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Article #243Re: Liberty shop model
From: Robert O'Brien
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 08:05
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 08:05
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st1ec@rosie.uh.edu (Tse, Oliver) writes:
> mvalinis@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael J Valinis) writes...
>>info anyway. Bluejacket Ship Crafters has a 1/16 scale kit of a liberty ship
>
>Well, what do you know, they do sell a Liberty ship kit! However, I doubt if
>the scale is 1/16 since the model is only 27.5" long. Anyways, I am very
Probably not 1:16, since that would make the Jeremiah O'Brien less than
fourty feet long. But possibly 1/16" scale, which would make her 440'
I believe that outside of the world of plastic kits, scales (other than
1:48) are *often* referred to by the shorthand of how many inches to
the foot. Then again there's RR's OO scale, which I believe is
four millimetres to the foot! (what a combination!)
Bob {I'd prefer 3/8" armor, but there's more good kits in 1:35} O'Brien
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Newsgroups: rec.models.scale Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!obrien From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien) Subject: Re: Liberty shop model Message-ID: <1992Oct5.080558.26393@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1992Oct4.225551.6248@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <4OCT199223173765@rosie.uh.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 08:05:58 GMT Lines: 19