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- From: fwk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (f.w.kerfoot..iii)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
- Subject: Re: model engineering newsgroup
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.204345.23935@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 20:43:45 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.174148.22720@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Organization: AT&T
- Lines: 31
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- From article <1993Jan21.174148.22720@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, by kkuehl@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (Kevin Kuehl):
- > In article <ANDRE.93Jan20143717@king.slc.mentorg.com> andre@king.slc.mentorg.com (Andre' Hut) writes:
- >> >I wouldn't call what we are doing, engineering, although we do use a
- >> >small lathe (Sherline) and mill (also Sherline). Most of it is
- >> >village blacksmith level stuff (cut/file/turn/mill/measure until
- >> >it fits. The main locomotive details are very accurate, but the
- >> >motion and smoke box interior "just look right" and were/are bodged
- >> >to fit, although they work and will probably last for ever.
- >>
- >> >Rec.models.railroad doesn't really fit because it seems to be mainly
- >> >ready-to-run HO, and rec.models.scale seems to be mainly plastic kits.
- >>
- >>Not at all! Rec.models.railroad concerns itself with *all* aspects of modeling
- >>a railroad. There are lots of discussions that take place here besides the
- >>ready-to-run stuff. Again, the charter:
- >
- > I find this quite entertaining. Andre is using the same arguments against a
- > new newsgroup that were used against his pet project rec.models.railroad.
- > Just create the newsgroup and be done with it. Lord knows one more newsgroup
- > is not going to make the heirarchy any less sensible (tongue in cheek).
-
- In Andre's defense, there was a lot of traffic on models in rec.railroad
- before this group was formed. I don't see the equivalent traffic on
- live steam or any other aspect of model engineering here, or anywhere
- else, that would justify the generation of a new group. I think what I
- hear is that at least the live steam railroad material is a good fit
- with the charter of this group until there is enought traffic for a
- separate group.
-
- Frank Kerfoot
- fwk@hogpa.att.com
-