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                        Book / reference forum ? ( We would like a admin to have a look at this )

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Book / reference forum ? ( We would like a admin to have a look at this )
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 3:17 PM
                        We are a couple of guys in the armor forum, that are wondering if anyone would be interrested in a book / refference forum.
                        We have found ourselves exchanging refference and book titeles in long topics, and thought it would be a good idea to have a forum for this sort of discusions.
                        We have to admit that books / refference is a big part of this hobby, so why not a dedicated forum for this.
                        Give us your input. ( hope you can understand my english ) Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 4:19 PM
                        This could be very helpful. For instance, I just came across data compiled by the British in Tunisia by firing 90 some odd rounds at a captured Tiger. Angles, velocities and so much info including results and possible casualties. This could be invaluable to someone currently 'battle damaging' a Tiger, but if I post it in the Armor forum, it will move on rather quickly, being 5 or 6 pages back by week's end. A purely historical reference forum could really tap the wealth of info our members have.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 4:31 PM
                        monrad,

                        There is nothing wrong with your EnglishSmile [:)]

                        Now if you will take the input of a non-armour modeler I think your suggestion has great meritBow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]

                        I have noticed that in every forum I click into there are references to books and web sites that contain great informationApprove [^]

                        Someone at FSM will have to monitor it and decide how to organize it so it doesn't become unmanageableConfused [%-)]

                        Ypu have one terrific ideaCool [8D] Let's see if we can get enough support to make it happenBig Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

                        Richard
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:39 PM
                        Richard, thank you for your input.
                        This is not meant as an armor only issue, its for all, and we would like input from everybody.
                        Keep it coming guys.
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                        ChrisB
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                          March 2004
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by ChrisB on Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:35 AM
                        Sounds like an awesome idea. especially if you consider the fact that not everybody has access to a public library or a club witht the neccesary info.

                        Chris

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 16, 2004 6:43 PM
                        I'm for it. Sounds like it would be a big help for finding needed referances.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 16, 2004 10:43 PM
                        So where do we go from here?
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:49 AM
                        I guess we have to wait for someone like Lawrence Hansen or another admin to read this. But still....keep it coming guys more input. Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 17, 2004 3:38 AM
                        Monrad, I totally agree with you, there needs to be a reference thread that allows you to post reference pics, sites, and reviews of books. But I heard that they would have to reset the whole forum in order to post new categories. That of course is a rumor I heard, Lawrence would be able to clear that up better for ya.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:12 PM
                        If it is a problem or a reset would be necessary, maybe we can just informally use the test forum, it seems that there isn't much action there, or maybe they could rename it for testing and research.
                        If we ran a thread on say 'Tiger facts or questions' it would probably stick around there for a while on page 1.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:18 PM
                        We could do that ausf, but I would like to hear from Lawrence or any of the other admins first. Can we mail them? I don't know. But it seems we have some support, but even more would be great. So with the risk of repeating my self........keep it coming guys.
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:25 AM
                        i am all for it. the local library has a large collection of love story books, western fiction, science fiction novels, and assorted telephone books but not much in the way of reference materials. would love to see a reference swap thread or topic.

                        joe

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:28 AM
                        Joe,
                        Can't your local branch get books from the others in the area?
                        Our library is accessible online and almost all items can be ordered and picked up locally, including DVDs and such. The only limitation I've found so far are foreign films like Stalingrad, Das Boot or Europa Europa. They have some bizarre restriction on them.
                        Saves me so much money in books and movie rentals.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:48 AM
                        This is what im talking about http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18797 I see threads like this in many forums. It would be nice to have a forum dedicated to this.
                        Come on guys more input. We need to get the admins attention.
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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:50 AM
                        they can ausf. i should say they do the best they can it is a rural library run by volenteers. however they do charge for the interlibrary loans (higher than the others i have used) and they are typically slow to act upon these requests. i did give up on finding anything useful for my hobby through this source several years ago because of the way the requests were handled. still waiting for one that i requested on fiberoptics. they do a fantastic job with getting children involved in reading, that is their specialty.

