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In article <1992Oct5.080558.26393@netcom.com>, obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien) writes...
>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
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>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'

Yes, I believe he meant 1/16" = 1 foot which if I am not mistaken would make the
kit at 1/192 scale.  This is a popular ship scale.

Oliver
st1ec@rosie.uh.edu

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>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!)
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>Bob {I'd prefer 3/8" armor, but there's more good kits in 1:35} O'Brien 
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