WWI Digest 154 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Starting them out right by DavidL1217@aol.com 2) Re: Mxnti Pythxn ik den Hxlie Grdilen by DavidL1217@aol.com 3) Re: Scale question by lothar@ncw.net (mark) 4) Re: Scale question by shingend@ix.netcom.com (Mark Shannon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 20:44:28 -0400 From: DavidL1217@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Starting them out right Message-ID: <960609204427_410650687@emout09.mail.aol.com> You did let him take off his pickelhauben before he laid his head down on his pillow? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 20:52:50 -0400 From: DavidL1217@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Mxnti Pythxn ik den Hxlie Grdilen Message-ID: <960609205249_410655346@emout19.mail.aol.com> This is a WWI web page! Alright, who put up the Grail Beacon? Let's see scetches about tommie giving their CO gifts before going over the top after all, it's a man's life on the WWI Modeling Page! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 18:29:46 -0700 From: lothar@ncw.net (mark) To: wwi Subject: Re: Scale question Message-ID: <199606100129.SAA26286@bing.ncw.net> > Jim MacKenzie writes: > >> Quarter scale would be 1/25th the size of the real thing. > >I beg to differ. In 1/25 scale, 1"=25". In 1/4 scale, 1"=4". It >needn't be inches either, since it is a ratio (hence, dimensionless). >Thus a1/48-scale kit is the same measured in centimeters, inches, or >furlongs. You are right about "quarter scale" being short for "quarter-inch >scale". This discussion is reminding me of the scene in "Spinal Tap" where bass player Nigel, whilst conferring with a set designer, sketches out a replica of Stonehenge on a cocktail napkin and mistakenly writes 18" instead of 18' as it's heighth. The set designer takes him literally, therefore when the Stonehenge "model" descends from the rafters during the song of the same name, it is only 1 1/2 feet tall, and not very awe-inspiring. In fact, the dwarves that are supposed to dance around it end up kicking it over, much to the chagrin of the band. This scene alone is worth renting the movie. Sorry, no WWI content here, but since we kind of beat the Holy Grail thing to death, thought it might be time for a new extraneous thread. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 19:43:36 -0700 From: shingend@ix.netcom.com (Mark Shannon) To: wwi Subject: Re: Scale question Message-ID: <199606100243.TAA13188@dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com> Another Mark on the Net writes (after his own quoting): > >> Jim MacKenzie writes: >> >>> Quarter scale would be 1/25th the size of the real thing. >> >>I beg to differ. In 1/25 scale, 1"=25". In 1/4 scale, 1"=4". It >>needn't be inches either, since it is a ratio (hence, dimensionless). >>Thus a1/48-scale kit is the same measured in centimeters, inches, or >>furlongs. You are right about "quarter scale" being short for "quarter-inch >>scale". > >This discussion is reminding me of the scene in "Spinal Tap" where bass >player Nigel, whilst conferring with a set designer, sketches out a replica >of Stonehenge on a cocktail napkin and mistakenly writes 18" instead of 18' >as it's heighth. The set designer takes him literally, therefore when the >Stonehenge "model" descends from the rafters during the song of the same >name, it is only 1 1/2 feet tall, and not very awe-inspiring. In fact, the >dwarves that are supposed to dance around it end up kicking it over, much to >the chagrin of the band. This scene alone is worth renting the movie. > >Sorry, no WWI content here, but since we kind of beat the Holy Grail thing >to death, thought it might be time for a new extraneous thread. > >Mark > > Well, why don't we go back to discussing Squadron Leader Biggles or any of the other Python routines! Actually, I stand accused and convicted on charges of 'Holy Grail' aggrandizing after the fact. I shall cease and ask my serious questions. Mark L. Shannon ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 154 *********************