                        joe

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:07 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe

                        they do a fantastic job with getting children involved in reading, that is their specialty.

                        joe

                        And that is the most important of specialties.
                        The librarians at my local branch are so familiar with my boys (2 and 4) that they automatically reserve books and DVDs they know they are interested in. (sharks, space, trains, dinosaurs, etc.)
                        And now Tanks are added to the list
                        My two year old started yelling 'Sherman, Sherman' as we drove past West Point yesterday (they have one on display) and my four year old explains to him that it was built when Grandma was little and that a Tiger is bigger. That's my boy!Approve [^]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:27 AM
                        Happy to hear about your boys.....sounds like you have raised them properly.
                        Now return to the book / reference discussion please, Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]
                        Don't take it personal....im just realy excited about this, and would realy like to see it happen. Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 18, 2004 8:12 PM
                        great idea
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                        djmodels1999
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                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:39 AM
                        I'm for it too!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 3:25 PM
                        I notice the Western Euroreans are really into this. Here's my offer:
                        you supply...
                        1. Airfare from NYC
                        2. Real Guiness
                        3. Herring (I'm Swedish)

                        ....and I will bring all the books we can get here that are to way to expensive over there.

                        Deal?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 3:39 PM
                        Well the Giuness stuff you will have to talk to the UK guys about, I can only get you some Carlsberg.
                        The herring......what kind of herring, the kind we eat here in Denmark is very different from the stuff they eat in Sweden. The Swedish stuff is disgusting, its almost rotten.
                        If its "surstromning" that you want you can forget it I won't touch that stuff. Big Smile [:D]

                        Hmm you are right we need to get some US guys into this.
                        COME ON AMERICANS GIVE US YOUR INPUT.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 4:02 PM
                        SILL Dinner [dinner], you know, salted and pickled. Any other way is barbaric.

                        Have you tried to contact Lawrence?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 19, 2004 7:51 PM
                        You have a US guy into it almost from the beginning. There are two points I want to supportCool [8D] The first is to somehow contact LawrenceSign - Ditto [#ditto] and the second is Guiness which I consider the greatest thing to come along since they invented beer (UK calls it a stout) my all tiime favoriteBow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]

                        Good luck on your continued effort. If there is anthing else I can do please let me knowBig Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

                        Richard
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 6:35 AM
                        Maybe we need to go to our respective main forums, you know who you are, to generate interest and direct them to post here.
                        Maybe even start a poll to get responses.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:09 AM
                        Good idea ausf! Is it OK to contact Lawrence on something like this, I mean the admins proberbly gets mail all the time.
                        About the poll.....I would love to do it, but maybe someone with better english should do it. Ausf!!! Richard!!!!

                        And now to the food and beer. ausf you mean "sild" the ones in a marinade. Now that we have plenty of here in Denmark........and I love it Dinner [dinner]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:18 AM
                        I have just send a mail to Lawrence. Now we just have to wait and see.
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                        buff
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Montreal
                        Posted by buff on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 7:55 AM
                        Let me add my support. This is a great idea. Some of the prices I'm seeing for some of the material that is mentioned in the armor forum are really high. This is an expensive enough hobby as it is. Links to dedicated armor sites, particularly those with lots of pics would be really helpful. We get that now in the armor forum, but we lose the links as the threads leave page 1. So would links to reputable book sellers and publishers, along with pricing information. Reviews from people who have read stuff that was really helpful would help separate the wheat from the chaff, and hopefully keep people from wasting money on material that is either not very good, or not what they really wanted. I am usually leery of buying books online because I can't leaf through them. If I can talk to someone who has, then that's the next best thing. Anything I can do to help, I will do, but I don't have much free time until the end May. I'm too busy with work.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:15 AM
                        Thanks for your support buff.
                        I haven't heard from Lawrence yet, but I hope he will respond soon.
                        ausf and Richard, would you be interested in doing the poll.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:08 AM
                        I'll give it a shot....
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:45 AM
                        Thanks ausf. I'll be looking for it.
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