Congratulations on another fine picture story about your layout in the Jan/Feb issue. As always an inspiring read. Even though the digital camera may not...
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Ryan McNeilly
rmcneilly01
Jan 27, 2006 9:52 pm
I agree. I am very impressed to see the progress made since the last time seeing it in person. My 2yo daughter loves to look at the photos :) --Ryan ... ...
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Paul Scoles
pbscoles
Jan 28, 2006 8:11 pm
Dave, and Ryan... Thanks very much for the compliments. Hopefully others found the story to their liking as well. That's be the last photo story of the layout...
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Larry Klose
plklose
Jan 29, 2006 5:22 pm
Paul, Beautiful work. One question: when you went digital, did you also install sound? Also, you wrote of the atmosphere you got with the Mamiya camera....
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Paul Scoles
pbscoles
Jan 29, 2006 6:21 pm
Larry, ... Well... so far I have one sound-equipped loco. Tsunami's are a little expensive for me, so converting the entire roster of 16 locos will take...
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Gary Waite
train473
Jan 29, 2006 6:29 pm
Paul is a great modeler and photographer; we are lucky to have him as an example to follow. Let us not forget that his RR runs as well as it looks; Paul...
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cilou.zelkine
alexzelkin
Jan 29, 2006 6:31 pm
... Larry It is better to have the original slide or color negative scanned rather than a print. This way, you can "rework" (and enhance) your old shots with...
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Mark Evans
omearssrr
Jan 29, 2006 8:16 pm
Paul Beautiful photos and awesome layout! Can't wait to see it in person........ Mark L. Evans __________________________________________________ Do You...
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dennis jackson
sn3jackson
Jan 29, 2006 9:10 pm
Paul: I will add my comment of "beautiful work" to your list of congratulatory comments. I am trying to decide if I will go to DCC since I have a PBL sound...
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dennis jackson
sn3jackson
Jan 29, 2006 9:14 pm
Gary: I am a fairly good photographer who has a wonderful Canon with complete lens set. I find ti hard to believe I can get the same or better photographic...
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Paul Scoles
pbscoles
Jan 29, 2006 9:20 pm
Dennis, Thanks for the compliment. As for my track and roadbed - About 75% is handlaid ,but I did use a lot of flex track during initial construction, to...
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Rick Neet
k27siderod
Jan 29, 2006 9:45 pm
Gang, There is one thing that truly separates film from digital photography and that's life expectancy of the storage media. I know that are more knowledgeable...
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TC Carr
dapenguin503
Jan 29, 2006 11:40 pm
You can get an SLR digital body for those lenses. Then get a pro level editing program that can work with the raw file data and you can get rid of your...
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Paul Vaughn
pv_sn3
Jan 29, 2006 11:43 pm
Rick: Like any saved info, photos can be backed up on a CD disk for safe keeping. You don't have to worry about a hard drive crashing. Every few years check...
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David Keith
narrowtracks
Jan 30, 2006 1:53 am
... Will that old shoe box or photo album be there when you want it? Will the Grandkids have spilled their soda on them? Digital and Film both require storage...
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Randall M. Smith
randall_smit...
Jan 30, 2006 2:26 am
I realize this is not a digital photography list, but I would like to make a quick correction here: Both the Nikon NEF plug-in and the Adobe Camera Raw feature...
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cilou.zelkine
alexzelkin
Jan 30, 2006 12:25 pm
... I wonder if it is indeed so, or if there may not be some paranoia about that. (Remember the 2000 Bug!...) Has it actually been observed and thoroughly...
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Ted Wiese
deerfield_rwd
Jan 30, 2006 2:54 pm
I belong to a computer user group, and one person just reported that CDs he made three years ago cannot be read any longer. He admits to using a lower quality...
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Doug Jolley
djvj224
Jan 30, 2006 3:39 pm
Paul, Chiming in with my congrats on another great Gazette feature as well. Always a treat to see your work. Very nice! I found it interesting you mentioned...
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onagerla
Jan 30, 2006 5:00 pm
Hear, hear to Dennis! I'm not ready to give up my "buggy whips" (one Cannon AT-1 and one Omega 4"x5") either. I realize digital photography is making leaps and...
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Tom Troughton, MMR
tomt491
Jan 30, 2006 5:09 pm
Someone once told me that burning a CD on your computer is similar to taking your finger and swirling it around in a bowl of extremely thick Jello. You'll see...
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onagerla
Jan 30, 2006 6:19 pm
I've heard that magnetic tape is currently the most reliable means of storage (even more than a HD). Makes ya wanna dump that burner and look into a good tape...
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dwoodrell
Jan 31, 2006 3:10 pm
[I suppose this is a good testimony for using Homa-beds product, rather than cutting your own..huh?] Hi, Doug, Yep - couldn't agree with you more - using...
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Joe Fuss
aquasys000
Jan 31, 2006 3:45 pm
As a suggestion to solve the difference in Homasote thickness problem, rather than shimming, I use sheetrock joint compound to "level out" the small...
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Jack Walton
jwalton49
Jan 31, 2006 4:38 pm
I used homabed on my entire layout. I had them cut it for me without the bevels. For yard areas I purchased larger panels of milled homasoat. I'm sure it cost...
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Pete Nelson
pnelso04
Jan 31, 2006 5:57 pm
Greetings, I'm thinning my brass, and have the following for sale. PBL C-25 Foreground PBL C-21 Foreground These two locos have light to medium weathering,...
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dennis jackson
sn3jackson
Jan 31, 2006 9:08 pm
Joe: I do the same thing that you are proposing in my track work. I even use it on areas of the curved homobed where there are gaps. However I paint the...
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onagerla
Jan 31, 2006 11:58 pm
Pete, anything C&S? I need an Overland number 6 (I think it had the old style tender) and another No. 70. Of course these are the "Yugos" of Sn3 brass engines...
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Jim Spice
coptercptn
Feb 1, 2006 1:24 am
At our club (and My Modules) We use Homosote cut into strips 1/2 the width of the ties. place it as you would a 2 piece spline raodbed. (or cork). Saves lots...
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grizzzley81
Feb 1, 2006 6:21 am
Hey everybody My names Allen,Just tuning back into modeling after a 20 yr hiatus and the fact being I cant get over all different scales out there. Simply...