[WWI] Added:Adlershof R Plane

[Steve Cox]

>on 23/8/07 12:58 pm, Douglas Anderson at djandersonza at yahoo.com wrote:

>   1/600 seems a very odd scale. Why did you choose this particular scale?
> It¹s a question of the size of the models. There are ten designs in the book,
> the largest design had a wing span of 140m (plus overhanging ailerons), around
> 459 feet, or 153 yards. So 72nd scale was out of the question, my house isn¹t
> big enough. 

> 600th scale brings the biggest model down to about 10² wingspan, it¹s a common
> scale for ship models, and it¹s reasonably easy to convert dimensions in your
> head.  I had thought of using 50ft to the inch but decided against it, the
> maths is too difficult.
>  
>djuggie(at)comcast(dot)net asks:
 >   I'm curious about your R plane.  I assume the group photo is with 1/72
kits.  How big is your plane in 1/600th?  That must be one huge aircraft.
 
 >   A very interesting subject and well done.
 
>Dennis
 
> Thanks Dennis, all the models in the group photo are 1/600th, I knocked the
> others up quickly to give a visual size comparison with known objects.
> The R-plane model is 126mm / 5²  across , the HP is 2²
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Cox <steve at oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> The plan is to build more of the series.  I¹ve already built a PV8 Grain
>> Kitten to go long with the Bessaneau hangar in the same scale. Hopefully I
>> will display them at the UK Nats.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  22/8/07 12:18 pm, pezo8481 at bellsouth.net at pezo8481 at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>> Steve,
>>> 
>>>      A very interesting subject and build.  Great job!  Thank you for
>>> sharing this offering.
>>> 
>>> Buz
>>>> > 
>>>> > From: gm-admin at wwi-models.org
>>>> > Date: 2007/08/21 Tue PM 08:00:24 EST
>>>> > To: wwi at wwi-models.org
>>>> > Subject: [WWI] Added:Adlershof R Plane
>>>> > 
>>>> >    Steve Cox sent in photos of his
>>>> > Adlershof R Plane,
>>>> > See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Cox/CP/index.html#adlershof72m
>>>> > or see news.
>>>> > Sincerely,
>>>> > WWI Web Admin

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