[WWI] W^D Models 1/72 RFC figures

[Andy Bannister]

Sorry Jamie, I just re-read your email and you did say a 1 inch gain, not
loss. Still, a 3 inch gain in the past century is hardly what I'd call
"quite a bit" - especially in 1/72nd!

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org 
> [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Gagnon
> Sent: 20 January 2009 18:36
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [WWI] W^D Models 1/72 RFC figures
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> 
> You did a good job of ignoring the rest of that paragraph 
> Andy, like "has 
> continued at about a 1/4 inch per
> decade in most First World nations" That is a further 
> increase of two inches 
> for the last 40 years and does not take into account the 
> period between 1914 
> and 1930. I argued much with my professor in university about 
> the reason; he 
> linked it to a combination of standard of living and 
> politics, I felt that 
> it was far more specific to the efficient distribution of food.
> 
> Jamie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andy Bannister" <a.bann at ntlworld.com>
> To: "'World War I Modeling Mailing List'" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [WWI] W^D Models 1/72 RFC figures
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Jamie wrote:
> >> Actually, in the industrial world there was almost a two 
> inch change 
> >> in the average height of males between 1930 and 1970.
> >
> > I'd hardly call that "quite a bit shorter" and 2 inches in 
> 1/72nd is 
> > negligible.
> >
> >
> > Andy
> >
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