[ProfFate]

HI

It is the speed of communications. Consider that in the 60s there were hundreds of racers in every town, and only a handful of geeks with calipres. Now, we are all in communication and can crab immediately. We can even quickly hook up with each other and compare our pickyness.

Critical Mass for complaining!

Fate

 

[jbgscalex]

seen at 52 € on www.univers-scalex.com, and could even be less as the have a click and scratch offer for 2,3 or 4% discount... or 8% with their card : 47.84 €

 

[Mr.M]

These seem to be taking their time "filtering through", Aaron! Any news?

And while I'm on, hows about the Fly Pegaso?

Cheers,

Mr.M

 

[Gaugemaster Controls]

Sorry, no news on either at the moment - thats the problem with Spanish companies this time of year, as all are on a months holiday throughout August. Will post as soon as I get news.

Aaron

 

[jonny s]

Lucky buggers! Can`t wait to see these babies tho

 

[R Livingston]

Consider the implications of making models overscale.

We like to think we are building (or collecting) in 1/32 scale. And some of the time, or a lot of the time, manufacturers give us true 1/32 scale models. We establish a feel for how big things are in 1/32, after a while.

Then along comes a 1/30 or 1/29 scale model. Maybe it is a Cartrix W196, maybe it is a Fly Lola GT Mk IIIB, or a Chevron. Some of the guys measure a few linear dimensions which are a few mm's too long. After all, what are a few mm's? Seems negilgible. The people who complain seem too picky. The jump from 1/32 to 1/30 works out to 7% oversize. From 1/32 to 1/29 results in 10% oversize.

But let us take a look at the "feel" of the model. We live in a three dimensional world, and we perceive in three dimensions. Visualize a cube with dimensions of 10mm along each edge. The volume is 10 cubed, (10^3). Such a cube has a volume of 1,000 cubic mm. Now pretend this is a scale model, and it is in 1/29 scale rather than 1/32. Each dimension is increased a measly 10%, but what happens to the volume? It increases by 33%; the volume is now one third larger than it should be. (10 cubed equals 1,000 cubic units, while 11 cubed equals 1,331 cubic units).

This is why people sense that models built in the 1/30 to 1/29 range are WAY overscale. They are getting on to one third more hefty than they should be. The linear dimensions do not tell the whole story. It's the volume we see.

 

[Guest]

I totally agree with Mr Livingstone, even 7% out makes a huge difference to scale appearance.

RR

 

[Tropi]

Yes, very nicely put indeed.

Add to it that it is sometimes the case that the scale can vary a little in different dimensions on a model and the proportions can then look VERY significantly different from the original, even though each individual measurement might vary only by a tiny +/- amount.

I would also go along with whoever suggested that many seemingly inexplicable visual dicrepancies have definitely been due to misquoted measurements. People do make mistakes! I don't believe that simply scaling (accurately) alters the perceived proportions of a model, compared with the original. If this were genuinely so, then simply standing further from or closer to a full size car would alter its apparent proportions and, to me, it doesn't. But the angle at which you observe either model or original can, sometimes very significantly.