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Feb 13, 2010, 15:27

Narf2029

Those models are crazy neat. Reminds me a lot of my city museum's miniature model of the city from decades ago. The photography tricks were excellent too.




Huh? I'm sorry, I was thinking about cake.

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Comment [quote="Narf2029"Feb 13, 2010, 15:27]Those models are crazy neat. Reminds me a lot of my city museum's miniature model of the city from decades ago. The photography tricks were excellent too. [/quote]

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