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 Subject:  Re: The WOW factor is missing...List thread.  
  
 Date:  May 22, 2002
 From:  Alex Hodges 
"Yuchung Wang" wrote in message
news:3ceab5b7@dev.routehero.com...

> Nowadays, we have the internet and video games. These are so much easier
> than models to have fun with and offer instant gratification with
realistic
> graphics. What the older generation held in their hands, the modern kids
> play on their monitors.

I would think games like Medal of Honor for Sony PlayStation as well as
the latest medal of Honor release for the P.C., Return to Castle Wolfenstein
and the Day of Defeat mod for Half-Life would do AFV modelling some good or
at least spark interest in W.W.2. or history in general.

Who wants to build an "ugly" looking squat shaped German Hetzer when you can
> have the Pulverizor 3400 Generation 50 mecha space tank?


Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?!! Ugly?!! Boy I oughta fly out to San
Fransisco and.................................just kidding.



-Ale
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Thread Listing 
  What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Tim Streeter - May 21, 2002
. . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Alex Hodges - May 21, 2002
. . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Adam Vukich - May 21, 2002
. . . . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Tim Streeter - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - MSW - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Landon Olson - May 23, 2002
. . . The WOW factor is missing... - Yuchung Wang - May 21, 2002
. . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Ruben Kremer - May 21, 2002
. . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Alex Hodges - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Alan - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Yuchung Wang - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . . . . . . . SF - Peter Ong - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: SF - Yuchung Wang - May 23, 2002
. . . Several things - Peter Ong - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . Re: Several things - Alex Hodges - May 22, 2002
. . . . . . Re: Several things - Yuchung Wang - May 23, 2002
. . . . . . Re: Several things - Thorsten Wieking - Jul 3, 2002
. . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - john.williamson3 - May 24, 2002
. . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - john.williamson3 - May 24, 2002
. . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - john.williamson3 - May 24, 2002
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