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BELOW: Director Scott Norris constructed a 1:200 scale model of taxiway Whiskey at MSP Airport and printed a 3-foot wide backdrop to use for scale
model photography. We have this taxiway and backdrop stored in our back room at present; Norris plans to build a few more dioramas to represent other
locations that we can then use as backdrops for display cases to feature the many carriers and regions in the Northwest Family timeline (a desert setting
for Hughes Airwest, for instance). These dioramas could also be used as interactive elements at a scale model collectors’ themed event!
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Line light-rail extension. BELOW: examples of the enclosed kiosks in the main
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