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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: RFD: rec.models.scale
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:24:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.205944.14272@mlb.semi.harris.com| mwp@ms9.mis.semi.harris.com (Mark W. Poole) writes:
- ||ACtually, it was originally proposed (back in '89 or so) as rec.models.misc.
- ||Without degenerating into a flame war, can we discuss this point? This is one
- ||of the things I want to iron out during the discussion period, before the
- ||voting takes place...
- ||
- ||Me, I'll just be happy when we have our rec group, whether it's .scale or
- ||.misc. I'll still post kit reviews, I'll still try to answer new modelers'
- ||questions as well as I can... I just want us to go beyond the alt realm...
- ||
- |
- |Although I only fly RC, I enjoy reading *all* of the various posts
- |on Scale, rubber power, Control Line, Helicopters, whatever, as long
- |as it flies, and I ALWAYS have the option to hit the "n" key.
- |I don't, however, have any interest in cars, trains, boats, or models
- |that sit on a shelf and look great, though I appreciate the skills
- |involved with these hobbies.
-
- I've been following this thread for a little while now and I
- can finally see an argument for _not_ naming the new group
- rec.models.misc, the reason being that flying non-scale models
- are _not_ all R/C. I fly control-line myself and so do a few
- other denizens of rec.models.rc. I believe that rec.models.rc
- is where CL and FF model discussion should be directed, since
- there are many common things we share with R/C, eg. motors,
- covering techniques, aerodynamics. Also, CL and FF traffic by
- itself doesn't warrant a separate newsgroup, and we'd lose a
- lot by skipping the R/C stuff.
-
- Now, if a rec.models.misc gets created, I can see a situation
- where some may feel that CL and FF traffic should go to the
- new group (I don't see a problem with the majority of the pos-
- ters there, who would agree with me, but I can imagine there
- might be a few people who might bring this up and start a flame
- war). If that happens I can also imagine that the scale people
- won't be too pleased either.
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