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    Extracting dimensional data from pdfs?

    I'm asking the same question over Papermodelers too. Basically I need to find out the heights and diameters of a series of truncated cones (the engine bells for the 1/48th Saturn V) so I can make special tools for repeatable results when assembling.
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    1/3rd Scale Ferrari

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3NVJ4pEFuY Oh, just in case I forgot to mention it, the thing runs, working gearbox and everything. IMO it actually surpasses any thing done here http://www.enginehistory.org/model_engines.htm and this stuff blows me away
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    1/100th scale Bismark on Kartonbau

    If you go to the Kartonbau* site in Shipping/Construction Threads there is an ongoing build of the Bismark in card at 1/100th scale. Is it me or does seem to be a trend amongst the more accomplished European modelers in terms of increasing the scale to add more detail? There is also a 1/100th...
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    Timitus AKA Butterflyitus strikes again

    Yes I will finish the Metcalf first but something else is coming up on the radar screen. While researching stuff for FLIP I remembered another unusual vessel. The only whaleback passenger steamer ever built the SS Christopher Columbus. She plied the Great Lakes from the 1890s into the '30 and is...
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    FLIP!

    Does any one know where one can find plans for perhaps the most unusual vessel in existance. I won't call it a ship because it does not move on it's own powew as the only engines it has are for electrical generation http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/learning/learning_res/voyager/flip/ I know I have...
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    Cruise Ships

    After I get done with the Joseph Metcalf for the competition I have been thinking about something different. A modern Cruise Ship perhaps. In that vein I found an interestring site http://dvo.free.fr/yourcreations.htm From the looks of it they are all designs submitted by individuals. Lots...
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    Stealth Ship Visby

    The good Dr. Zarkov over at Card Models.com has announced the introduction of a 1/200th scale Visby Corvette based on this http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_StealthShips,,00.html http://www.card-models.com/product.php?product_id=53
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    Scans of original Line drawings

    http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/plans/ Found this while trolling the web for something else. Mostly German up to about the late 30's.
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    1/1/ Scale Ships

    Gee, lasrt week was Oshkosh. This week its these guys and next week the PGA http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/markandannie/Tall%20Ships%202204/100_0119.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/markandannie/Tall%20Ships%202204/100_0120.jpg...
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    DNs USS Oregon?

    Sent away for the Oregon today and I was wondering if any one out there has built the kit and there any problem or trouble spots to look out for. Hopefully after going through everything I'll be starting a construction thread. If I can figure out the picture posting business. :?
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