliminate them from historical reproductions. Bob Werre
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Bob Werre
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Re: Posting Only On Facebook
Hi Ted, The original idea was that the manager of that group would post NASG-related news items there, for those who don't use Groups.io (back then it was Yahoo Groups). While I have personally never
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Peter Vanvliet
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Re: AI ZOOM
To quote the character, Walter (a.k.a. Dumont in the video world) from the 1982 Jeff Bridges movie, TRON... "Someday, the computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop." John
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John Degnan
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AI ZOOM
In our track progress ZOOM yesterday with Micro Engineering, Dan turned on the AI that recorded the conversation - mostly for a goof I guess. When it was over a written somewhat condensed summary was
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Bill Lane
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Re: AF prices go skyrocketing
Yes... but the simple solution to this is just don't buy them at these prices. SELLERS do NOT have the power over BUYERS... we have the power over them. There is no law that says we MUST buy
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John Degnan
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AF prices go skyrocketing
As predicted: Lionel announces the end of AF - and prices are shooting through the ceiling. In the Bay, you find some SD70 offers - at around 800 US-$. Unaffordable and unjustified. Even U33 offers
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Hans von Draminski
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Re: The Monon Thoroughbred
Magnificent work Roger. Kudos to you and Bob. Jim Martin
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Jim & Cheryl Martin
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Re: Posting Only On Facebook
Correction to my previous reply : "Facebook has a search feature that is present on every single Facebook group without FAIL." I forgot to proofread... perhaps my memory cells need and upgrade to
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John Degnan
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Re: Posting Only On Facebook
Facebook does not need a archiving system because everything you post never gets deleted unless you intentionally delete it, and those earlier posts can be easily found using the search feature which
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John Degnan
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Re: The Monon Thoroughbred
No, they had bridges and water towers. Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Mn42 in 1923 group_list@...
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Talmadge C 'TC' Carr
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Re: Posting Only On Facebook
If it aint broke dont fix it. FB lacks in, to me, the most important area. Archiving. You can search any post ever made, but try that in FB. Secondly; eMail is not tracked and sold. Which seems to be
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Talmadge C 'TC' Carr
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Re: The Monon Thoroughbred
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 09:07 PM, Roger Nulton wrote: Brooks wrote:? Higher vantage point images are now referred to as "drone shots"... > > > > *they didn¡¯t have drones in 1947* *?* > > > > > >
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: The Monon Thoroughbred
Brooks, they didn¡¯t have drones in 1947 ? Roger Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [S-Scale] The Monon Thoroughbred Roger, Higher vantage point images are
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Roger Nulton
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