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Scooters and Onions - Memphis NAS, May 1982 (Onions added)


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Martin, which scanner are you using?  The quality looks great. The pictures aren't bad either!

It's not only the military that get the hump when you try to take photos. I was just leaving work at Boeing when the prototype 737 was taking off so I grabbed my camera from the car and tried to take a picture whilst looking through an access gate to the airfield. The guard on duty went balllistic as I was 'on company property' - the parking lot between a main road and a civil airfield.

John

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Hi John,

 

Yes, corporate organisations can be more heavy than the military, especially when around factories and bizjet areas. 

 

It is a Nikon Coolscan VED. I’ve had it since 2001. I agree, it is a great quality machine. The only issue I had was when I upgraded PCs and was that the software needed a patch, which I got online. 

 

I meant to also say that I scan as TIF files, manipulate and then save as JPEG. I use Photoshop for editing.

 

Martin

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12 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

Thanks Smudge. Yes, I know what you mean. My mates and I were chased along the fence by a RAF Land Rover at Scampton at one time as we were watching Vulcans landing and departing. Even more vehement was the approach taken by a group of French  military plods...........

I'm glad it wasn't just us then :D occupational hazard I guess.

 

You managed to avoid capture and go on to post these great photos :)

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On 5/17/2018 at 3:31 PM, RidgeRunner said:

 

 

It is a Nikon Coolscan VED. I’ve had it since 2001. I agree, it is a great quality machine. The only issue I had was when I upgraded PCs and was that the software needed a patch, which I got online. 

 

I meant to also say that I scan as TIF files, manipulate and then save as JPEG. I use Photoshop for editing.

 

Martin

Rats! or something stronger! I used to have a Coolscan II but when I changed PCs the resolution went to 'coarse' and I couldn't get it back and it was junked. Maybe I should have perservered.

Was your's the version that required an SCSI ?

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On 5/10/2018 at 9:47 AM, RidgeRunner said:

 

@Red Dot

Thanks for your comments, Andy. I'm happy to continue scanning on the assumption that those on the forum like them. Let's see how things go.

 

Martin

& thats a big yes please from me too, the only frustrating thing is that no way can I ever hope to model more than a very few of these superb schemes you've been trotting out, still love looking at them though, really like those "onions" :D

Steve.

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4 hours ago, stevehnz said:

& thats a big yes please from me too, the only frustrating thing is that no way can I ever hope to model more than a very few of these superb schemes you've been trotting out, still love looking at them though, really like those "onions" :D

Steve.

 

I will for sure. I’m away for work in Madrid for a couple of days and then Mrs RidgeRunner is joining me on Wednesday in Palma for a few days break. More scanning next week.. 

 

Martin

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11 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

An SCSI?

SCSI (pronounced SKUH-zee and sometimes colloquially known as "scuzzy"), the Small Computer System Interface, is a set of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard electronic interfaces that allow personal computers (PCs) to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM

Before your time....the things you youngsters have missed.

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48 minutes ago, John R said:

SCSI (pronounced SKUH-zee and sometimes colloquially known as "scuzzy"), the Small Computer System Interface, is a set of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard electronic interfaces that allow personal computers (PCs) to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM

Before your time....the things you youngsters have missed.

 

Thanks John. I’m hardly a youngster ;)

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On 5/17/2018 at 2:33 PM, Tailspin Turtle said:

F-4A 145315 wound up on display at the USS Lexington museum in Corpus Christi.

 

I see 145310, another F-4A, is up for sale!

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